What are the medicinal values ​​of stone flower?

Agate is a very common Chinese medicinal material in life, but for most people it is a very unfamiliar Chinese medicinal material. In fact, the medicinal value of this medicine is very wide. It can be taken internally or decocted and eaten. It has a good effect on kidney disease and low back pain. This medicinal material can be used to make wine. It can be taken by patients with kidney deficiency or weak kidneys. So what are the medicinal values ​​of agate?

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Medicinal material source: It is the lichen of the plant Lithospermum officinale of the Meliaceae family.

Latin plant, animal and mineral name: Parmelia saxatilis (L.) Ach. [Lichen saxatilis L.]

Harvesting and storage: Dig in summer and autumn, remove mud and stones, wash and dry.

【Nature and flavor】Sweet; neutral

【Meridian】Liver; Kidney

【Functions and indications】Nourishes the kidneys; improves eyesight; stops bleeding, promotes dampness and detoxifies. . Mainly used for blurred vision, pain in waist and knees, vomiting blood, metrorrhagia, jaundice, sores and ringworms.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 9-15g, grind into powder or soak in wine. For external use: take appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply on the skin; or sprinkle on the skin.

【Discussions by Various Schools】

1. "Cao Mu Bian Fang": improves eyesight, improves essence, resolves phlegm, relieves heat and toxins, promotes the production of body fluids and quenches thirst. Moisturizes the throat and applies to frostbite, burns from hot water or fire.

2. Shanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Records: Clears away diaphragmatic heat, promotes urination, resolves phlegm and eliminates goiter, replenishes blood and improves eyesight, strengthens the spirit and increases marrow.

3. "Chongqing Herbs": Treats knife wounds.

4. "Shandong Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook": Nourishes the kidneys and strengthens the muscles and bones.

5. "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines in the North": nourishes blood, improves eyesight, benefits essence, strengthens muscles and bones, and dissolves accumulation. Treats blurred vision, back and leg pain, abdominal lumps, and hepatitis.

6. "Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine": tonifies the middle and replenishes Qi, removes dampness and promotes diuresis, clears away heat and resolves phlegm. Treats damp-heat in the bladder, jaundice, wounds, wind-cold in the waist and legs, and uterine bleeding.

Nowadays, many people often suffer from symptoms such as pain, numbness of the waist and leg cramps. Most of these symptoms come from kidney deficiency. Using stone flowers to make wine or decocted food can nourish the kidneys, strengthen the body and bones, facilitate urination, and have good effects on resolving phlegm and relieving cough, clearing away heat and clearing the brain. Drinking a glass of wine made from stone flowers every day can treat male kidney deficiency and sexual dysfunction.