Chestnut shell

Chestnut shell

(dietotherapy materia medica)

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

[nature and taste] Compendium: "sweet and astringent, flat, non-toxic. "

[function indications] for nausea, epistaxis and bloody stool.

① Meng Shen: "to boil juice and drink it can stop nausea and thirst. "

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "treat diarrhea. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, grinding powder or pills.

[selection] ① treatment of diaphragmatic Qi: chestnut black shell calcined, the same as chongmi mallet on the bran, honey pill Tongzi big. 30 pills per hollow. (food materia medica by Yao Kecheng)

② Treatment of epistaxis tired medical more than: chestnut shell 52, burning ash, research for the end. Take two yuan each, and take it with congee. (Sheng Hui Fang)

③ Treatment of phlegm and fire: millet shell and pig meat decoction. (collection of herbs in Lingnan)