White plum

White plum

(notes to the classic of Materia Medica)

[synonyms] Yanmei (Shangshu), Shuangmei (Gangmu), baishuangmei (Bencao Biandu).

[source] it is the immature fruit of Prunus mume, a Rosaceae plant. The plant morphology is detailed in article.

[method of making] Qi Min Yao Shu: "in the method of making white plum, the seeds of plum are picked when they are first ripe. They are salted at night, exposed in the day, and soaked for ten nights and ten exposures. "

[flavor] sour, astringent, salty, flat.

① "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "warm, non-toxic. "

② "Compendium": "acid and salty, flat, non-toxic. "

③ "Materia Medica from the new": sour, astringent, salty, flat. "

[function indications] it is used to treat laryngopharyngeal obstruction, diarrhea, dysphoria and thirst, Meihe diaphragmatic Qi, carbuncle, gangrene, swelling and toxin, trauma and bleeding.

① Tao Hongjing: "white plum should also be similar to black plum. Nowadays, people often use white plum and medicine to point moles to corrode evil flesh. "

② Materia medica notes: "stab in the meat, chew the white plum to seal it, stab out immediately. "

③ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "treat the sword and arrow (wound), stop bleeding, research and apply it. "

④ The book of materia medica: "eliminating phlegm. "

⑤ According to the book of Materia Medica Mengluo, "mash it into paste, apply it to attack maliciousness, cure women's mastitis, and remove the arrow cluster from the meat; when you have a stroke and close your teeth, you should rub the meat. "

⑥ "Compendium": "treatment of stroke, convulsion, laryngeal obstruction, phlegm and stiffness.". He also treated diarrhea, thirst, vomiting of cholera, blood collapse, and the same as Wumei. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, body fluid or pill. External use: wiping teeth, tamping or calcining, grinding and mixing.

[taboo] Materia Medica from the new: "eating more will damage teeth and tendons. "

[prescription selection] ① for the treatment of breast moth caused by laryngopharyngeal obstruction: Twenty green plums (twelve liang of salt, five days of submergence, three liang of alum with plum juice),,,, each two liang, thirty Jiao. For the fine powder, mix juice and plum into the bottle, each with a, holding pharynx body fluid. Where apoplectic phlegm, teeth do not open, with this brush is particularly good. (Shuimei pill in the compendium) two Baimei pills are made of raw alum powder, which contain pharynx or swallow it. (Sheng Ji Zong Lu)

② Treatment of cholera: salt plum decoction, drink it. (ruyifang)

③ Treatment of plum kernel diaphragmatic Qi: half green and half yellow plum, each with one or two salt, submerge for one day and night, dry, soak and sun, until the water is exhausted, use three green coins, clip two plum, bind with hemp thread, put them in magnetic cans, seal them underground, and take them out in a hundred days. Each with one, containing the pharyngeal juice, into the throat that disappear. (Gong's empirical formula)

④ It can be used to treat carbuncle and gangrene. It can be used to treat carbuncle and gangrene, but not carbuncle and gangrene. (Yi Jian Fang)

⑤ Treatment of gold sores: burn dried plum as charcoal, mash it and apply it overnight. He was also treated for injuries. (Qian Jin Fang)

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