Daphne oil

Daphne oil

(compendium)

Another name is maple oil.

[source] it is the fatty oil from the seed kernel of Daphne orientalis. For the plant morphology, please refer to "dafengzi".

[preparation method] wash the seeds, dry them, smash them, take out the kernel, and press the oil with cold pressing method.

[herbal medicine] the product is yellow or brownish yellow fatty oil at room temperature. It condenses into a soft block with a specific gravity of 0.940-0.960 (25 ℃) below 25 ℃. The Qi is weak and the taste is pungent.

It is pungent, hot and poisonous.

[function indications] attack poison and kill insects. For leprosy and scabies.

① "Ben Cao Bei Yao" says: "it can cure scabies and scabies, kill insects and rob poison. "

② "Modern practical Chinese medicine": "treatment of syphilis. "

③ "Medicine science": "it can treat rheumatic pain, psoriasis and other skin inflammation. "

[usage and dosage] external use: rubbing. Oral: He Yao Zuo Wan.

[it should not be used lightly because it is poisonous, harmful to eyes and easy to vomit.

[selected formula] to cure various leprosy and gale diseases: three Liang Sophora flavescens and one or two liang Maple oil. The bitter ginseng is fine, and the oil is made into the big maple and the small wine paste is the pill, such as Wutong. Take 50 pills every time, send them with warm wine. It is better to fry the Sophora flavescens soup with hot washing. (changing muscle pill in Puji recipe)