Camphor bark

Camphor bark

(collection of compendium)

[synonym] Cinnamomum camphora bark (yukufang), Cinnamomum camphora bark (compendium), Cinnamomum camphora bark (raw herbal medicine manual).

[source] it is the bark of Cinnamomum camphora, a Lauraceae plant.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round, fresh or dried,

[nature and taste] Lu Chuan Ben Cao: "pungent, warm, bitter. "

Functions and indications: promoting Qi, relieving pain, dispelling wind and dampness. Treatment of vomiting and diarrhea, stomachache, rheumatic arthralgia, beriberi, scabies, traumatic injury.

① In the compendium of compendium, it is said that "it can cure epidemic febrile diseases, damp poison, bath scabies, and wash foot Qi. "

② "Luchuan Materia Medica": "promoting Qi, reducing swelling, relieving pain, stopping diarrhea. Treat stomachache, diarrhea, swelling. "

③ "Drug records of Nanning city": "dispelling wind, resolving phlegm, killing insects. Treatment of cold rheumatism, bone pain, stomachache. External treatment of traumatic injuries, scattered poison and Qi, pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-3 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: wash with boiling water.

[taboo] "pregnant women should not take medicine. "

[selection] 1. For the treatment of cholera: a handful of Cinnamomum camphora bark. Fried in water, warm. (Yang Su Yuan Chuan Xin Fang)

② Treatment of heartache: Cinnamomum camphora bark, take the black, with the second layer of skin, mash, decoction service. (Yu Ju Fang)

③ Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis pain: camphor tree double skin (fresh), to gall fresh root each one or two. Take it in water. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of foot swelling due to dampness: one jin of camphor bark, half Jin of clam Shao, one jin of fir bark. Fried soup, smoked and washed. (Lu Chuan Ben Cao)

⑤ Treatment of drunkenness: Cinnamomum camphora bark decoction. (Hunan medical records)

⑥ Treatment of skin itching after measles: camphor bark (fresh) water bath. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)