Buffalo horn

Buffalo horn

(bielu)

[source] the horn of buffalo, a member of the family Bovidae. See "beef" strip for animal morphology.

[collection] collected in cattle slaughtering farm.

Most of them are concave, parallel or triangular in shape. It is dark brown in color, hard in texture, fine but not obvious in profile, and fishy in smell. Generally, the tip of the corner is used.

It is mainly produced in South China and East China.

[chemical composition] buffalo horn can be used as a substitute of rhinoceros horn, because its composition is similar to rhinoceros horn: one sterol: all contain cholesterol; two amino acids: all contain alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, cystine, leucine, proline, tyrosine, histidine and valine; three peptides: alkaline peptide hydrolysis, both produce arginine, lysine, histidine and glycine Five proteins: most of the two kinds of horn are the same, but there are different proteins in the horn; six crystals with the same melting point of 215-218 ℃ were separated by alumina chromatography, which can excite the isolated frog heart. In addition, rhinoceros horn contains not only cholesterol but also trace other sterols; buffalo horn does not contain arginine, but more guanidine than rhinoceros horn. Three indomethacin positive substances were obtained from the decoction of rhinoceros horn by electrophoresis, and cysteine was produced after hydrolysis. In addition, no special amino acids were identified. The situation of rhinoceros horn by electrophoresis was similar.

[processing] ox horn slice: split, soak in hot water, take out, pound slice and dry in the sun.

[flavor] bitter, salty and cold.

① "Yaozongjue": "bitter taste, cold, non-toxic. "

② "Yao Dui": "Ping. "

③ Lu Chuan's materia medica: "it's bitter, salty and cold. "

Functions and indications: clearing heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. Treatment of fever, headache, Zhuang re, dizziness, rash, vomiting, infantile convulsion, laryngitis, pharyngeal swelling.

① Bielu: "it can cure headache caused by cold and hot Qi. "

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "decocting, treating heat, toxic wind and strengthening heat. "

③ "The compendium of Medical Sciences": "to cure gonorrhea, to break blood. "

④ Lu Chuan's materia medica: "cool blood and detoxify, stop bleeding. It is used to treat fever, coma, pockmarked spot, hematemesis, bleeding, blood heat and red drowning. "

⑤ "Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "treat wind heat, headache, sore throat, infantile convulsion and hematemesis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1.5-3 yuan; or powder.

[formula selection] ① treatment of bleeding: wash cattle, sheep horn and hoof shell, put them into a closed container for burning and carbonization, grind them into fine powder and sift them. Internal bleeding, three times a day, two grams each time, oral; external bleeding, sprinkle on the affected area. (selected materials of new medical treatment of Chinese herbal medicine, Inner Mongolia)

② For the treatment of throat obstruction and swelling, the deceased: shaniujiao, Shao, scraping ash, fine screening, wine, jujube and water. And children drink milk, feel like throat, also take this ash on the milk, swallow. (collected prescriptions on the sea)

③ Cure stone drench, break blood: ox horn burn ash, wine service square inch dagger, five daily service. (Sheng Ji Zong Lu)

④ Treatment of blood on the heart, boring tingling: buffalo horn, shaomo, wine service square inch dagger. (secret records of son and mother)

⑤ The course of treatment for cattle is swelling and pain. The swelling is high and protruding. It is difficult for the legs to work. After a long time, it will rupture. The abscess and water flow together: the horn tip (burnt ash), water keel, rosin and light powder are equally divided. The total is the end. Cattle bone marrow Tiao liniment, the weak spicy service Shiquan Dabu soup. (authentic surgery Niu Jiao SAN)

⑥ Treatment of alopecia: ox horn, sheep horn (burnt ash), etc. Pig fat is mixed and spread. (Sheng Hui Fang)

⑦ Treatment of bee sting: burning ash of ox horn, bitter wine, and coating. (behind the elbow)