The efficacy and function of dog skull

Dog skull is a famous traditional Chinese medicinal material with a long history of application. Today we will learn about dog skulls.

【Source】 The skull of a dog , a Canidae animal.

【Nature and flavor】 ①《Bielu》: "neutral."

[Functions and indications] Treat chronic dysentery, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, dizziness, bleeding from wounds, and fistulas.

【Usage and Dosage】 For internal use: burn the medicine and grind into powder. For external use: apply the mixture with burnt ash.

[Additional prescription] ① To treat chronic dysentery: one liang of purple bamboo shoot tea (pounded into powder), one and a half liang of dog skull in the twelfth lunar month (burned to ashes). Grind the above medicines together and make them evenly distributed. Take it at any time, two qian at a time with porridge. (Purple Bamboo Tea Powder from Sheng Hui Fang)

[Discussions by various scholars] "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Dog skulls have no smell in the "Compendium of Materia Medica". According to its function, it should be sweet, salty and warm. Salt can enter the blood, sweet can replenish blood, and warm can harmonize blood. Therefore, it is used to stop bleeding from wounds."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

Although dog skulls have many magical effects, they cannot be eaten casually. We need to use the medicine according to the user's own situation. I hope everyone will not take it indiscriminately to avoid unnecessary consequences.