The efficacy and function of musk

Musk is not unfamiliar to people, especially those who like to watch palace dramas. Musk was often used in harem struggles to frame concubines and cause miscarriage. People were almost terrified when they heard about musk. Relatively speaking, it is common knowledge that different amounts of musk have different medicinal values. So is musk really as scary as it is portrayed in TV dramas, and is it only effective in causing miscarriage? Does musk have any other medicinal value?

In fact, musk is one of the famous spices. It is also known as Dangmenzi, Yixiang, etc. It is a secretion from the glandular sac of male musk deer. Musk can be made into spices or used as medicine and has a special aroma. Musk has many medicinal uses and functions, let’s take a closer look.

Musk's effects and functions:

Used for coma caused by closed syndrome. Musk is pungent and warm, with a very fragrant aroma and a very strong running nature. It has a very strong effect of opening the orifices, clearing blockages and refreshing the mind. It is an essential medicine for refreshing the mind and restoring consciousness. It is most suitable for treating coma caused by blockage, and is effective regardless of whether the blockage is caused by cold or heat. It is used to treat heat trapped in the pericardium due to febrile diseases, phlegm-heat obscuring the heart, convulsions in children, and heat-induced coma due to stroke and phlegm-induced syncope, etc., and is often used with bezoar, borneol, cinnabar and other drugs to form a cool-opening remedy. It is used to treat sudden coma due to stroke, fullness and pain in the chest and abdomen due to nausea, and other cold turbidity or phlegm-dampness blocking the qi mechanism and obscuring the mind, and is often used with storax, sandalwood, benzoin and other drugs to form a warm-opening remedy.

Used for sores, swelling and sore throat. This product is pungent and dispersing, and has good effects of promoting blood circulation, dispersing nodules, reducing swelling and relieving pain. It is effective both for internal and external use. It is used to treat sores and swellings, and is often used together with realgar, frankincense, and myrrh, namely Xingxiao Pills, or with bezoar, frankincense, and myrrh; it is used to treat sore throats, and can be used in combination with bezoar, toad venom, pearls, etc., such as Liushen Pills.

Used for difficult labor, stillbirth, and retained placenta. This product promotes blood circulation and unblocks menstruation, and has the effect of inducing labor. It is often used as powder with cinnamon, such as Xianggui Powder in Zhang's Medical Encyclopedia. Musk is also used with pig's tooth soap and radix trichosanthis, and made into pills with onion juice. It can be used externally, such as the abortion pills in "Hebei Medical Collection".

It is used for blood stasis, amenorrhea, abdominal masses, sudden pain in the heart and abdomen, traumatic injuries, wind-cold-dampness and other symptoms. This product is pungent and fragrant, and can open up the circulation of blood. It can remove stasis in the blood and unblock the meridians. It can be used once a week to promote menstruation, disperse nodules and relieve pain. A course of treatment is 2 weeks with satisfactory results. It can be used together with anti-rheumatic drugs such as Angelica dahurica, Clematis chinensis, and Viscum album to treat arthralgia pain that is stubborn and unhealed.

It can invigorate the mind, promote blood circulation and unblock menstruation, relieve pain, and induce labor. It has the effects of opening the orifices and refreshing the mind, promoting blood circulation and dispersing stagnation, relieving pain and swelling, and inducing labor. It is mainly used to treat coma due to febrile disease, syncope due to phlegm, sudden syncope due to qi stagnation, coma due to poisoning, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, dysmenorrhea, accumulation, sudden pain in the heart and abdomen, rheumatic pain, trauma, carbuncle and malignant ulcer, throat paralysis, mouth ulcer, tooth scurvy, insect and snake bites, dystocia, stillbirth, and retained placenta.

Musk is widely used in real life and in medicines. A small amount of musk absorbed by the human body can relieve various discomfort symptoms of human functions, but if it is consumed in large quantities, it will cause greater discomfort to the human body. When taking musk medicine, it is forbidden to eat irritating things such as garlic. Pregnant women should avoid it. People with weak constitution should take it in a fixed amount under the doctor's advice.