What are the effects and functions of calcined ochre?

Calcined ochre is a common stone in daily life. It is also called purple vermilion or Ding stone. Calcined ochre contains a variety of ferric oxides, copper and trace elements. It is very beneficial to the human nerves. It can effectively treat central nervous system diseases and has a strong sedative effect. It can also treat some intestinal diseases and promote the metabolism of hemoglobin in the body. It is very good for health.

The role of calcined ochre

Effects and functions of calcined ochre

It can calm the liver and suppress yang, calm the liver and extinguish wind, cool blood and stop bleeding; it is used for symptoms such as headache, dizziness, belching, hiccups, vomiting, asthma, hematemesis, epistaxis, and metrorrhagia caused by hyperactivity of liver yang.

Calcined ochre

Modern pharmacological research shows that ochre has a sedative effect on the central nervous system and an excitatory effect on the intestines; the iron it contains can promote the regeneration of red blood cells and hemoglobin.

Calcined ochre components and modern pharmacological research

It mainly contains ferric oxide, and also contains various trace elements such as cadmium, copper, and manganese.

Daily use of calcined ochre

Daily dosage: 10~30g: crush and decoct, apply externally in appropriate amount.

Medicinal parts of calcined ochre

It is an ore of the trigonal oxide mineral hematite.

Characteristics

It is an oolitic, bean-shaped, or kidney-shaped aggregate. Most of them are in irregular thick plates or blocks with edges and corners. Brownish red to dark brownish red or iron blue. The streak is cherry red or brownish red. Semi-metallic luster. On one side, the nail heads are densely distributed and nipple-shaped, while on the other side, there are depressions of the same size corresponding to the protrusions. Heavy, hard, with layered or granular cross-section. Odorless and tasteless. The best ones are brown-red in color, have nail heads, and have layered cross-sections.

Preparation

1. Hematite: remove impurities, crush and sieve.

2. Calcinate the hematite: Take the cleaned hematite, smash it, put it into a crucible, and calcine it on a smokeless fire until it turns red. Take it out, immediately pour it into a basin of vinegar to quench it, crush it, calcine it again, take it out, dry it, and grind it into coarse powder. (100 jin of ochre per generation, use vinegar twice for a total of 50-60 jin)

3. Leigong Paozhi Lun: For any amount of hematite, grind it into fine powder with wax water, and fly it over the water repeatedly. Remove the red parts like thin clouds on the water surface. Then boil it in fine tea broth for one volt, take it out, and grind it 10,000 times before adding it. Light a clean iron pan on fire until the bottom is red hot, then put one or two ounces of white wax at the bottom of the pan, then pour freshly drawn water into it and boil it at one or two thousand degrees. Then let it cool and take it out to use.

4. Compendium of Materia Medica: (Hematite) Nowadays people only calcine it until it turns red, quench it with vinegar three or seven times, grind it, and then rinse it with water to use it. It is also used for the blood of the liver meridian. 【Nature and flavor】

Bitter and sweet; neutral; cold; non-toxic