Garan incense

Garan incense

(collection of compendium)

[synonyms] Qi Nan Xiang, Qi Nan and Qi Nan.

[source] Daphne plants or white near root wood containing a lot of resin. For the plant morphology, please refer to "Aquilaria".

[collection] select the oil (resin) foot, heavy and waxy wood strips of Aquilaria, and cut off the part with less oil and light color.

[medicinal materials] most of them are oblong strip or block, with green brown (green oil galangan) or purple black (purple oil galangan), smooth oil and few impurities. The cross section is dark purple or purple black after sawing. Scraping with a knife can make a pill. The aroma is rich, bitter and pungent.

Produced in India, Malaysia and other places. It is also produced in Hainan Island of China.

According to the shape, color and quality, the products are divided into green oil, purple sleeve, black oil, green silk, gold silk and Galan horn. Among them, green oil and purple oil are the best.

Sweet and warm.

① "Materia medica Huiyan": "spicy taste, temperature, non-toxic. "

② "Yue Hai Xiang Yu": "the taste is pungent and the Qi is sweet. "

Functions and indications: Regulating Qi, relieving pain and dredging orifices. Treatment of chest tightness, qi stagnation pain, wind phlegm occlusion. Success is better than eaglewood.

① Bencao Huiyan: "the same as Chenxiang. The natural Qi is slower than that of Aquilaria. Can shrink two stools. "

② "Medicine test": "lower Qi dispels evil, wind and phlegm block up, open orifices and awaken the spirit. "

③ "Reinforcing the spleen and protecting the kidney" in the compendium. The decoction can close essence and strengthen Qi. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: file or grind juice, 3-5 points.