Staghorn

Staghorn

(edible materia medica)

[synonyms] Houkui, Lujiao (Nanyue annals), Lun (Tongzhi), Chicai (Minshu), shanhuacai (Lingnan caiyao Lu).

[source] it is the algal body of hyacinth.

[plant morphology] Hailuo

The algal body is purplish red, 4-10 cm high, up to 15 cm; it grows in clusters from discoid fixator, with irregular forked branches, often constricted at the branches. Branches up to 4 mm wide, subcylindrical. The internal structure is loose or hollow. The algae sometimes collapse. Tetrasporangia scattered in the cortex and divided in a crisscross pattern. The mature cysts are small, spherical or hemispherical, protruding from the surface and densely distributed on the algae.

Most of them grow on the rocks in the lower part of the middle tidal zone and high tidal zone, often forming clusters. Along the coast of China, it is distributed from Liaodong Peninsula in the north to Keelung in Taiwan in the South and Naozhou island in Leizhou Peninsula in the south.

[chemical composition] it contains 2.36% nitrogen, 12.76% soluble salt, 4.04% ash, 0.0043% iodine, 1.54% potassium oxide and 2.44% potassium chloride. Ash contains sodium, potassium, silicon, aluminum, phosphorus, iron, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, manganese, copper, titanium and boron; mucus contains methylgalactoside, 3,6-dehydrated galactosyl dimethyl acetal, methylxyloside agarose dimethyl acetal D-galactose and sulfated polysaccharide composed of galactose, xylose, 2-ketoglucosic acid and 3,6-dehydrated galactosyl. It also contains taurine.

[flavor] salty, cold.

① Health preserving Essentials: "salty in taste, cool and sharp in taste. "

② Meng Shen: "slight poison. "

③ "Gangmu": "sweet, cold, slippery, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, eliminating food and resolving phlegm. Treatment of heat, phlegm, swelling, hemorrhoids.

① "Food nature Materia Medica": "lower heat atmosphere, treat children bone steam heat work. "

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "relieving facial heat. "

③ Lingnan caiyao Lu: "Xiaotan Xiashi. Treatment of all phlegm, swelling, hemorrhoids and poison. Use it as seaweed wine to cure gall Qi; use it as amber sugar to remove scorch and heat. "

[taboo] 1. Health preserving Essentials: "the movement of food and cough.". "

② Meng Shen: "my husband can't eat for a long time. He has dysentery, which damages the blood gas of the waist and kidney meridians. It makes his feet cold and has less color. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1.5-3 yuan; or soak in wine.