Toad

Toad

(Ben Jing)

[synonyms] frog Strider (Mandarin), Cuan (Zhouli), crab frog (Erya), local frog (Modern Practical Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the whole body of Rana chensinensis.

[animal morphology] Rana chensinensis

The body length is about 40-55 mm, and the male is slightly smaller. The head is slightly triangular. The mouth is broad, the snout tip is pointed and round, and the snout edge is round. There were 2 small nostrils near the snout. The eye is large and prominent, the distance between the eyes is narrow, there are transverse spots between the two eyes, and there is a circular tympanic membrane behind the eye, which is 2 / 3 of the eye diameter. There are many irregular longitudinal folds on the back of the body, and round warts on the side of the body; there are also small warts on the back of the hind limbs, and the skin on the abdomen is smooth. The color of life varies greatly, the back is brown gray or gray brown olive mast color, sometimes mixed with ochre red, dark brown stripes are quite significant, the back is more or less "VV" shaped spots on the shoulder of the forelimb, and there are "V" shaped stripes or short horizontal stripes on the back end. The forelimb is long and thin, the first finger is developed, the order of finger length is 3,1,4,2; the tumor under joint and metacarpal process are developed. The hind paw is thick, and the hind paw is thick. The male has a black pharynx with a single hypopharyngeal external acoustic capsule and a light colored wedding pad on the first finger of his forelimb.

They live in fields, near chize and hilly areas. The main food is arachnids and Hymenoptera. The tadpoles lay eggs from May to July; they are olive green with brown ochre pits, some short black transverse spots along the upper edge of the caudal fin, no markings on the abdomen; their mouth is small; their horny jaws are not strong, and their labial mastoid processes extend from both sides of the corner of the mouth to both sides of the lower lip, while the middle part of the lower lip is absent.

It is distributed in Shandong, Henan, Sichuan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Taiwan, etc.

The skin (toad skin), brain (toad brain), liver (toad liver), gall (toad gall) and larva (tadpole) of this animal are also used for medicine. See special regulations for details.

[processing] Leigong's treatise on frying: "for toads, first remove the skin, then the intestines and claws, dry them in the shade, and then spread them crisp to make them dry. For each repair, use beef crisp for one point, and then cook them to the full. "

Sweet and cold.

① Ben Jing: "it tastes pungent and cold. "

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "cold, nontoxic. "

③ The supplement to the meaning of materia medica: "it is sweet in taste and cold in nature. "

[Guijing] interpretation of Lei Gong's processing properties: "entering the spleen meridian. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, strengthening spleen and eliminating accumulation. It is used to treat carbuncle, furuncle, mouth sore, scrofula, diarrhea and malnutrition.

① "Ben Jing" says: "the main evil, broken paralysis firm blood, carbuncle swelling Yin sores. Take it without fever. "

② "Treatise on medicinal properties": "applying carbuncle and swelling and treating heat and swelling. "

③ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "it can cure dog biting and fever mania, stick evil sores and relieve vexation and fever. "

④ Yilin zuanyao: "Zipeng helps Yang, Buxu Lei, Jianpi stomach, kill malnutrition.". "

⑤ Modern practical Chinese medicine: "clearing heat and detoxifying. Boil food to cure boils and poison; make it into black fever to cure dysentery. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: pills and powder. External use: tamping, grinding and mixing.

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of ulceration: one black toad. Remove the intestines, bake, grind and apply with oil. Avoid ironware. (compendium)

② Treatment of dampness?: dry toad, burn ash, fine research for the end, to pig fat regulation, coating sore, three or five degrees a day. (prescription of toad ash in Shengji Zonglu)

③ Treatment of children suffering from wind navel and umbilical ulcer for a long time: burn toad pestle at the end of the application, three or four degrees a day. (waitai)

④ Treatment of pediatric aphthous ulcer: toad (fried), pestle powder on the sore. It can also be used to treat infantile acne. (secret records of son and mother)

⑤ Treatment of diarrhea in children's Cave: burn shrimp powder, drink square inch dagger. (secret records of son and mother)

⑥ Treatment of infantile acute malnutrition: a toad (claw removed, burned for ash), bear gall (Research), musk (Research), pig tooth Gleditsia (peeled, roasted), white catkin each one. The last five flavors are mashed and ground, and the honey balls are as big as mung beans. Take five to seven pills each time, drink rice or warm water, three times a day. (toad pill in Shengji Zonglu)

⑦ To cure the sting of Agkistrodon halys; to give birth to a toad, mash and apply it. (waitai)

The supplement to the meaning of materia medica: "toads are sweet in taste and cold in nature. People in the south often eat them. Materia medica clearly states that they can be eaten without fever, so it is necessary for patients to cook them. The meaning of "Materia Medica" is that it is fried, dried, burned or ashes. It is used as a medicine, not as if the common people cooked it as a soup and sipped it with salt and pepper. This material can make it wet, and if it is wet for a long time, it will melt heat. "Yan Yi" refers to the heat of relieving labor, not soup. "

Chinese PinYin : Xia Ma