iron

iron

(Ben Jing)

[source] it is a gray black metal. It is mainly refined from hematite, limonite and magnetite. Due to different carbon content, it can be divided into pig iron (carbon content is more than 1.7%), wrought iron (carbon content is less than 0.2%) and steel (carbon content is between 0.2% and 1.7%).

[source] 1. Hematite, see "Daizhe" for details.

② Limonite, see "Yu Yu Liang" article.

③ Magnetite, see "magnetite" for details.

It is pungent and cool.

① Bielu: "slightly cold. "

② Rihuazi materia medica: "it tastes pungent, flat and poisonous. "

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

[Guijing] 1. Bencao Zaixin: "entering the heart, liver and kidney. "

② Summary of materia medica: "start with Shaoyin, foot Taiyin and Jueyin meridians. "

[function indications] it can calm the heart and liver, eliminate carbuncle and detoxify. Treatment of convulsion, epilepsy, mania, carbuncle poison.

① Ben Jing: "the main firm muscle can endure pain. "

② Bielu: "it mainly treats the lower part and prolapse of anus. "The main golden sore, full of trouble, heat, chest diaphragm gas plug, food does not change. "

③ Materia medica notes: "the main thief wind, burning red wine in the hot service. "

④ "Gangmu": "disperse blood stasis, eliminate erysipelas. "

⑤ Ben Cao Hui Yan: "calming liver qi, calming convulsion. "

⑥ "The preparation of Materia Medica" says: "calming the heart and calming the liver, calming the convulsion and treating the mania, removing carbuncle and detoxifying. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup or roast red wine, drink with water. External use: fried or roasted, Quenched and washed.

[taboo] 1. Rihuazi materia medica: "fear of magnetite, gray charcoal, etc. "

② "Compendium": "Tiewei Gleditsia, pig dog fat, frankincense, Glauber's salt, Naosha, bittern, litchi. All plants and herbs should not use iron utensils, especially kidney tonifying herbs. Otherwise, it will eliminate the liver and kidney, and cover the liver injury, and then the deficiency of mother Qi will be more and more serious. "

[selected formula] ① for adults and children with frequent convulsions and epilepsy, those who can eat and have enough strength: use pig iron to boil juice twice. (Fang Mai Zheng Zong)

② Treatment of anal prolapse over the years do not read: pig iron three jin. Water a bucket, boil five liters, cast iron to juice wash, day again. (nisengtan's collection of prescriptions)

③ Treatment of blood stasis in the joints and the flank is not to: pig iron a Jin. Three liters of wine, take one liter after boiling. (behind the elbow)

④ Treatment of erysipelas in children: quench the molten iron (water in the iron trough when beating the iron), and drink it together. (notes on materia medica)

⑤ Treatment of Xionghu's claws and teeth: Boil pig iron to make it taste, so as to wash the sores. (behind the elbow)

⑥ Treatment of deafness: burn iron to make it red, drink it in wine; still put a magnet in the ear, day one change, night go, Dan do not. (Qian Jin Fang)

In Yilin zuanyao, a famous treatise, it is said that "iron, salty and purulent, therefore, kidney tonifying drugs should be avoided. However, it has its own function of relieving heart and kidney, calming soul and calming soul. "

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