The efficacy and function of longan comb [picture]

With the development of society and the close international exchanges, most people who study medicine have been seriously influenced by Western medicine, and fewer and fewer people are studying Chinese medicine, which has resulted in less and less understanding of Chinese medicine. Let’s talk about the efficacy and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Longyan Comb [Picture].

[Source] Medicinal material source: The fruiting body of the fungus Trichoderma of the Polyporaceae family.

[Original morphology] The fruiting body is tough leathery to tough corky, lateral and sessile. The cap is semicircular, fan-shaped or kidney-shaped, (2.5-13) cm × (4-22) cm, 4-7 mm thick, dark brown with indistinct concentric rings, initially with indistinct dark branched coarse hairs that gradually fall off; the cap margin is rusty brown, thin and sharp. The surface of the tube mouth is brown, gradually turning blue-gray; the tube mouth is large, angular, and honeycomb-shaped, with 3-4 per cm near the base and 5-6 per cm near the edge; the inside of the tube is often grayish white. The flesh is rusty brown, thin, 1-2 mm. There are obvious conical spines in the hymenium, protruding 110-170μm above the hymenium, with brown base, 22-26μm thick, and colorless or nearly colorless at the top. Spores are oval, colorless, smooth, (17-22)μm×(7-9)μm.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows on the trunks of broad-leaved trees.

【Properties】 Characteristic identification: The fruiting body is sessile. The cap is flat and kidney-shaped, with a long diameter of 4-22cm, a short diameter of 2.5-13cm, and a thickness of 4-15mm. The surface is dark brown, rough or with branched coarse hairs, with inconspicuous rings and radial wrinkles, and the edges are thin and rusty brown. The surface of the tube mouth is brown, the tube mouth is large, polygonal, and honeycomb-shaped, with 3-4 per 1cm near the base and 5-6 per 1cm at the edge, and the inside of the hole is grayish white. Tough corky wood. Slight odor, light taste.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter; astringent; slightly warm

【Functions and indications】Regulating qi and relieving pain; strengthening the stomach. Mainly for stomach pain and indigestion

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Nowadays, people's life pressure is constantly increasing, which makes our bodies often in a state of fatigue. Longyan comb [picture], as a traditional Chinese medicine, has a certain regulating effect on the body. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.