Frog gall

Frog gall

(Jilin Chinese herbal medicine)

[source] it is the bile of Rana nigromaculata or Rana cingulata. See "frog" for animal morphology.

[chemical constituents] the bile of Rana nigromaculata contains 5 β - cypritol, 5 β - cholestane-pentanol-3 α, 7 α, 12 α, 26, 27 and a small amount of cholic acid, as well as α - trihydroxysteranoic acid, β - trihydroxy bicostanolic acid and sodium taurine - α - trihydroxysteranoate.

[function indications] Jilin Chinese herbal medicine: "for measles complicated with pneumonia, take one frog gall and a little alum twice a day. "