Liqin

Liqin

(compendium)

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

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

[function indications] it is used to treat scrofula and bone jams.

[selection] 1. Treatment of chestnut neck: thin clothes (Liqin) with broken inner diaphragm of chestnut pod, tamped and applied. (food materia medica by Yao Kecheng)

② Treatment of bone sticking in the pharynx: chestnut thin skin (Liqin) burning, research, blow into the pharynx. (compendium)