Pinyin name d not n ɡ gu ā z ǐ
Alias white melon seeds (classic), melon seeds, melon petals (synopsis of the golden chamber), wax gourd seeds (other records) and melon rhinoceros (Jingchu calendar).
The source is the seed of Cucurbitaceae plant wax gourd. When eating wax gourd, you should collect seeds, wash them, select mature ones and dry them in the sun.
Most parts of the country have distribution of producing areas. In Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Henan, Hebei, Anhui and other places, the output is relatively large.
The dried seeds are flat, oblong or rectangular, about 65438±0cm long and 6 mm wide. The outer skin is yellow and white, sometimes cracked, with a round end and a sharp end, and there are two small protrusions at the tip, one of which is the hilum; The other protrusion is relatively large, with an obvious pearl hole on it. Smooth edges (single-sided winter melon seeds) or round edges on both sides (double-sided winter melon seeds). After peeling off the seed coat, you can see the milky white kernel, which is oily. Slight breath, slightly sweet taste. It is best to be white, full of particles and free of impurities.
chemical composition
Seeds contain 0.68% saponin, fat, urea, citrulline, etc.
Wax gourd seed fat oil contains linoleic acid 62.3%, oleic acid 2 1.9%, saturated fatty acid 15.6%, and a small amount of adenine, fenugreek, etc. are separated from the seeds.
Processing, removing impurities, and mashing when using. Or stir-fry with slow fire until it is yellow and white. Put it in a dry place to prevent insects and rats from biting.
Sexual taste
Very good, very cool.
1 Classic: Tianping.
2 "no recording": cold, non-toxic.
3 "Lu Chuan Ben Cao": sweet, cool.
Meridian tropism: Entering the Jueyin Meridian of Foot.
Functional indication
Moistening lung, resolving phlegm, eliminating carbuncle and promoting diuresis. It can be used for treating phlegm-heat cough, lung carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle, gonorrhea, edema, beriberi, hemorrhoid, and nasal alcohol.
Usage and dosage: decocted, 1 ~ 4 yuan; Let's grind it. External use: decoction or ointment.
Pay attention to "don't record": long-term service in the cold.
Additional prescription
1 Used for treating cough with slight fever, vexation and onychomycosis in chest, used for lung abscess: reed stem (cut, 2 liters, boiled in two barrels of water for 5 liters to remove me), coix seed half liter, peach kernel 30 pieces, melon petal (mostly wax gourd seeds at present) half liter. Cut the four flavors, boil two liters of reed juice, and take one liter, such as pus. (Qianjin Weijing Decoction in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber)
Treatment of intestinal abscess with purulent discharge, less abdominal distension, pain when pressing, such as stranguria and spontaneous urination, sometimes fever, spontaneous sweating and aversion to cold, and its pulse is delayed: rhubarb 42, peony bark 12, peach kernel 50, melon seeds half a catty, mirabilite 3. Five flavors, six liters of water, one liter of boiling, go to me and add mirabilite; Cook it again and take it at once. There is blood if there is pus, and there is blood if there is no pus. (Rhubarb Peony Soup in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber)
3 cure male white turbidity and female leucorrhea: stir-fry old wax gourd kernel as the end. Drink five yuan per hollow rice. ("Emergency Simple Recipe")
4 cure thirst and urinate more: dried winter melon seeds, Ophiopogon japonicus and Coptis chinensis each. Boil the water and drink it. Extract Fiona Fang.
5. Treat men with five strains and seven injuries, improve eyesight: seven liters of white melon seeds, put them in silk bags and stir them in soup for three times. Five liters for one night, * * *; Take off the sieve. Take an inch of wine and take it three times a day. (Qian Jinfang)
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