Elephant bone

Elephant bone

(compendium)

[source] it is the skeleton of Asiatic elephant of elephant family. The animal morphology is shown in the "elephant skin" strip.

[chemical composition] water accounts for about 1 / 2, organic matter accounts for about 1 / 4, including ossein, fat, etc., inorganic matter is mostly calcium phosphate, and a small amount of calcium carbonate, magnesium phosphate, etc. According to the analysis of the outer bone of the femur and tibia of the Asian elephant, it contains 68.60% ash, 11.46% phosphorus, 0.35% magnesium, 0.60% sodium, 4.25% carbon dioxide, 2.89% hydroxyproline (in collagen), 0.12% hexosamine, 1.35% citric acid and 0.03% lactate.

[functions and indications] Compendium: "detoxification. "

[selected prescription] it is used to Treat Spleen and stomach deficiency heat ("heat" is cited as "weak"), heart and abdomen fullness, water and valley does not disappear, EEE gas does not disappear ("not disappear" is cited as "swallowing acid"), food vomiting, diarrhea, pus and blood, heavy limbs, navel and abdominal pain, internal urgency, frequent night rise, do not want to drink and eat: Xianggu Si Liang (fried), Terminalia chebula Liang, nutmeg Liang. Two and a half ginger, two and a half Fructus aurantii. For the end, each take three money, water one and a half, fried to eight minutes, and I hot service, before eating, three times a day. (Xiang Gu San in xuanming Lun Fang)

Chinese PinYin : Xiang Gu