Crabs

Crabs

(list of traditional Chinese medicine resources in Zhejiang)

[synonym] arachnid, Zizania latifolia, SHIXIE (Zhejiang).

The amount of spores and fruiting bodies in the wetland are from astraceae.

[botanical form] the quantity wetland star, also known as Saturn fungus, scleroderma.

The fruiting body is spherical in shape at the beginning, brown in outer skin, thick and tough in texture, and rich in hygroscopicity; it has three layers, thin and soft in outer layer, fibrous in middle layer, and brittle in inner layer. When it matures, it splits into more than 6-10 pieces, stretches and rolls down when it is wet, and stands upright on the ground, like a star awn. When it is dry, it rolls inward, very hard, with deep cracks on the inner side; the endodermis spherical, thin, 1.2-2.8 cm in diameter, gray It is brown in color, with a pore at the top, from which the spores disperse. The spores are dark brown, spherical, with tiny verrucous protuberances on the surface.

In summer and autumn, he was born on the side of the mountain road. It is distributed in Jilin, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Fujian and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn, and peel off the hard skin.

[nature and taste] selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines: "Xin, Ping. "

[functions and indications] 1. The list of Zhejiang traditional Chinese medicine resources states that "the nature of calcination is to treat crab shell". Spores for chilblain. "

② "Selection of Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine": "Qingfei, Xiaoyan, Jiere, Huoxue. Treatment of bronchitis, pneumonia, epistaxis, hoarseness, pharyngitis. Spore powder was applied to the wound and bleeding. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 yuan. External use: appropriate amount.

Chinese PinYin : Shan Xie