Hazel mushroom

Hazel mushroom

(Jilin Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] the name should be mu Boshen.

[source] it is the fruiting body of Armillaria mellea.

[plant morphology] Armillaria mellea

Fruiting bodies medium large, fleshy, tufted or solitary. At first, it is hemispherical, then flattened, with light yellowish brown surface covered with dark scales; white pith; cylindrical handle, slightly expanded base, slightly white surface, stripes, soft inside, light brown; straight folds, nearly white, dark later. Spores elliptic, colorless, smooth.

On the base of coniferous or broad-leaved trees. Distributed in Jilin, Hebei, Shanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places.

[collection] the fruiting bodies were harvested from July to August, and then cleaned and dried.

[chemical composition] it contains mannitol and d-threitol. Also contains lecithin, ergosterol and chitin, vitamin B1_ 0 μ g%, B2_ 5 μ g%, C_ 23 μ g% and pp34. 15 mg% (air dry matter).

The free amino acids are cystine, cysteine, histidine, arginine, aspartic acid, glycine, glutamic acid, threonine, α - alanine, proline, tyrosine, valine and leucine, but there is no tryptophan, and there is no bound lysine, serine and gamma aminobutyric acid.

Functions and indications: dispel wind and activate collaterals, strengthen tendons and bones. Treatment of epilepsy, all kinds of lumbocrural pain, rickets.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang; or grinding powder.

[selection] 1. Treatment of epilepsy: four liang of hazelnut mushrooms and three liang of white sugar. Boil the mushroom in water, filter the juice and add sugar. Drink at will, five times a day.

② Treatment of lumbocrural pain: hazelnut mushroom three Liang, fried horse before a money. A total of research fine end, each service one money, two times a day.

③ Treatment of rickets: two Jin of hazelnut mushroom. Bake on the tile, and finish the two to three dollars each time. Baijiu is served once a day. (its main functions are as follows: Jilin Chinese herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Zhen Mo