Amethyst

Amethyst

(Ben Jing)

The source of fluoride is fluorite.

[mineral form] fluorite, also known as fluorite.

Isometric. The crystal is cubic, octahedral and dodecahedral, and the aggregate often appears as dense granular block. The color is rarely colorless and transparent, and most of them are dyed into various colors, such as yellow, light green, light blue, purple and purple black. Light green, purple and purple black are the most common colors. Their colors can be changed by heating, pressure, X-ray, ultraviolet, etc. when heated, they can lose color, but after being irradiated by X-ray, they will return to their original color. The stripes are white. Glass luster. Transparent to slightly transparent. Cleavage is octahedral. The cross section is in shell shape. The hardness is 4. 18. After heating, it shows fluorescence. It mainly occurs in hydrothermal veins.

[collection] after picking, choose the purple ones as medicine. Remove the attached gravel and clay.

[medicinal material] is irregular block. All of them are purple or light green with uneven color. Translucent to transparent, glass like luster. There are often cracks on the surface. It is hard in quality, heavy in weight, not fragile and irregular in section. There is no breath, and the taste is light. Purple color and strong quality are the best. It is insoluble in water, soluble in sulfuric acid, and emits hydrogen fluoride. It has weak interaction with hydrochloric acid and nitric acid.

Produced in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Hunan, Hubei, Gansu and other places.

"Materia medica Yanyi" said: "Purple quartz clear as water essence, its color purple and uneven. "It seems to be consistent with this product. He also took charge of Yu Xi and quoted the book "Ling Biao Lu Yi" as saying: "the color of purple quartz is light purple, and its quality is clear. It has five edges according to its size, and its two ends are like arrow clusters. It is similar to quartz mineral. At present, the main products on the market are fluorite. However, in a few areas such as Sichuan and Yunnan, quartz minerals are also used as amethyst.

The pure product contains 51.2% calcium and 48.8% fluorine, but it often contains impurities such as iron oxide and rare earth elements.

[processing] amethyst: wash the soil and pound it into small pieces. Calcined amethyst: take a clean Amethyst block, put it into a crucible, put it in a smoke-free fire to make it red, pour it into a vinegar basin to make it crisp, take it out, calcine it again and dry it. (100 Jin of each Amethyst, 30-40 Jin of vinegar)

① "Compendium": "(Amethyst) where into the pill powder, calcined vinegar quenching seven times, grind the end of the water flying, dried into medicine. "

② "This Jing meets the original": "(purple quartz) by fire is toxic, research is very fine, water fly three times. "

Sweet and warm.

① Ben Jing: "it tastes sweet and warm. "

② Bielu: "Xin, nontoxic. "

[Guijing] into the heart and liver channels.

① "Tangye Materia Medica" says: "start Shaoyin, foot Jueyin meridian. "

② According to the interpretation of Materia Medica classic, "entering the liver meridian of foot Jueyin and spleen meridian of foot Taiyin. "

Functions and indications: calming the heart, calming the nerves, reducing adverse Qi and warming the uterus. It is used to treat asthenia, fatigue, palpitation, cough, upper Qi, asthenia, cold and infertility of women.

① "Ben Jing": the evil Qi of "governing the heart and abdomen to cough and resist" ("cough and resist" and "vomit and resist"). Supplement deficiency, female wind cold in the uterus, no child ten years pregnant. "

② Bielu: "it can cure the upper Qi, heart and abdomen pain, cold and heat evil Qi, build up Qi, tonify the deficiency of heart qi, calm the palpitation, soothe the soul, calm the lower Jiao, stop thirst, remove the long-term cold in the stomach, and disperse carbuncle and swelling. "

③ "Theory of medicinal properties": "women take it with children, which is mainly used to nourish lung qi, treat convulsion, pus erosion, deficiency and palpitation. "

④ New materia medica: "tranquilize the mind, nourish the blood and remove dampness. "

⑤ "Ben Cao Bian Du": "warming Ying blood and moistening nourishment can channel qi and suppress the rise of Chong Qi. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-4 Qian; or pill powder.

[should avoid] those with Yin deficiency and excessive fire should not take it.

