Snail

Snail

(the original name of "on medicinal properties" and "notes to the classic of Materia Medica" is snail in Tianzhong)

Another name is Huangluo (yilinzuoyao).

[source] it is a member of the family volvaceae, the volvaceae, or the whole family of the same genus.

[animal morphology] snails from China

The shell is conical, about 5-7 cm high. The shell top is slightly pointed, the spiral layer is 6-7 layers, the suture line is deep, the body spiral layer is large; the shell mouth is ovoid, the edge is neat; the cuticle is ovoid, brown, with concentric ring arrangement of growth lines. The body is soft, the head is cylindrical, and there is a prominent snout at the front end; there is a mouth on the ventral side of the snout front end, and there is a pair of antennae at the base, which can slightly stretch. The male's right antennae are thicker and shorter than those on the left, and there is a genital opening at the top, which becomes a junction organ. There are eyes in the eminence near the base of antennae. The foot is located under the head, large in shape, broad in metatarsal surface, slightly truncated in the front end, round in the rear end, and cylindrical in the back of the foot, connected with the head, putamen muscle and visceral sac. The head and foot can be retracted into the shell, and the shell will be closed after retraction.

Living in lakes, rivers, swamps and paddy fields, usually crawling on the bottom of water or aquatic plants with broad feet. The leaves and algae of succulent aquatic plants are the main food. During the cold period, they drill into the soil to sleep. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

The shell of the animal (snail shell) and the shell of the animal (snail shell) are also used for medicine. See the special section for details.

[collection] in summer and autumn.

[chemical composition] the edible part contains 81 grams of water, 10.7 grams of protein, 1.2 grams of fat, 4 grams of carbohydrates and 3.3 grams of ash per 100 grams. It also contains 1357 mg of calcium, 19 mg of phosphorus, 19.8 mg of iron, 0.05 mg of thiamine, 0.17 mg of riboflavin, 2.2 mg of nicotinic acid and 30 IU of vitamin a130.

[flavor] sweet and salty, cold.

① Bielu: "juice: great cold. "

② Cui Yuxi's book of food: "it tastes salty, cold and nontoxic. "

③ "Pinhui essence": "it is sweet in taste, cold in nature and non-toxic. "

[Guijing] 1. Ben Cao Qiu Zhen: "entering bladder, intestine and body.". "

② According to Bencao Zaixin, "it enters the liver and spleen meridians. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and promoting diuresis. Treatment of heat knot, dysuria, jaundice, beriberi, edema, thirst, hemorrhoids, bloody stool, red eyes, swelling and pain, sore swelling and poison.

① "Bielu": "juice: Main eye hot red pain, quench thirst. "

② Tao Hongjing: "boiling juice can cure heat, sober up and quench thirst. "

③ "Materia medica notes": "when cooking, it is beneficial to urination and defecation, removing heat in the abdomen, yellowing under the eyes, increasing beriberi, hardening of the lower abdomen, red and astringent urination, swelling of the feet and hands; when drinking raw juice, it can stop thirst; when breaking it, it can be used to treat heat sores. "

④ According to the compendium of medical science and technology, "it can relieve dampness and heat, treat jaundice; smash and stick the navel to induce heat downward, stop dysentery, and drench dampness; take water to wipe hemorrhoids and stink, and burn and research to treat tinea. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, saliva or calcined powder. External use: apply saliva or tamp.

[taboo] 1. In the classic of materia medica: "eye disease is not related to wind heat. "

② "Ben Jing Feng Yuan": "overfeeding can cause abdominal pain and diarrhea, which can be solved by grinding Muxiang liquor. "

[prescription selection] 1. For the treatment of dysuria and abdominal distension: two snails and half a spoonful of salt. It's a little bit under the navel. (medical banknote category)

② Treatment of jaundice: snail meat 1, 20, as chopped wine service. (general discussion on pediatric health)

③ Treatment of water vapor edema: snail, garlic, plantain. Grind it into ointment and make a large cake to cover the belly, and the water will come out from it. (history of barnyard grass)

④ Treatment of edema: snail no matter how much, water drift, add a cup of oil in the water, the saliva naturally spit out, take dry as the end. Every time you take it, you can't take more than three points. When you adjust the wine, the water comes from urination, the gas comes from stool, and the swelling disappears. Then you take the medicine for nourishing the spleen and stomach. (baoyuanfang)

⑤ Treatment of wine poisoning, intestinal wind and blood: wash the five snails, burn them on the fire, take the dried shell and white meat as the degree, grind them into fine powder, take them only once, and heat the wine. (Bai Yi Xuan Fang)

⑥ Cure diarrhea, seal the navel to induce heat down: smash the snail meat, put a little musk into the navel. (Danxi Xinfa)

⑦ Treatment of eye pain: Pearl and Coptis, Na snail, juice out for a long time, take in the eye. (Tao Hongjing)

⑧ Treatment of internal hemorrhoids and external hemorrhoids swelling and pain: a field snail, with Borneol mixed in the dimple, Yang put in the cup, a small amount of water outflow, take the paint on the hemorrhoids. (Tian Luoshui, ten surgical methods)

⑨ For the treatment of large intestine prolapse, take off three or five inches: two or three pieces of Ota snail, raise the well water for three or four days, remove the mud, grind the Coptis with chicken feet into fine powder, put it into the bowl, turn it into water, wash the anus with strong tea, dip the chicken feather in it, and hold it on soft silk. (Desheng experience prescription)

⑩ Treatment of all swelling: snail a good ice brain two pieces, on the snail into water, point sore. (Puji Fang)

(11) treatment of scrofula ulceration: snail with meat burning, fragrant oil. (Yilin Jiyao)

[clinical application] ① treatment of renal ascites

Take 2-3 fresh snails (shelled) and wash them, mash them with 3 teaspoons of salt, spread them on 9x9cm cellophane, apply them on the navel and cover them with gauze. Once a day until ascites disappear. Before treatment, the abdominal circumference of 4 cases was 85-94 cm, urine protein (+ +) ～ (+ + +), red blood cell (+ +), granular tube type (+ +); after 5-7 days of treatment, the abdominal circumference was reduced to 68-86 cm, urine protein and red blood cell were also reduced or turned negative. 3 cases were markedly effective, and 1 case was not cured due to withdrawal.

② Treatment of cervical cancer necrosis after radiotherapy

Take a few edible snails, wash them, remove the cap, and fall down in a clean container for one night. Then you can get light green water, add ice flakes and make them into a paste. After washing the vagina and wiping off the local necrotic tissue of the cervix, the borneol snail paste was applied to the dead surface, and then the thread cotton ball was inserted into the vagina. Once a day, 10 times for a course of treatment, generally need more than 3 courses. 14 cases were treated, 4 cases were basically cured (vaginal necrotic tissue disappeared, all presented fresh granulation, cavity became shallow to disappear); 8 cases were improved (necrotic tissue decreased, some appeared fresh granulation); 2 cases were invalid.

Chinese PinYin : Tian Luo