Corn bark

Corn bark

(dietotherapy materia medica)

[synonym] chestnut white skin (Tang materia medica).

[source] it is the bark of Castanea mollissima, a Fagaceae plant.

[chemical constituents] the bark contains quercetin, urea, pigment and tannin.

[function indications] for erysipelas, scabies, mouth sores, lacquer sores and injuries.

① Tang materia medica: "boiled juice, main stream poison. "

② Meng Shen: "it's mainly about Dan Chuang poison. "

③ "Ben Cao Tu Jing": "it is the main poison of sores. "

④ "Diannan Materia Medica" says: "burn ash to cure scabies. "

⑤ "Yilin zuanyao" says: "the mouth is chancre and rotten when you wash it with boiling water. "

⑥ Modern practical Chinese medicine: "treating erysipelas, Decoction and washing.". "

[usage and dosage] external use: wash with boiling water or apply with ashes.

[selection] treatment of lacquer sores: half a Jin to one jin of chestnut bark or root. Fry in water, rinse rust one or two times, wash the affected area two or three times a day. (records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)