Haifen

Haifen

(Introduction to medicine)

Another name: Red Sea powder.

[source] it is the egg group zone of the aplysidae.

[animal morphology] blue spot dorsal anal sea hare, also known as Haizhu.

The whole body is slightly spindle shaped, 9-12 cm long, yellowish brown to greenish green; the back and edge are scattered with greenish or blue spots, and the spots are surrounded by Brown coils. There are two pairs of antennae in the head and neck. The first pair is thick, which is called the head rent angle. There is an ear shaped deep groove on the outside, with dendritic villous protrusions on the surface; the second pair is small, which is called the olfactory horn, which is short stick shaped, with small villous protrusions on the surface. The eyes are black, without eyestalk, and located on the anterior sides of the base of olfactory horn. The carcass is very large and sharp at both ends. The foot is wide and smooth, the front end is truncated, both sides are expanded, and the end is short caudate. The lateral feet are well developed and located in the middle of the body. The front ends of the two feet are separated and the back ends are healed, forming a special cavity. The gill is large and fan-shaped. There are purple glands. The anus is located in the straight back of the gill, showing a tubular process. The dorsal surface of the body is covered with many protuberances of different sizes, long conical, densely distributed on the edge of the dorsum of the foot, small, tentacle shaped; those scattered on the head and carcass. Big shape, with many differences.

They live in warm sea area. It often lives on the subtidal zone and feeds on sediment, algae and small molluscs. When encountering stimulation, it can secrete purple liquid and make the sea water turbid to cover. When spawning, it crawls to the attachment such as seaweed or stone, and then discharges the egg group belt and attaches to the attachment. The egg group is bluish green, with fine cords like vermicelli, twisted and irregular. It is distributed in the southeast coast of China. There is a large number of aquaculture near Xiamen.

[collection] during the spawning period from February to March and from September to October, the sea hare inserted bamboo poles or put stones and other attachments into the sea to lay eggs on the sea, collected and dried in the sun.

[flavor] sweet and salty, cold.

① Introduction to medicine: "non toxic, cold and salty. "

② "Materia Medica from the new": sweet, cold and salty. "

[meridian tropism] entering lung and liver meridians.

① "Every source in this classic": "the liver and the kidney are moving. "

② Ben Cao Zai Xin: "entering the lung and kidney meridians. "

Functions and indications: clearing heat and nourishing Yin, softening firmness and eliminating phlegm. It is used to treat lung dryness, asthma, cough, gall and scrofula.

① "Introduction to medicine": "for the treatment of lung dryness, stagnation, distension, cough and asthma, hot phlegm can be reduced, wet phlegm can be dry, lump phlegm can be soft, stubborn phlegm can be eliminated. "

② According to the book of Ben Jing Feng Yuan, the gall is scattered and the heat toxin is removed. "

③ "From the new Materia Medica" says: "treat vexed heat and nourish Yin Qi. "

④ "Gangmu Shiyi": "treatment of dysentery, wind phlegm. "

⑤ "New Materia Medica": "moistening the lung and nourishing the kidney, resolving phlegm and purging heat. "

⑥ "Suixiju diet spectrum": "clearing gallbladder heat, removing dampness, dissolving stubborn phlegm, eliminating gall, healing gall. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decocting soup or taking pills or powder.

[taboo] "Ben Jing Feng Yuan" says: "cold and slippery, people with spleen deficiency should not eat. "

[selected formula] to treat malnutrition and bad eyes: one or two for xiaoqingcao (stir fried together), Shuifei (water fly), haifen (sea powder), Ciyu (thorn) and Rou (meat). It's the end. Use seven pieces of sheep liver as early as possible, mix with medicine and steamed cooked food. (Cihang Living Book)

Chinese PinYin : Hai Fen