Banana oil

Banana oil

(rihuazi materia medica)

[synonym] banana juice (health zaxing) and banana tree water (intermediate medical journal (5): 571959).

[source] it is the sap from the stem of Musaceae. The plant morphology is detailed in article.

[collection] cut a small hole about 5cm in diameter near the root of the stem, that is, there is gray black liquid exudation, insert a catheter, and drain it into the container for use. Or mash it with tender stems.

[nature and taste] ① rihuazi materia medica: "cold, nontoxic. "

② "Gangmu": "sweet, cold, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, relieving thirst and detoxifying. It is used to treat febrile diseases, febrile thirst, convulsion, epilepsy, hypertension, headache, sore, carbuncle, and fire injury.

① "Rihuazi materia medica:" it can cure head wind heat and women's hair loss, stop thirst and Tang fire sores. "

② "Ben Cao Tu Jing": "for the treatment of epilepsy caused by dark wind, the saliva is dizzy and stuffy. If you want to pour it out, you will have to vomit. "

③ "Lingnan caiyao Lu": "external coating carbuncle, tuberculous fever. "

④ "Treating otitis media". "

⑤ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "take a small bowl internally to treat red silk sores; wipe the top of the brain externally to treat hypertension and headache. "

[formula selection] ① children's convulsion: banana juice, banana juice, fried well, coated on the top of the head (leaving fontanelle), coated on the limbs (leaving hand, foot and heart). (health zaxing)

② Treat otitis media: insert bamboo tube obliquely into banana stem, take juice from stem and drop it into ear heart, three or four times a day. (Guizhou herbal medicine)

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