calamine

calamine

(waidan materia medica)

[synonyms] Ganshi (pinhuijingyao), Luganshi (Introduction to medicine), yangganshi (Modern Practical Chinese Medicine), fushuiganshi (records of traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the ore of carbonate mineral smithsonite.

[mineral form] smithsonite (Shiya)

It is a cubic system. The crystal is rhombohedral, but rare. Generally, it is in the form of soil block, bell shaped, porous block, etc. The color is different because of impurities, pure is white, lead is dark green, cadmium is yellow, iron is brown. The stripes are white. Glass luster, translucent to opaque. The cleavage is rhombohedral, with an angle of 107 ° and only crystal aggregates. The fracture surface is uneven. Hardness 5. The specific gravity is 4.1-4.5. It's brittle. It is common in sphalerite oxidation zone.

[collection] after harvesting, remove the miscellaneous stones and soil.

[herbal medicine] is irregular block, flat, round, with different sizes, white or light red surface, depression or small holes, and powdery. It is light, loose, fragile, with white, salty red cross section, granular, fine pores and hygroscopicity. No gas, taste slightly astringent. After calcination, it becomes white or light yellow amorphous agglomerate or fine powder. It's better to be big, white or light red. No melting. When burned on charcoal, zinc oxide film is formed. It turns yellow when heated and turns white when cooled. Hot dilute hydrochloric acid can dissolve it and produce foam.

Produced in Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hunan and other places.

[chemical composition] the main component is zinc carbonate, with a small amount of calcium oxide 0.27%, magnesium oxide 0.45%, iron oxide 0.58%, manganese oxide 0.01%. Zinc in this stone is often replaced by a small amount of iron (bivalent). In addition, some calamine varieties contain a small amount of diamond, copper, cadmium, lead and trace germanium and indium. Calamine from Qingdao and Jinan is mainly composed of zinc carbonate and contains a small amount of impurities such as iron, aluminum, calcium, magnesium and a very small amount of sodium.

Calcined calamine is mainly composed of zinc oxide.

[pharmacological action] natural zinc carbonate insoluble in water, widely used in dermatology, as a moderate antiseptic, astringent and protective agent in the treatment of skin inflammation or surface gouge. Generally, 5-10% water suspension (lotion) and ointment are used.

Calamine: remove impurities and break them. Calcined calamine: take calamine, smash it, put it in a crucible, calcine it in a smoke-free fire until it is slightly red, take it out, pour it into a water basin immediately, soak it, stir it, pour out the suspension, dry the slag, calcine it for 3-4 times, and finally discard the slag. Take the suspension to clarify, pour out clean water, and dry the fine powder. Mix Coptis with water and calamine: take Coptis decoction, add the above calcined calamine fine powder, mix well, suck up, and dry. (each calcined fine powder is 100 Jin, with Coptis 12 Jin 8 Liang).

"Introduction to medicine:" calamine, with a sand jar filled with a cover, calcined in charcoal to make red, to children's stool or Coptis water quenching, and then calcined and quenched, nine times, fine grinding water fly over use. "

Sweet and warm.

① "Pinhuijingyao": "sweet taste, flat nature, non-toxic. "

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

[meridian tropism] into liver, spleen and lung meridians.

① "Yangming Sutra" in Gangmu. "

② "Yuluoyaojie" says: "start with Taiyin lung. "

③ According to Bencao Zaixin, "it enters the liver and spleen meridians. "

[function indications] to remove yituiche, collect temperature and restrain sores. It can be used to treat red eye, wind eye, ulcers and skin sores.

① "Pinhuijingyao" says: "it is mainly about wind heat, red eyes, itching or pain, gradually forming pannus membrane, and treating dampness sores in the lower part. "

② Compendium: "stop bleeding, detumescence and toxin, invigorate muscles, improve eyesight, remove the haze and redness, remove dampness and rotten. Treat all diseases in the eye with longnao point. "

③ "This Jing meets the original": "point eyelid wet rotten and scrotum wet swollen. "

④ Yuluoyaojie: "treating hemorrhoids and fistula chancre. "

⑤ Modern practical Chinese medicine: "for chronic ulcers and lower leg ulcers that are difficult to close, it has the function of antisepsis and muscle regeneration. "

[usage and dosage] for external use: apply water to the eyes, grind the powder, sprinkle or adjust the application.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of eye swelling: calamine (calcined by fire, quenched by urine), weathering, etc. It's the end. A little bit of new hydration. (Imperial medicine prescription)

② Treatment of all kinds of film: calamine, jarosite, Glauber's salt, etc. It's the end. For each word, boil the soup and wash it warm three times a day. (xuanming Lun Fang)

③ To cure the eye of wind and tear: two pairs of calamine, one or two pieces of Rhizoma Coptidis, one or two pieces of water, half a cup of child urine, and then boil, then put it down to remove one or two pieces of water, and then boil it again. Then quench it with calcined stone for seven times, wash it, and put it into the end of the meal. Grind it well and finish it. (Yi Jian Fang for health)

④ Treat all kinds of blepharitis: 50 grams of Mahonia root, add 500 ml of water, fry into thick juice, remove the residue, add calamine powder into thick paste, dry into powder. Then take 30 grams of this powder, add 60 grams of Vaseline and 10 grams of lanolin, and mix them into eye ointment. Apply to eyelid margin, twice a day. (Zunyi new medical materials (6): 851970)

⑤ For dark and dim eyes: calamine (calcined with fire, quenched with urine for seven times), ochre (calcined with fire, quenched with vinegar for seven times), Huangdan (Shuifei) for four Liang each. It's the end. White sand honey half a catty, with copper pan refining to white foam, add water five or six bowls, boil the medicine, civil and military fire boil to a bowl, dripping water does not disperse, to clip paper filter into the porcelain collection. The frequency point is used for the purpose. (Yi Jian Fang for health)

⑥ Treatment of lower Yin sores: calamine (calcined, vinegar quenched five times) one or two, children tea three money. For the end, sesame oil transfer application. (secret experience recipe)

⑦ It is not suitable for the treatment of leakage sores: calamine made from urine and oyster powder. Outside the plug. Take tonics orally. (miscellaneous diseases treatment cases)

⑧ Treatment of Yin, sweat, dampness and itching: calamine one point, real clam powder half point. It's the powder. (ren Zhai Zhi Zhi Fang)

⑨ Treatment of ear pus and yellow juice: calamine (Research) two money, alum two money, rouge half money, a little musk. The upper part is fine. Use the sponge to wrap the pus in the ear. Don't use the sponge to dip in the medicine, or dry blow a little into the ear. Such as accumulation of heat on the back, ear abscess, Shenxiong pill 100, diarrhea three, five elements. (hongmiansan, on the great success of medical prescriptions)

⑩ Treatment Teeth sparse sink: calamine (calcined), cold water stone, etc. It's the end. Every time you brush your teeth with a little, don't brush your teeth. It's self sealing for a long time. (jixuanfang)

[discussion by famous experts] ① in the compendium of Medical Sciences: "calamine is also the medicine of Yangming Meridian, and it is the important medicine for treating eye diseases. When rare, calamine (calcined, quenched), cuttlebone, borax each one or two, for the fine end, to point out the various eye disease is very good. Into cinnabar five money, the nature is not tie also. "

② "Yuluoyaojie" says: "calamine produces gold and silver mine. It can collect dampness and sores, remove the haze and rot by cold, dry and astringent Qi. But the disease is serious and deep-rooted, so it can't be cured by point washing. We must take medicine bait and use the method of extracting the root and stopping the source. "

Chinese PinYin : Lu Gan Shi