tadpole

tadpole

(notes on materia medica)

[synonyms] Huoshi (Shanhaijing), Lidou, Huodong (Erya), toad son, Xuanyu, XuanZhen (Cui Bao's ancient and modern notes), toad son (materia medica Collection), Wozi, toad stage, toad stick (Erya wing), XuanZhen, ShuiXianzi (compendium).

[source] it is the larva of Rana chensinensis, Rana cingulata or Rana nigromaculata. For animal morphology, please refer to "toad" and "frog".

[function indications] clearing away heat and toxin. It is used to treat heat toxin sores.

① In the collection of materia medica: "it is mainly used to treat heat sores and scabies, and smash and apply them. "

② "Materia medica Mengluo" says: "it's no scar to apply medicine for fire sores. "

[usage and dosage] external use: tamping, or applying after burying and dissolving water.

All sores and boils: a liter of tadpoles, clean, add half a jin of old lime, thicken into water, sun, add Sanhuang powder, mix well, and then sun until dry collection, temporary add ice, musk deer, water (turn) to open. (materia medica seeks the original)

② For the treatment of unknown poison, all fire poison and pestilence poison: divide Hanshuishi, jingpixiao and chuandahuang into several parts, grind them into very fine powder; use a large bowl of tadpole water (in early summer, take tadpoles, collect them in the jar, seal them with mud, and bury them in autumn, then turn them into water), put them into two pairs of premedication powder, dry them in the shade, grind them evenly, collect them in the magnetic jar, and apply water to the affected area every time. (tadpole Badu powder in yizongjinjian)

③ Treatment of mumps: tadpoles a Jin, borneol a money. Add borneol to the live tadpole and apply it to the affected area after dissolving into water, three or four times a day for two to three days. (selected folk prescriptions by Su Yi)