Yougan insect Festival

Yougan insect Festival

(collection of herbs in Lingnan)

[synonym] gall of Fructus Glycyrrhizae.

[source] the gall on the branch of Euphorbiaceae. The plant morphology can be seen in the article "an MO le".

[collection] the insects were collected before crawling out, scalded to death with boiling water and dried in the sun.

[medicinal materials] galls usually grow on old branches and expand into oval shape. The appearance is grayish yellow to grayish brown, with longitudinal wrinkles and fissures. They are 2-3 cm long and 1-1.5 cm in diameter. The outer layer of the section is grayish yellow to grayish brown, and the inner layer is yellowish white. There is a hole about 3mm in diameter in the center, and there is a black fleshy worm about 1cm long, which looks like a maggot.

Produced in Guangxi, Guangdong and other places.

[function indications] it is used to treat stomachache, hernia, spermatorrhea, infantile malnutrition and toothache.

① "Lingnan medicine collection record": "treat hernia, heartache, infantile malnutrition, alcoholism, boiling water and taking wine. Through the body bone pain and walk note wind, to fry wine service. Toothache, gargle with boiling water. "

② "Nanning medicine annals": "treatment of spermatorrhea, malnutrition. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 10-30 tablets.

[selected formula] for stomachache and cough in children: one to three times of gall in youganzi. Take it in water. (Guangzhou Air Force Manual of common Chinese herbal medicine)