Auricularia auricula

Auricularia auricula

(New materia medica)

[synonym] baierzi.

[source] it is the fruiting body of Tremella fuciformis.

[plant morphology] Tremella fuciformis

The fruiting body is white, sometimes yellowish, translucent, cocklike, with smooth and soft glial folds. It forms a flat, thin, leaflike flap, which is as bright as a flower. If you touch it with your fingers, you will release white or yellow mucus. Basidiospores are subglobose, 6-7.5x5-6 μ M.

Parasitic on rotten trees. It is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Shaanxi, etc.

[collection] harvest from April to September. May and August are the peak periods. It is better to scrape the tremella into the bamboo cage with a bamboo knife in the morning, evening or rainy days, clean it, remove impurities, and dry it in the sun or dry it. It should be refrigerated or stored in a cool and dry place.

[medicinal material] the dried Tremella fuciformis is irregular and flaky, which is composed of many small buckled strips. Its appearance is yellowish white or yellowish brown with slight luster. It's hard and crisp with special smell. It is better to be dry, yellow white, big, light, glossy and thick gum.

It is mainly produced in Sichuan and Guizhou. In addition, it is also produced in Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Shaanxi and other places.

[ingredient] it contains about 10% protein, 65% carbohydrates, 4% inorganic salts and vitamin B. It is also reported that the content of water is 15.2%, protein is 6.7%, fat is 0.6%, carbohydrates is 71.2%, crude fiber is 2.4%, inorganic salt is 4%. In another report, the moisture content was 18.76%, protein 7.02%, fat 1.28%, carbohydrates 64.92%, crude fiber 2.75%, ash 5.44%. The ash contains sulfur, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium and sodium.

[flavor] sweet and light, flat.

① "Yinpianxinshen": sweet, light, cool. "

② Modern practical Chinese medicine: "sweet, flat, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: Nourishing Yin, moistening lung, nourishing stomach and promoting body fluid. Treatment of cough due to deficiency, blood in phlegm, deficiency heat and thirst.

① New materia medica: "moisten the lung and nourish yin. "

② "Materia medica Q & a": "treatment of dry mouth, lung flaccidity, phlegm depression and cough. "

③ "Yinpianxinshen": "qingbufeiyin, ziye, zhilaoke. "

④ "Differentiation of additional and revised pseudo drug strips": "treatment of lung heat, lung dryness, dry cough, phlegm cough; bleeding, hemoptysis, phlegm with blood. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan.

[taboo] yinpianxinshen: "it should not be used for cough due to wind cold. "

[formula selection] moisten the lung, relieve cough and nourish: Auricularia auricula, bamboo ginseng and Yiqian. First, take out Auricularia auricula and bamboo ginseng in cold water, then take out a small bowl of water, rock sugar and lard. Finally, take epimedium, chop it up slightly, steam it in a bowl, then remove the residue of epimedium and take it orally. (Guizhou folk medicine Collection)