Macaque bone

Macaque bone

(Zheng Lei Ben Cao)

[synonym] Hougu (Guizhou folk medicine Collection), Shengu (Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine records).

[source] it is the skeleton of rhesus monkey.

[animal morphology] macaque (Lu Ji's Shi Shu), also known as Jie (Zhuangzi), Mu Monkey (historical records), Wang sun (Liuhe Dongji), Ji Monkey (shenghuifang), Maliu (Leiyou zalu), Huang monkey.

The body length is about 45-51 cm and the tail length is about 18-20 cm. The face and ears are mostly flesh colored. The color of the buttock is more red than that of the female. There are cheek pouches on both cheeks. The limbs are thick and short, with 5 fingers (toes) on both hands and feet, and flat nails on the fingertips. The color of hair varies with region and age, generally dark brown, gray brown in the upper part of the back, and gradually dark brown in the buttocks. The shoulders and forelimbs are slightly gray, and the chest and abdomen are light gray.

They live in the mountains. They forage in the daytime and rest on rocks or trees at night. Gregarious, agile, good at climbing, jumping and swimming. The food mainly includes wild vegetables, wild fruits, bamboo shoots, insects, etc. it also steals corn, sugarcane and other crops. Distributed in southwest, South China, Yangtze River Basin, Henan, Shanxi, Hebei, Shaanxi, Qinghai and other places.

The meat of this animal (macaque meat) and the stone of viscera (Houzao) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special article for details.

[collection] all year round. After killing, the skin is peeled off (the limbs are not peeled off), the internal organs are removed, the muscles and muscles on the bones are removed, and the bones are hung in a ventilated place to dry.

[medicinal materials] there are two kinds of commercial products: limb bone and whole body bone

① Limb bone

The humerus of the forelimb is about 13 cm long and 1.3 cm thick. The radius and ulna are almost equal in size, about 14 cm long and 0.8-1 cm thick. Femur of hind limb is about 17 cm long and 1.5 cm thick, slightly curved; fibula and tibia are about 15 cm long and 1.2 cm thick, fibula is thin. The palms and claws of the fore and hind limbs were covered with fur. The skin was yellowish brown and dry. The color of the fur was similar to that of the living. The bone is light and the appearance is not very white. The cross-section bone fat is not thick, but also white, bone marrow has been dry.

② Whole body bone

Including skull, spine, ribs, tailbone, etc. The skull is very similar to the skull. The vertebrae is thick, 28 segments in total. Ribs 13 pairs, thin and curved. The coccyx became smaller and smaller, with a total of 15 segments. Goods are often lost and incomplete due to processing. No muscle adhesion, no mildew, no odor, no moth is the best.

Produced in Sichuan, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Hubei and other places.

[processing] crispy or broken.

[nature and taste] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "it is flat in nature, sour in taste and non-toxic. "

[Guijing] records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine: "entering the heart and liver meridians. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind and dampness and dredge channels and collaterals. It can treat wind cold dampness arthralgia, numbness of limbs and joint pain.

① "Syndrome Materia Medica": "skull, main malaria. "

② "Guizhou folk medicine collection": "soaking wine can cure rheumatism, numbness and joint pain. "

③ "Zhejiang Manual of traditional Chinese medicine": "strengthen muscles and bones, dredge meridians. Treatment of traumatic injuries. "

④ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "dispelling wind and dampness, relieving convulsion and stopping malaria. It can treat wind cold dampness arthralgia, numbness of limbs, infantile convulsion and malaria fever. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-2 yuan, soak in wine or into pill or powder.

[formula selection] the treatment of malaria is uncertain: a monkey skull (burnt ash). Study carefully for powder. Empty stomach to warm wine tune a money service, clinical service. (Sheng Hui Fang)

Chinese PinYin : Mi Hou Gu