Ambergris

Ambergris

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[synonym] longniao (Youyang Zazu), longfuxiang.

[source] it is the dried product of intestinal secretion of sperm whale.

[animal form] sperm whale, also known as true a whale and giant whale.

It is the largest of the toothed cetaceans. Generally, the body length is about 14 meters, and the maximum can reach 23 meters. There is a great difference between male and female, female is only half of male. The head is huge, accounting for more than 1 / 4 of the body length. The forehead is obtuse and round, more prominent than the slender inferior palate. Only the mandible has teeth. There is a spray hole on the left side of the head. The eye is behind the corner of the mouth. The external auditory foramen are very small. The body is thick in front and thin in back. The fin limb is small, wide and round, without dorsal fin, but with a few fleshy peaks, and the caudal fin is wide. The back of the body is dark black, the side of the body is slightly light, and the ventral surface is silver gray or white. The main food is squid from deep sea. It also eats many kinds of small fish.

They are mainly active in tropical and more tropical warm seas, and they live in groups with one male and many females. It is distributed all over the oceans. Both in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

[collection] after being captured and killed, the intestinal secretion (ambergris longissima) was collected and dried to form a waxy lump. Its intestinal secretions can also be discharged from the body, floating on the sea, so sometimes it can also be fished from the sea.

[medicinal material] the dried ambergris is fragrant, opaque and waxy. It is as black and brown as amber, sometimes with multicolored stripes. Crisp and light, chew like wax, can stick teeth. The gas is slightly fishy and the taste is sweet and sour. Its specific gravity is about 0.7 ~ 0.9, melting point is 60 ℃, soluble in pure acid. When burning, it has a blue flame, and the fragrance overflows everywhere. It is like musk and elegant. The smoked things can maintain a lasting fragrance. It is better to be dark brown, loose and tough, and burning with delicate fragrance.

[chemical composition] it contains about 25% ambergol. The ash mainly contains 6.21% Cao, 9.88% MgO, 4.65% P2O5 and 6.02% SiO2.

[nature and taste] sweet and sour.

① "Medicinal properties test": "taste sweet, gas fishy, astringent. "

② "Gangmu Shiyi": "it is fishy, slightly sour and salty, and non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: promoting qi and activating blood circulation, dispersing knots and relieving pain, promoting diuresis and relieving gonorrhea. It is used to treat cough, dyspnea, pneumatosis, abdominal pain and gonorrhea.

① Fan Xian's Taiwan Fu Zhi: "stop heartache, help essence. "

② "Gangmu Shiyi": "promoting blood circulation, benefiting essence, helping Yang Tao and benefiting blood vessels. Liao Yongyan: Li Shui Tong Lin, San Baijie, Xiaoqi Jie, zhulaochong. Zhou quda: it can produce body fluid in the mouth. If the mouth is dry, it can flow into the cheek. "

③ "Medicine science": "it is used to treat cough, dyspnea, dizziness, dyspnea, and pains in the heart and abdomen. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: Yanmo, 1-3 points.

Chinese PinYin : Long Xian Xiang