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3.1 Perilla Stems
Smells as fragrant as perilla (even somewhat more fragrant). The texture is relatively hard and prickly, slightly salty and spicy. When soaked in water, the flavor is quite pleasant but much lighter than perilla, with a tea fragrance. The aftertaste is slightly spicy, mildly stimulating the upper and lower palate, gums, and tongue.
Confirmed effects: Opens the qi channels in the middle burner (middle jiao), guides qi downward to the navel area. Secondary effects: Calms the fetus (suitable for fetal instability caused by middle jiao stagnation or deficiency in the dantian), harmonizes the stomach and relieves pain (suitable for chest oppression and discomfort from middle jiao stagnation), can treat belching and vomiting.
4. Ginger
Flavor: Slight.
Confirmed effects: Warms the middle burner and disperses cold. Secondary effects: Releases the exterior, warms the stomach, stops vomiting, warms and unblocks the spleen channels (effective in early stages), transforms cold phlegm fluids.
4.1 Ginger Peel
Spicier than dried ginger, absolutely not cold in nature, other flavors are similar to dried ginger.
Confirmed effects: Warms the middle burner and disperses cold, warms and unblocks the meridians. Secondary effect: Transforms cold phlegm fluids.
Using the symbol of “peel,” it reduces edema under the skin. The “Five Peels Decoction” (Acanthopanax peel, Lycium bark peel, Poria peel, Areca peel, and ginger peel) combined with Zhenwu Tang can be tried by patients with kidney essence already replenished but still suffering from erectile dysfunction.
5. Elsholtzia (Xiangru)
Single-handedly gathers the flavor profile of Huoxiang Zhengqi Shui (Agastache Qi-Rectifying Water). It tastes bitter on the palate, but the aftertaste surprisingly carries a刺激感 between alcohol and mint.
Confirmed effects: Stimulates the defensive qi of the middle burner to disperse outward to the periphery. Secondary effects: Induces sweating to release the exterior, transforms damp turbidity in the middle burner, reduces muscle edema.
Side effects: Diuretic (flavonoids stimulate the glomeruli in the kidneys, increasing filtration volume), long-term use burdens the kidneys.