What are the effects and functions of cuttlefish bones?

Most people may be very unfamiliar with cuttlefish bone. This bone grows on the back of the cuttlefish. It has a mild nature and can treat liver and kidney problems. Among the recorded traditional Chinese medicines, cuttlefish bone has great medicinal value. It can resist radiation, tumors, and various ulcer diseases. In particular, many skin diseases can also be treated with cuttlefish bone. Let us learn about the effects and functions of cuttlefish bone.

Cuttlefish bone is a bone located on the back of the cuttlefish. It tastes salty and astringent, is warm in nature, and enters the liver and kidney meridians. It is used as a hemostatic drug in traditional Chinese medicine and was first recorded in the first medical book of traditional Chinese medicine, "Huangdi Neijing". It has the effects of antacid and analgesic, hemostatic, bone setting, bone defect repair, anti-radiation, anti-tumor, and anti-ulcer, and can be used to treat ulcers, skin eczema, and bleeding.

Cuttlebone, cuttlefish bone

Cuttlebone

Efficacy and function

1. Cuttlefish bone for gynecological blood disease - Gu Chong Tang

【Ingredients】1 liang of Atractylodes macrocephala (fried), 6 qian of raw Astragalus, 8 qian of bone (calcined and pounded), 8 qian of oyster (calcined and pounded), 8 qian of cornus fruit (without pits), 4 qian of raw Hangzhou peony root, 4 qian of sea cucumber (pounded), 3 qian of madder, 2 qian of brown charcoal

[Usage] Decoct the above medicines into a watermelon soup and take it with the juice of 50 cents of Gallnut (crushed into powder).

【Main indications】Metrorrhagia in women. In later generations, this prescription is often used to treat gynecological blood diseases. This prescription can be used by people of all stages. (This prescription should be used under the doctor's diagnosis).

——Zhang Xichun's "Medical Records of Combining Chinese and Western Medicine"

2. Cuttlefish bone for treating leucorrhea (red and white leucorrhea) - Qingdai decoction

[Ingredients] Raw yam, raw dragon bone, raw oyster, cuttlefish bone, madder. (Chinese yam: used to nourish the spleen. Chinese medicine believes that the spleen has the function of consolidating blood. Dragon bone and oyster: astringent drugs. These two drugs are often used together.)

【Main Indications】Leucorrhea in women. (Use under doctor's advice).

The medicinal value of cuttlefish bone is very high, because cuttlefish bone itself can treat many diseases, especially using cuttlefish bone to treat women's hemorrhage, gynecological diseases, and irregular menstruation. Cuttlefish bone can strengthen the spleen and appetite, regulate immunity, increase the body's resistance, and help treat various skin ulcers and skin diseases.