Old dragon skin

Old dragon skin

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

Another name: shilongpi and shilongyi.

[source] it is the whole plant of the family calycidae.

[plant morphology] Feiyi, also known as Douyi.

Lichen plants. Body large, leafy, about 20 cm long, uneven, such as reticulate, edge split, lobes such as antler, apex truncated, above wet when fresh green, dry when yellowish brown or brown, below white, concave with dense yellowish brown or dark brown hairs. The ovary is also brown, dish like, 1-3 mm in diam. The male organ is small, black punctate, on the edge of the upper lobe and on the edge of the protrusion.

On tree trunks or rocks under trees. Distributed in Shaanxi, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] it can be collected all year round, washed and dried in the sun.

[flavor] light, slightly bitter, flat.

Functions and indications: Invigorating the spleen and promoting diuresis, dispelling wind and relieving itching, and diminishing inflammation. Treatment of dyspepsia, infantile malnutrition, Ascaris lumbricoides, abdominal distension, nephritis, edema, burns, skin pruritus Xiang, nameless swelling poison.

[prescription selection] ① for treatment of edema and abdominal pain: five yuan for laolongpi, three yuan for mugenpi, three yuan for tianpengcao, one yuan for Taibaimi, two yuan for loquat taro, four yuan for wax gourd skin, fried in water.

② Treatment of abdominal pain: old dragon skin, red stone ear each three money, Houttuynia two money, loquat taro one money, a hollow radish, water fried service.

③ Treatment of scalding: appropriate amount of old dragon skin, grind fine powder, or burn ash powder, sesame oil or vegetable oil.

④ Treatment unknown swelling poison: old dragon skin, realgar, alum each one money, borneol five points, vegetable oil transfer application.