Concanavalia shell

Concanavalia shell

(Yilin zuanyao)

[source] it is the shell of the leguminous plant rendou. See the "concanavalin" section for plant morphology.

[collection] when the fruit is ripe in autumn, the fruit is harvested, dried in the sun, the seed is stripped, and the shell is dried completely. Store in a dry and ventilated place to prevent insects.

[medicinal materials] the dried fruit shell has a twisted and strong fruit stalk; the pod is long sword shaped, slightly twisted or broken in spiral shape, up to 30 cm long and 4.5 cm wide, with sharp apex, slightly curved, yellow to dark yellow outer surface, wrinkled, scattered black spots, covered with sparse short hairs and oblique white stripes, and white sponges on the inner surface. Pods uncracked, each with one rib at the ventral suture. Pericarp fibrous. It is better to have white outside, white inside and no moth inside.

It is mainly produced in Jiangsu, Hubei, Anhui and other places.

[processing] remove impurities, wash with water, moisten slightly, shred and dry.

Sweet and smooth.

① (Yilin zuanyao: "sweet, bitter, salty, flat. "

② "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "sweet, flat, non-toxic. "

[function indications] he Zhongxia Qi, dispersing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation. It can treat nausea, hiccup, dysentery, amenorrhea, laryngitis and tinea laryngis.

① Yilin zuanyao: "He Zhong, Jiao Xin Shen, Zhi hiccup. "

② Chongqing herbal medicine: "dispersing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation. For lumbago and blood gas pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: burning, storing, researching and spreading.

[prescription selection] ① to treat diaphragmatic food vomiting, not to swallow: five coins of concanavalin shell, three pills of salted olive, three coins of Pinellia ternata. Fried soup. (Quanzhou materia medica)

② Treatment of deficiency cold hiccup: concanavalin shell ash storage, research, each time two to three money, boiled water delivery service. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of chronic dysentery: steamed concanavalia bean pod rice, dipped in sugar. (Zhong Fu Tang public election prescription)

④ Treatment of low back pain: concanavalin shell burning at the end of the research, good wine tune service, with Gleditsia sinensis burning smoked. (WAN's copy)

⑤ For women with amenorrhea and abdominal pain: baked concanavalin shell as the end, take one money per serving, yellow rice wine, less musk is particularly wonderful. (a collection of experiences)

⑥ Treatment of laryngeal obstruction: concanavalin shell (burning), cream Dai, a total of research at the end of the blow. (Quanzhou materia medica)

⑦ Treatment of tinea laryngis: concanavalin shell ash, to 2, 3% of the blow. (Zhang's secret prescription)

⑧ Treatment of rotten tooth root: burn the ash of concanavalin shell, rub it with ice, and salivate out immediately. (Yi Fang Yi pan Zhu)

⑨ Treatment of cervical lymph node tuberculosis: one or two fresh concanavalin shells, one duck egg. Fried in wine. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

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