Shi fan

Shi fan

(notes on materia medica)

Haituanshan (zoological Dictionary).

[source] it is the calcareous skeleton of gorgonian.

[animal morphology] Gorgonia

All of them are tree like, with many branches. They often expand into a plane and do not spread to four directions. Among them, there are numerous small polyps; each polyp has 8 tentacles. Its skeleton is calcareous, black and brittle. Its height is about 10-12 cm.

It grows on the rocks of the warm sea. It is distributed in the south coast of China.

[nature and taste] ① rihuazi materia medica: "flat, non-toxic. "

② "Compendium": "sweet and salty, flat, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] 1. Tao Hongjing: "it can cure stone drenching. "

② "Materia medica collection": "boiling juice clothes, housewives blood knot, the moon closed, stone drenching. "