Longan seed

Longan seed

(picture of Materia Medica in South Yunnan)

[synonym] the nucleolus of longan.

[source] it is the seed of longan, a Sapindus plant. For plant morphology, please refer to "longan meat".

[chemical composition] the core contains soapgrass and fat.

[nature and taste] Quanzhou materia medica: "taste astringent. "

Functions and indications: stop bleeding, relieve pain, regulate qi and remove dampness. Treatment of trauma, bleeding, hernia, scrofula, scabies, wet sores.

① "Treatment of gall disease" in the picture of Materia Medica in South Yunnan. "

② "Introduction to medicine": "burning smoke and fumigating the nose can cure runny nose. "

③ "Compendium": "for the treatment of body odor, six longan seeds and two or seven peppers should be grinded together, and they should be wiped immediately when sweating. "

④ "Bencao Zaixin": "to treat scrofula, to reduce swelling, to discharge pus and to remove poison. And treat eye phlegm. "

⑤ "Lingnan medicine collection record": "treat hernia, apply sore ringworm, and stop golden sore bleeding. "

[usage and dosage] external use: calcined, preserved, processed and spread. Oral: decoction, 1 ~ 3 money; or grind the end.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat blade injuries, stop bleeding and relieve pain: Longan He Yan Fu

② Treatment of hernia, small bowel pain: Litchi (fried), longan (fried), fennel (fried) each equal. For fine powder, hollow take one money, with Cimicifuga one money, water and wine fumigation, send. (Pian Chui San in Nei Jing Lei Bian Shi Xiao Fang)

③ Treatment of all scabies: Longan nuclear calcination, sesame oil application. (Gao Shiyuan's handed down formula)

④ Treatment of tinea: Longan core, to the black shell, with the core, rice vinegar grinding coating. (collection of medical prescriptions)

⑤ Treatment of cerebral leakage: Guangdong round eye nuclear, into the copper furnace burning smoke, the tube smoked into the nostrils. (a copy of doctor Huang Mong)

⑥ Black eye shell, broken water. If you want to take off after passing, drink it with round meat soup. (collection of compendium)

⑦ Treatment of foot itching: Longan nuclear ash mixed. (medicine mirror)