Melon Pedicel

Melon Pedicel

Compendium of Materia Medica

Its nature is cold, and it should be used to induce vomiting. In Greater Yang Taiyang: The first and most superficial stage of an external illness diseases where there is a blockage in the diaphragm, body heat, and headache, but the pulse is faint and weak—this indicates an injury caused by cold water during the summer months where the fluid is traveling through the skin. It is appropriate to induce vomiting. In Lesser Yang Shaoyang: A stage of illness characterized by alternating chills and fever disease, if there is a headache, alternating chills and fever, and the pulse is tight but not large, this indicates phlegm sitting above the diaphragm. It is appropriate to induce vomiting.

When the chest feels stuffed and solid, with a localized, gloomy pain, and the patient is unable to eat and desires someone to press on the area—yet they produce turbid saliva and suffer from diarrhea ten or more times a day, and the pulse at the wrist Cunkou: The position on the wrist used for pulse diagnosis is slightly wiry—one should induce vomiting. For "chest anguish" Aonong: A specific TCM symptom describing a distressing, suffocating sensation in the chest, irritability, and insomnia where sweating or purging treatments have not yet been used (known as "excess irritability"), one should induce vomiting. When stagnant food remains in the upper stomach Shangwan: The upper part of the stomach cavity, one should induce vomiting. In all these cases, Melon Pedicel Powder is the primary treatment.

However, those who have lost significant blood or are in a state of extreme deficiency Xu: A state of bodily weakness or lack of vital energy must not be given Melon Pedicel Powder.

Cheng Wu-yi says: For what is high, transcend it; for what is in the upper The original woodblock text reads "three" (三), likely a transcription error for "upper" (上) region, surge it. Therefore, "transcending" Yue: To lift and expel pathogens upward is achieved through the bitterness of Melon Pedicel and Fermented Soybeans, while "surging" Yong: To induce rapid vomiting is achieved through the acidity of Small Red Beans. The combination of sour and bitter flavors causes surging and draining, which belongs to the Yin Yin: The cooling, downward, or receptive principle quality.

Wu says: The Classic of Difficult Issues Nanjing: An ancient medical text explaining complex concepts of the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon states: "If there is a pulse in the upper region but no pulse in the lower region, the person should vomit; if they do not, they will die." This refers to internal injury from food and drink clogging the chest. The injury from food suppresses the "sprouting" or life-generating energy Shengfa zhi Qi: The rising energy associated with the Liver and Spring of the Great Yin and Wood phases, causing it to be trapped below. One should use Melon Pedicel Powder to vomit. This is what the Basic Questions Suwen: The primary foundational text of Chinese medicine means by "When the root is stagnant, express it." By removing physical obstructions from the Upper Burner Shangjiao: The upper division of the body, including the heart and lungs, the "root" (the body's core energy) can breathe freely; Heaven and Earth then intersect, and all things flow. However, if the pulse at the foot Chi: The pulse position associated with the Kidneys and the lower body is severed, do not use this, for fear of damaging the True Vitality Zhenyuan: The original life essence one is born with and preventing the Stomach Qi from recovering.

Zong Shuang original: "宗爽", a taboo-avoidance substitution for Zongshi (宗奭), the name of the scholar Kou Zongshi says: This substance induces the vomiting of saliva profusely, but it does not harm the person. It is far superior to mineral emetics like copper green or sal ammoniac.

Zhen Heng The courtesy name of the famous physician Zhu Danxi says: The nature of the Melon Pedicel is aggressive and can easily damage the Stomach Qi. For those with weak stomachs, one should use other medicinal herbs as substitutes. One should exercise extreme caution and avoid its use after a long illness or after childbirth.