Cypress oil

Cypress oil

(collection of common folk herbs)

[source] resin exuded from the trunk of Cupressus funebris. See "cypress leaves" for plant morphology.

[collection] cut off the trunk and collect it from July to August after the resin seeps and coagulates.

[nature and taste] ① Cao Mu Bian Fang: "Gan, Ping. "

② Chongqing herbal medicine: "light astringent, flat, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind, detoxify, activate muscles, treat wind heat, headache, leucorrhea, drenching, carbuncle, sore, knife wound and bleeding.

① "Cao Mu Bian Fang": "eliminate wind poison and promote muscle growth. It can cure carbuncle, sore and injury of knife and axe. "

② "Collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines": clearing heat, cooling blood, astringent essence. "

③ Chongqing herbal medicine: "relieving wind heat, regulating qi and relieving pain. Treatment of wind heat headache, leucorrhea drenching. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan. External use: grind and sprinkle.

[optional prescription] for chest pain: 1 yuan for Cypress oil, 2 yuan for cypress seed, 3 yuan for fish and loach string; mash and soak boiled water. (Chongqing herbal medicine)