The efficacy and function of bile star

The development of Western medicine has brought some crises to traditional Chinese medicine. But traditional Chinese medicine still has many magical aspects. Let’s talk about the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Danxing.

[Other name] Arisaema consanguineum (Ben Cao Xuan Zhi)

[Source] It is a processed product made from Arisaema mixed with ox bile .

[Preparation method] Put raw Arisaema in clean water and rinse repeatedly until the spicy feeling is gone, then grind it into fine powder. Also, filter out the impurities, add an equal amount of ox bile boiled in a copper pot, and mix it with the arisaema powder. After the bile is completely absorbed and half dried in the sun, put it into a mortar and blend it. Cut it into small pieces and expose it to the sun and dew at night until there is no fishy smell. One method is to take 1 jin of arisaema powder, add 1 jin of ox bile, mix well, dry in the sun at night, steam it, and cut it into small pieces. The next year, add another pound of ox bile, mix well, and expose to the sun to dry. In the third year, add half a pound of ox bile, mix well, and expose to the sun to dry. In this way, the color gradually turns black and the fishy smell gradually disappears.

[Properties] This product is block or spherical, with black or brown-black surface and lighter color in cross section. It is tough or hard, has a slight aroma, and tastes bitter and slightly spicy. The best ones are black in color, oily, not fishy in smell, and not spicy in taste.

【Nature and flavor】 ① "Compendium of Materia Medica": "bitter taste, cool nature."

【Meridian】 ①《Pharmaceutical Chemistry》: "Enters the liver and gallbladder."

【Functions and indications】 Clears heat and resolves phlegm, calms the nerves and relieves chronic illness. It is used to treat stroke, phlegm, epilepsy, cough with phlegm and fire, and dizziness caused by headache.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 1 to 2 qian; or make into pills.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat wind-heat toxicity in children, stagnation of the diaphragm, cooling the heart and calming the nerves: one liang of bile star, ten small pieces of gold and silver foil, one and a half qian of cinnabar, one word each of borneol and musk. Grind them together into a very fine powder, add refined honey and make into pills as big as a chicken head. Take one pill each time, dissolve it in bamboo leaf water. (Paolongwan from Shengji Zonglu)

【Discussions by various scholars】 ① "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Bilexing, seven or nine times processed is the best. Compared with Nanxing, it is bitter and cool in nature, so it is good at relieving wind, phlegm, heat and stagnation."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From Compendium of Materia Medica

The above is a brief introduction to the effects of Danxing. I hope it can help all friends. Generally speaking, the health-preserving effects of Danxing are very powerful. Therefore, Danxing can be used in daily life to better promote physical health.