① "Feldspar is the emissary. Fear of flat green, aconite. Do not want to stagger a, Coptis, wheat ginger sentence. "

② "The classic of Materia Medica" says: "women who are pregnant due to yin deficiency and excessive fire can not accept essence should not use it. "

③ "Must match the materia medica": "the blood heat person taboo uses. "

[selected formula] 1. It can cure deficiency and palpitation, tonify deficiency and stop convulsion. It is edible: five liang of amethyst. Beat as big as beans, wash with water once, take three liters with a bucket of water, take it carefully, or cook porridge, then cook it again. (Zhang Wenzhong)

② It can be used to treat palpitation, restlessness of soul, or heart deficiency, insomnia, and mental disorder: one or two pieces of purple quartz (calcined and vinegar quenched seven times, ground into fine powder, and water flew by), two pieces of Angelica sinensis, Polygala tenuifolia, Zaoren, Fritillaria cirrhosa, Poria cocos, and baiziren, and three pieces of Coptis chinensis (stir fried with salt water). Grind to the end and make honey balls. Every morning take three money, sleep clothes four money, all with black jujube soup. (Secrets of Zheng Zi's family)

③ Treatment of lung cold cough against upper Qi: Purple quartz calcined vinegar quenching seven times, grinding fine powder, water flying. Every morning with five, pepper 10, under the soup. (qingnang secret recipe)

④ For women with fetal cell deficiency and cold, long-term pregnancy, or miscarriage: Purple quartz (calcined, vinegar quenched seven times, ground fine powder, water flying), Cyperus (vinegar fried), Angelica sinensis, Ligusticum chuanxiong (alcohol fried), Atractylodes macrocephala (stir fried), medlar (wine washed, stir fried), prepared rehmannia (wine boiled, mashed paste). The honey pill is big. Every morning and evening three money, good wine sent. (qingnang secret recipe)

⑤ In addition to heat paralysis epilepsy: Amethyst, Hanshuishi, gypsum, talc, baishizhi, Chishizhi each six Liang, rhubarb, dried ginger, keel each four Liang, Guizhi three Liang, licorice, oyster each two Liang. On the twelve flavor, coarse screening, Wei capsule Sheng, take three finger pinch, well water three liters, boil three times, warm a liter. (Synopsis of the Golden Chamber Fengyin Decoction)

⑥ Treatment of carbuncle, swelling and poison: Purple quartz vinegar quenching, pound for the end, ginger, rice vinegar fried, rub also get. (rihuazi materia medica)

[famous scholar's discussion] 1. In the book of Materia Medica, there is no one who only takes Zishi in rushilun, but Wushi powder is commonly used. Zhang Wenzhong takes Zishi boiling water alone to calm the heart. Hu Qia and Qianjin Fang use various kinds of herbs together. Today's prescriptions are only used to treat women and heart diseases. "

② "Compendium": "on the Amethyst, it can calm the heart and remove the fear. Under can benefit the liver, wet to dry also. The heart governs the blood, the liver stores the blood, and its nature is warm and tonic, so it is suitable for those who are restless, liver blood deficiency and female blood sea deficiency and cold infertility. It is said in bielu that it can nourish the heart qi, and Zhen Quan that it can nourish the lung, which is different from Qi, Yang, blood, Yin, Ying and Wei. "

③ According to the classic of materia medica: "Purple quartz, the heart belongs to Yang and heat, deficiency leads to the decline of Yang Qi and the multiplication of cold and evil. It may be caused by the cough of upper Qi, or the cold and heat of qi stagnation, or the pain of heart and abdomen. This medicine can warm the cold, invigorate the middle Qi, and nourish the heart. Palpitation is a kind of deficiency of heart, which can be controlled by the power of falling, and the heart qi can be controlled by the power of calming. The main female wind cold in the womb, no child, cover the woman is born in the kidney and heart envelope, are also Yin, deficiency is wind cold and infertility, must get warm air, there is no way to get rid of wind cold and nurture. This medicine fills the lower Jiao, moves the kidney and the heart envelope. It can dispel wind and cold evil, so it is an important medicine for women to warm the uterus. It can also stop thirst and disperse carbuncle. "Amethyst is an important medicine for women who are restless, lack of liver blood and infertility due to deficiency of blood sea. However, it can be used temporarily and should not be taken for a long time. All kinds of rocks are like this, not only quartz. "

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