Codonopsis lanceolata

Codonopsis lanceolata

(notes to the classic of Materia Medica)

[source] it is the milk of cattle, goat or sheep, and the animal morphology is detailed in the "mutton" section.

[chemical composition] each 100 g contains about 87 g of water, 3.8 g of protein, 4.1 g of fat, 5 g of carbohydrates, 0.9 g of ash, 140 mg of calcium, 106 mg of phosphorus, 0.1 mg of iron, 0.05 mg of thiamine, 0.13 mg of riboflavin, 0.3 mg of nicotinic acid, 1 mg of ascorbic acid and 80 IU of vitamin A.

Compared with cow's milk, goat's milk is rich in fat and protein, while sheep's milk is higher. The saturated fatty acids in goat and sheep milk are palmitic acid, but goats contain more myristic acid and decanoic acid than sheep; unsaturated fatty acids are mainly oleic acid, and also contain a little dodecenoic acid, tetradecenoic acid and hexadecenoic acid.

Sweet and warm.

① Bielu: "Wen. "

② "On medicinal properties": "sweet taste, non-toxic. "

[function indications] warming and nourishing. Treatment of asthenia, fatigue, thirst, nausea, dyspnea, aphthous ulcer, lacquer sore.

① Bielu: "fill the deficiency of cold. "

② "On medicinal properties": "moisten the heart and lung, treat thirst. "

③ "Meng Shen" says: "if you want to cure the pain of death, you can take it gently. "

④ "Dietotherapy Materia Medica": "tonifying lung, kidney qi, and small intestine, also governing thirst, treating asthenia, benefiting essence Qi. "

⑤ Rihuazi materia medica: "benefit the large intestine, (treat) children with convulsive epilepsy. "

⑥ "Compendium": "it is used to treat adults' retching and nausea, children's dyspnea and tongue swelling, and it should be taken gently from time to time. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: boiling. External use: coating.

[selected formula] ① tonifying kidney deficiency, also main stroke: goat milk and fat as soup food. (dietotherapy materia medica)

② Treatment of patients with retching: drink a cup of goat milk. (Qian Jin Fang)

③ Treatment of infantile pneumonia: one liter of goat's milk, fried, halved, divided into five services. (emergency preparation)

④ Treatment of children's aphthous ulcer: milk drips into the mouth. (xiaopinfang)

⑤ Cure lacquer sore: apply it with goat milk. (Qian Jin Fang)