The synovial fluid of Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

The synovial fluid of Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[source] mucus secreted from the skin of Loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus). See loach for animal morphology.

[function indications] it is used to treat dysuria, fever, carbuncle and swelling.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of dysuria and heat drenching: Sprinkle white sugar on the loach body to mix the mucus with white sugar, remove the loach, use its saliva, and take it in a cup of cold boiled water. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

② Carbuncle treatment: more than ten loach, clean with water, stir with half a bowl of sugar, greasy smooth saliva out, dead loach, to loach, with this sugar paste coating, three or four times a day. (animal and plant folk medicine)

③ Treatment of otitis media: use a bowl to take the loach drops of synovial fluid, ear drops, dry again. (animal and plant folk medicine)