The efficacy and function of Longgufeng

I don’t know if you have seen the Chinese medicinal dragon bones in your life. When you receive dragon bones, the first thing that comes to your mind must be the legendary dragon. In fact, dragon bones are just the remains of some ancient creatures. After being dug out from the ground, they are used as medicinal materials because of the high nutritional value they contain. They are also called dragon bone wind. So what are the effects and functions of dragon bone wind?

Baicao Chinese Medicine will introduce the efficacy and effects of the Chinese medicine dragon bone and the precautions for you!

Dragon bone, also known as: Lu Hu's remains, Naga bone, raw dragon bone, calcined dragon bone, five-color dragon bone, green dragon bone, flower dragon bone, and white dragon bone. They are fossils of the skeletons of ancient mammals such as elephants, rhinos, and three-toed horses. After digging out the keel, remove the soil and impurities. The bones of the five-flowered dragon are brittle and easily broken when exposed to the air after being unearthed, so they are often glued together with rough paper.

Dragon bone is also known as white dragon bone, Lu Hu's remains, Naga bone, raw dragon bone, calcined dragon bone, five-flowered dragon bone, green dragon bone, and flower dragon bone (Bielu). It is bone-like or irregularly lumpy.

The surface is white, grayish white or yellowish white to light brown, mostly smooth, some with longitudinal cracks or brown stripes and spots.

It is hard, and after being smashed, the cross-section is uneven, white or yellowish-white in color, and some are hollow. The joints are swollen and the cross section has honeycomb-like holes.

Strong moisture absorption capacity. Odorless and tasteless. The best ones are hard, white and have strong moisture absorption.

Five-color dragon bone is also known as five-color dragon bone (Guangli Fang). It is cylindrical or irregular in shape. Diameter 5~25cm.

Light grayish white, light yellowish white or light yellowish brown, with patterns of blue-gray and reddish brown of varying shades and coarse red; occasionally there are some without patterns.

The surface is generally smooth, but sometimes the outer layer peels off in pieces, becoming uneven and having cracks. The texture is relatively crisp, and after breaking, the cross section is rough, with concentric rings of varying widths visible.

It has strong moisture absorption capacity and will absorb moisture when licked. Odorless and tasteless. The best ones are lighter, crispier, more layered, more patterned and have stronger moisture absorption.

Dragon bone tastes sweet and astringent, and is neutral in nature. It has the effects of calming, astringing sweat and semen, promoting tissue regeneration and healing sores. It is used for neurasthenia, palpitations, insomnia, nightmares, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, spermatorrhea, enuresis, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, etc.; it can be used externally to treat ulcers that do not heal for a long time.

It mainly contains calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, and small amounts of iron, magnesium, aluminum, potassium, sodium, chlorine, sulfate, etc.

The efficacy and function of Longgufeng

Blood calcium accounts for only 0.1% of the calcium in the human body, but it has a great impact on nerves, myocardium, bones and other tissues. When the blood calcium level decreases, it will lead to increased neuromuscular irritability, causing tetany, convulsions, delirium, etc.; when the blood calcium level is too high, it will cause neurological symptoms or muscle weakness. After calcium enters the blood, it can promote blood coagulation and increase the density of blood vessel walls to prevent white blood cells and serum from leaking out of the blood vessels. At the same time, it has the effect of reducing the excitability of skeletal muscles. Therefore, dragon bone has the effects of calming, astringing, consolidating and stopping diarrhea. In addition, calcium deficiency is associated with the occurrence of colon cancer. The research results also show that severe calcium deficiency not only affects bone calcification, but can also cause bleeding and paralysis, first paralysis of the lower limbs.

The efficacy and function of Chinese medicine dragon bone

1. "Materia Medica" records: Dragon bone can expel evil spirits, calm the mind, stop cold dysentery and discharge of pus and blood, treat metrorrhagia and leukorrhea in women, stop nocturnal emission and sexual intercourse, treat hematuria, and can be used for people with weakness and frequent dreams.

2. "Quan You Xin Jian" records: Dragon bone treats persistent diarrhea: white dragon bone and white litharge equal parts. Grind into powder and make into pills the size of walnuts with water. Take with perilla and papaya soup, suitable for adults and children.

The efficacy and function of Longgufeng

3. "Bencao Qiuzhen" records: The function of dragon bone is the same as that of oyster, but oyster is salty and astringent and enters the kidney, and has the function of softening hard masses, resolving phlegm and clearing away heat. This is sweet and astringent and enters the liver, and has the function of astringing, stopping hair loss, calming the nerves and soothing the soul. As Xu Zhicai said, astringency can stop hair loss, which is the same as dragon bone and oyster. The white brocade pattern is the best if it sticks to the tongue when you lick it.

4. "Fang Mai Zheng Zong" records: Dragon bone is used to treat all kinds of mania, convulsions, epilepsy, and mental unrest in adults and children: one liang of dragon bone (calcined with fire and ground into very fine powder), five qian each of rhinoceros horn, cinnabar, amber, and rhubarb (all ground into very fine powder), one liang and five qian each of Uncaria rhynchophylla, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Poria cocos (all slightly stir-fried and dried into very fine powder), three qian of frankincense, and two qian of bezoar (all dissolved in wine). There are ten ingredients in total, mix them together, use eight coins of bile star, grind them into fine powder, add one bowl of bamboo juice, beat the paste into pills as big as walnuts. Adults take ten pills, children take two or three pills, both mixed with ginger soup.