Goose tube stone

Goose tube stone

(compendium)

[source] it is the calcareous skeleton of coelenterate Quercus corals or the elongated tip of mineral stalactite.

Oak coral

Monosomic or weak groups. The individual is long columnar in shape. There are more than three rows of septal walls inside the individual, and the axis is slightly spongy.

Living in warm sea and shallow water.

The calcareous skeletons of nuclear corals of the nuclear corallidae family are still used as tubules in Guangxi. They are mainly characterized by monomeric, columnar, conical, and nodular axial structures.

[mineral morphology] stalactite, see "stalactite" for details.

[collection] Quercus corals can be harvested all year round. Remove miscellaneous stones, wash and dry in the sun. Stalactite can be collected all year round, choose as fine as tubular drip stone.

[herbal medicine] ① Quercus coralline skeleton

Also known as: Coral goose tube stone. It is round tubular, some slightly curved, one end thin and pointed, shaped like a goose feather tube, 3-5 cm long and 4-7 mm in diameter. The surface is milky white or grayish white, with protruding nodal transverse ring lines and most longitudinal straight edge lines, among which there are thin transverse edge lines alternating into a small square lattice. It is hard and brittle, and can be broken. There are many septa in the section, which are arranged radially from the center. There is no gas, and the taste is slightly salty.

Produced in Guangdong and Guangxi. It is used in most parts of the country.

② Diorite

Also known as: Bell milk goose tube stone. See article "stalactite" for details.

Produced in Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan and other places. In Jilin, Liaoning, Gansu, Shandong, Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

Sweet, warm,

Functions and indications: warming the lung, strengthening yang and promoting lactation. Treatment of tuberculosis, cough and asthma, chest tightness, impotence, waist and knee weakness, milk barrier.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or grind powder, 1-5 points.

[selected prescription] for all kinds of fatigue, cough stagnation, chest and diaphragm fullness: Goose tube stone, realgar, Saxifraga, winter flower, etc. Last is the last. Take one money for each medicine and set it on a incense burner to smoke in your throat. (xuanming Lun Fang Fen Xiang tou Ge SAN)

Chinese PinYin : E Guan Shi