Chestnut hairball

Chestnut hairball

(compendium)

[synonyms] chestnut hairy shell (Tang materia medica), chestnut thorn shell (daily use materia medica), chestnut shell (Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II), chestnut kadou (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual).

[source] it is the involucre of Castanea mollissima. See "chestnut" for details of plant morphology.

[function indications] for erysipelas, scrofula, phlegm and pertussis.

① "Fill the gap behind the elbow": Zhidan. "

② Tang materia medica: "it can cure Dan fire sores and poison swelling. "

③ "Diannan Materia Medica": "burning ash and blowing in the nose, treating apoplexy and not speaking. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.3-1 Liang. External use: decocting, washing or dressing.

[selection] 1. To treat phlegm and fire head: one or two shells of wind chestnut and three honey dates. Take the same decoction. (Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II)

② Treatment of phlegm fire core: wind chestnut shell with Prunella decocting. (Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II)

③ Treatment of erysipelas redness and swelling: chestnut shell bucket water decoction wash affected part. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

④ Treatment of children with pertussis: wind millet shell three money, sugar wax gourd five money fried. (Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II)