White gourd skin

White gourd skin

(Kaibao materia medica)

[source] it is the outer pericarp of Cucurbitaceae plant wax gourd. For plant morphology, please refer to "wax gourd".

[collection] when eating wax gourd, the peels were collected and dried in the sun.

[medicinal materials] the dried pericarp usually curls inward into tube or double tube shape with different sizes. The surface is smooth, light yellow, yellowish green to dark green, leathery, covered with white frost, and the inner surface is rough with slight tendons. It is brittle and easy to break. There is no breath, and the taste is light. It is better to have thin skin, long strip, grey green color, powdery frost, dry and clean.

It is produced in most parts of the country.

[chemical composition] it contains wax and resin. The pulp contains trigonelline, adenine, etc.

[pharmacological action] after taking 2 liang of wax gourd skin Decoction and drinking 1000 ml water, the urine output of the patients in the recovery stage of non renal edema was significantly higher than that of the control group within 2 hours after taking the medicine, but it was lower than that of the control group between 2 and 4 hours.

Sweet and cool.

① "Diannan Materia Medica": "the nature is slightly cold and flat, and the taste is sweet and light. "

② Ben Cao Zai Xin: "it tastes sweet, has a cool nature and is non-toxic. "

[Guijing] materia medica of Southern Yunnan: "entering the spleen and lung meridians. "

[function indications] diuresis and detumescence. Treatment of edema, diarrhea, carbuncle.

① "Ben Cao Tu Jing": function and wax gourd, etc. "

② "Diannan Materia Medica": "quench thirst, eliminate phlegm, benefit urination. "For stroke. "

③ "Compendium": "the main donkey horse sweat into the sore swelling pain, dry Yin for the end of the coating, and the main break injury pain. "

④ New materia medica: "walk the skin, remove dampness, pursue wind, invigorate the spleen and reduce fire. "

⑤ "Qingchungtang essays" says: "relieving wind heat, eliminating edema. "

⑥ "Classification of herbal medicine": treatment of edema, hemorrhoids. "

⑦ "Treatment of tarsal edema and diarrhea by planting medicine" in Jiangsu Province. "

⑧ "Shandong traditional Chinese medicine": "Lishi Xiaoshu. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.3-1 Liang; or powder. External use: decocting, washing or dressing.

[taboo] "the deficiency and swelling caused by malnutrition should be used with caution. "

[prescription selection] ① for nephritis, adverse urination and systemic edema: Six coins for wax gourd skin, six coins for watermelon skin, six coins for Imperata root, four coins for corn stamen and three Liang for red bean. Fried in water, three times a day. (Modern Practical Chinese Medicine)

② Cure injury lumbago: wax gourd skin burns grind, wine takes one money. (Sheng Bian)

③ Treatment of falling injury: one or two dried wax gourd skin, one or two genuine cowhide glue (file). Stir fry in the pan, and then grind. Every five money, good wine hot service, still drink a ou, thick cover take micro sweat. (pick Yuan Fang)

④ Cough: wax gourd skin five money (to frost), a little honey. Take it in water. (materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

⑤ Treatment of huge urticaria: white gourd skin fried, when tea to drink. (Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China)

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