What are the medicinal properties of bezoar in traditional Chinese medicine?

Bezoar has a very good cooling and detoxifying effect. It is a very common medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. It can be used in combination with many other medicinal materials. It also has a good therapeutic effect on convulsions of hands and feet and coma. For friends who often have sore throats and oral ulcers, eating some bezoar appropriately will also have a good relieving effect. Below, the editor will introduce some of the main medicinal values ​​of bezoar.

Bezoar, also known as western bezoar, is the gallstone in the gallbladder of the vertebrate bovine family. Dried bezoar is oval, elliptical, or other irregular shapes, with a light yellowish brown or golden yellow appearance, smooth and shiny, light and brittle, and easy to break. The broken cross-section shows that it is composed of overlapping thin layers. Grind into fine powder when using. This product is mainly produced in Shaanxi, Gansu and other provinces.

Nature and flavor: bitter, sweet, cool; enters the heart and liver meridians. Detoxify, reduce carbon monoxide and calm the nerves.

Brief description of functions: Bezoar is a bitter and cold medicine with the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying and calming the nerves. It is suitable for symptoms of acute febrile disease such as high fever, convulsions of hands and feet, coma, etc.; it can also be used for heat furuncle, carbuncle, sore throat, mouth ulcers, etc.

General dosage: 5 to 3 cents. It is mostly used in combination with pills and powders, not in decoctions.

Introduction to the patent medicine: Liushen Pills can be used to treat heat boils, furuncles, and swollen and painful tonsils (similar to modern tonsillitis). Adults can take five to ten pills each time, three times a day. Children: 3. Reduce dosage as appropriate. Pregnant women should not take the medicine.

Liushen Pills is a famous medicine with proven efficacy and is well-known both at home and abroad. It is made of bezoar, realgar (which is of better quality), musk, toad venom, borneol, pearl, herb frost and other medicines. Among them, realgar, toad venom and pearl all have detoxifying effects. Liushen Pills are sold in general Chinese medicine stores. The commercially available bottle contains thirty pills per bottle, and each pill is smaller than a black sesame seed.

Bezoar has a very good effect of clearing heat and reducing internal heat. In fact, many of our friends who have internal heat often have mouth ulcers in the mouth or even throat, and at the same time they will feel hot eyes, and sometimes even congestion. At this time, eating some bezoar appropriately will also have a good effect of detoxifying, clearing heat, and treating mouth ulcers.