Mussel powder

Mussel powder

(rihuazi materia medica)

[synonym] clam ash (qianjinfang), mirage ash (compendium), clam shell powder (materia medica), clam shell ash (Chinese Medical Dictionary).

[source] the powder is made from the shells of Anodonta dorsalis, crista plicata or Hyriopsis cumingii. For animal morphology, please refer to "mussel meat".

[collection] take the shell of mussel, wash it, scrape off the black skin and grind it into powder or calcined ash.

[chemical constituents] the shells of various mussels often contain trace amounts of strontium. They have strong ability to accumulate strontium, so whether the water is polluted by SR can be known by analyzing the SR in the shell. See "shell" section.

[pharmacological action] the rats and mice fed with clam shell powder had no effect on weight gain. The absorptivity was 14.45% and the absolute absorptivity was 12.67 mg, which was higher than that of calcium oxyphosphate group and control group. The results of X-ray film and calcium content analysis of femur showed that bone calcification was good, so the calcium of mussel shell powder had a certain effect.

The effect of strontium is similar to that of calcium, but it is weaker and less toxic. In the past, it was thought that it is toxic, which may be caused by the presence of barium. Strontium is rarely absorbed (mainly absorbed in the stomach), and strontium in the blood is excreted very quickly. At the same time, calcium injection can promote its excretion. When it enters the body, it is mainly stored in the bone, which can inhibit bone calcification. Only radioactive strontium has clinical use.

[nature and taste] ① rihuazi materia medica: "cold, nontoxic. "

② "Gangmu": "salty, cold, non-toxic. "

[channel tropism] entering lung, liver and stomach channels.

① "Ben Cao Hui Yan": "start with Taiyin and zuyang Ming Jing. "

② "Ben Cao Zai Xin": "entering the liver, lung and stomach channels. "

Functions and indications: resolving phlegm, eliminating accumulation, clearing heat and drying dampness: treating phlegm, cough, stomachache, vomiting, leucorrhea, carbuncle, wet sores.

① "Materia medica collection": "rotten shell for powder, drink, the main nausea, phlegm between the heart and chest. "

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "treat chancre, stop dysentery and emesis; adjust and apply carbuncle and swelling vinegar. "

③ "Compendium": "relieve heat and dampness, eliminate phlegm and accumulation. To stop white turbidity, bring down, dysentery, dehumidification swelling, water cough, eyesight, lift Yin sores, dampness sores, itching. "

④ Yilin zuanyao: "treat stubborn phlegm, stop cough, clear heart and protect lung. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: pills and powder. External use: dry mixed or mixed.

[prescription selection] ① to treat phlegm and cough: zhenbeng powder (stir fried red on new tile), add a little indigo, count with light hydrocarbon water and sesame oil, and take two coins. (the trial prescription of Neijing Lei Bian)

② It is used to treat the accumulation of salivary lumps between the heart and abdomen, causing tingling in the heart and abdomen, not healing after a long time, or retching. Reduce food intake: one or two mussel powder, seven Croton (shelling and membrane removal). On the two flavors with fried red. To Croton do not use, only to vinegar ball its powder, such as Wuzi big. The husband's navel pain, fried fennel wine swallow 20 pills; women's blood gas, fried ginger wine; blood red heart, Tongbian and Angelica wine; often take ginger wine. (fried powder pill in Shiyi Dehao Fang)

③ Treatment of carbuncle, red swelling and sharp head: vinegar and clam ash, dry easy. (Qian Jin Fang)

④ Treatment of various ulcers and gangrene: Chuanwu, bengfen, Caowu, haijinsha, Chixiaodou, tiannanxing, etc. On the end, with raw rehmannia juice transfer, coating the affected area. (Xiaozhong Dufang in Puji Fang)

⑤ Treatment of foot wet rotten: clam powder dry rub it. (Shouyu shenfang)

[clinical application] treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcer

Stir fry the clam shell powder in a copper pot until the powder is yellowish brown and the fishy smell is evaporated, then cool and sift. The course of treatment was 4-8 weeks. Forty one patients were treated for 14-79 days. Results 28 cases of epigastric pain disappeared, 7 cases relieved; 23 cases of epigastric tenderness disappeared, 6 cases relieved; 21 cases of X-ray examination, 9 cases of niches disappeared, 1 case of deformation disappeared, 6 cases of niches reduced.

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