The efficacy and function of elephant gall

Elephant bile is a common Chinese medicine in clinical practice. For people with poor physical constitution, eating elephant bile can help us maintain better health. Today I will introduce elephant bile to you.

[Source] It is the expanded part at the end of the hepatic duct of the Asian elephant , a member of the family Elephantidae.

【Original form】 The animal form is detailed in the "elephant skin" entry.

【Chemical composition】 Bile contains bile acid, deoxycholic acid and acetylcholic acid. 150 mg of bile acid and 2 mg of acetylcholic acid were separated from 10 ml of bile.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter and cold.

【Meridian】 "Ben Cao Jing Shu": "enters the liver and spleen meridians."

【Functions and indications】Clears the liver, improves eyesight and reduces swelling. Treats eye cataracts, malnutrition, and sores.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral administration: make into pills. For external use: apply to eyes or sores.

【Note】 "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Elephant gall is extremely bitter and cold, which is not good for the spleen and stomach. People with malnutrition, weak spleen, eye disease and blood deficiency should not take too much salt."

[Additional prescription] For treating cataracts and eye opacities: half a liang of elephant gall, seven pieces of carp gall, one fen of bear gall, half a liang of ox gall, one liang of Lithospermum officinale (pounded and ground), one qian of musk (ground). Grind the above six ingredients into powder, mix with flour paste and make into pills as big as sycamore seeds. Take ten pills each time on an empty stomach with tea. (Sidan Pills from Shengji Zonglu)

【Explanations by various scholars】 ① "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Elephant gall can improve eyesight and remove dust and membranes, which is the same as bear gall. "Leigong Paozhi Lun" says that elephant gall is sticky and sticky."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Leigong Paozhi Lun"

I believe that the above introduction to the knowledge about elephant gall will give you a better understanding of elephant gall. We can eat elephant bile in our daily life to regulate and improve our body.