The keel is the skeleton fossil of ancient mammals such as elephants, rhinoceroses and three-toed horses. After digging out the keel, remove the dirt and impurities. The five-flower keel is brittle and easily broken when exposed to air, so it is often pasted with tassel paper. The surface is white, grayish white or yellowish white to light brown, mostly smooth, with some longitudinal cracks or brown stripes and spots.
Hard, the section after crushing is uneven, white or yellow-white, and some are hollow. The joints are swollen and there are honeycomb holes in the section. Strong hygroscopicity. Odorless and tasteless. Hard texture, white color and strong hygroscopicity are preferred.
Five-flower keel is also called five-color keel (light cube). Cylindrical or irregular block. 5 ~ 25 cm in diameter. Light grayish white, yellowish white or yellowish brown, with different shades of blue gray and reddish brown patterns, occasionally with or without patterns.
Generally, the surface is smooth, sometimes the outer layer is flaky, uneven and cracked. Brittle in quality, rough in section after crushing, and concentric ring patterns with different widths can be seen.
Second, the medicinal efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine keel
1, soothe the nerves: used for mental depression with symptoms such as palpitation, forgetfulness, insomnia and dreaminess. , often accompanied by tortoise plastron, calamus and polygala tenuifolia.
2, calming the liver and suppressing yang: used for headache, dizziness, irritability and other symptoms caused by hypertension, often used with oysters, raw white peony, Cynanchum atratum, chrysanthemum and Uncaria.
3, stagnation: used for nocturnal emission, leukorrhagia, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, menorrhagia and so on. It is often used with calcined oyster, yam, cuttlebone and Poria.
4. Promoting granulation and healing sores: used to treat long-term unhealed sores, umbilicus sores, bleeding from golden sores, etc. And grinding with dried alum for external use.
Third, the medicinal selection of keel
1, cure white stagnation dysentery: half keel, half dried ginger and half aconite. Three flavors are served, and Luo is the end. The batter is cooked with vinegar, and the balls are as big as buttonwood. Drink fifteen tablets before eating rice.
2, the treatment of diarrhea is not limited: keel and ochre fat are equally divided, all of which are calcined by fire, and the research is extremely fine, and the rice balls are large. Adults use 20 cents, children use 50 cents, and send them together with papaya soup.
3, fever after diarrhea treatment, purulent blood, can not eat: keel, coptis, etc. On the second taste, the knife is scattered. Two yuan each time. Drink warm rice before eating, and then drink it every day.
4, the treatment of pus is not dry: white keel two points, cold water stone three points, Dan one point. Fine powder on the bed, dry mixed sores, one material, divided into six parts.
5, forget: keel, tiger bone, polygala, etc. Apply three herbs to treat the lower sieve. Take a square knife after eating, two days. Long-term service, smart.
6, cure postpartum sweating: one or two keel, one or two ephedra roots. The last medicine was ground into powder. Whenever, I will use porridge to adjust money.
7, treatment of drowning: white keel, mantis, etc. It's all divided, and each salt soup is two yuan.
8, bleeding caused by treating gold: keel one or two, terminalia chebula one or two, white stone fat half two, ramie leaves half two. The roof is ready, and the water is properly adjusted.
9. Treating the pearl tube: one or two keels. Just smash Luo and it will be scattered. Put a little bead on each point three to five times a day.