Liquidambar formosana bark

Liquidambar formosana bark

(Tang materia medica)

[synonym] Maple bark (materia medica), maple bark (compendium).

[source] the bark of Liquidambar formosana, a Hamamelidaceae plant, is described in "LULUTONG".

[nature and taste] 1. Tang Ben Cao: "pungent, flat, with little poison. "

② Materia medica: astringent in nature. "

[function indications] for diarrhea, dysentery, gale and scabies.

① "Tang Materia Medica": "the main edema, the next water gas, boiling juice with it. "

② Materia medica: stop water and dysentery. "

③ Rihuazi materia medica: "stop cholera. Prickly wind, cold wind, fried soup bath. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang. External use: decocting, washing or dressing.

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of watery diarrhea: Liquidambar formosana bark decoction. (Ben Cao Hui Yan)

② Treatment of wind scabies: Liquidambar bark, burning, and light powder are equally divided into fine powder, sesame oil mixed with liniment. (Ben Cao Hui Yan)

[famous scholar's treatise] notes on materia medica: "Maple bark is not only a good source of energy, but also astringent in nature and can stop water from dysentery. The edema under Su Yun is not treated by astringent drugs, but by mistake. It's poisonous. It's fallacious. Water decoction is the most effective way to stop diarrhea. "