Amber is a hydrocarbon condensed from the resin of ancient Pinaceae plants buried underground for a long time, which is mainly produced in Yunnan, Henan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Fujian, Liaoning and other places. Amber is a common Chinese medicine, so do you know what it is? Let me give you a detailed introduction. Let's get to know it together!

What is this?

1, calming the heart and calming the nerves.

Amber tastes sweet and flat, enters the heart and liver, tastes sweet and tonic, and is heavy in nature and good at calming the nerves. Commonly used for convulsions, epilepsy, palpitations, insomnia and other symptoms.

2. Promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

Amber is sweet, enters the liver meridian and heart meridian, and can replenish liver blood and painstaking efforts, promote blood circulation, dredge collaterals, dissipate blood stasis and relieve pain. Commonly used for postpartum blood stasis blocking abdominal pain, amenorrhea in women, traumatic injury and other symptoms.

3, diuretic tonglin.

Amber is light in taste, enters the spleen and bladder meridian, and can promote diuresis, invigorate the spleen and eliminate dampness, and promote diuresis. Commonly used for gonorrhea, hematuria, urinary tract obstruction and other diseases.

4, swelling.

Neijing: "The carbuncle is swollen if the qi fails to violate the meat." Symptoms: Sudden swelling and discomfort between the affected skin and flesh, soft and headless, rapid caking, red epidermis and burning pain. It will gradually expand, swell and harden in the future. This syndrome is very mild, and there is no general discomfort. After treatment, the swelling became hard, soft and disappeared. In severe cases, aversion to cold, fever, headache, yellow and greasy tongue coating and rapid pulse may occur. Treatment should clear away heat and promote diuresis, promote blood circulation and detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain, and use amber more.

5, dysmenorrhea amenorrhea, tingling in the heart, accumulation of accidents.

This product distracts the liver and blood, and has the functions of promoting blood circulation, dredging collaterals, removing blood stasis and eliminating symptoms. It can be used together with Chinese angelica, zedoary and Lindera root, such as Hupo powder and Lingyuan prescription. It is used to treat amenorrhea due to blood stasis, and is often combined with blood-activating and menstruation-dredging drugs such as leech, tabanus and rhubarb, such as amber pill and Shenghui Fang. For heart blood stasis, chest obstruction and heartache, it is often combined with Sanqi, ground and taken orally. For abdominal mass, it can be combined with herbs for promoting blood circulation and relieving exterior syndrome, softening and resolving hard mass, such as Sanliang, Biejia and Dahuang.

6, gonorrhea, stagnation.

This product has the effect of diuresis and stranguria, so it can be used to treat stranguria, frequent micturition, dysuria and dysuria, and it is effective when used alone. For example, in Renzhai Zhi Zhi Fang, amber is only used for casual use, and Deng Xin decocts it. For stranguria and heat stranguria, it can be combined with diuretic and stranguria-relieving herbs such as Lysimachia christinae, Lygodium japonicum and Akebia stem. Amber is especially suitable for bleeding because it can disperse blood stasis and stop bleeding. In recent years, swallowing amber powder has a certain effect on hematuria.

Historical introduction of amber;

Amber was born 40 million to 60 million years ago and belongs to the so-called Eocene in geology. It is a precious fossil that turpentine has undergone qualitative change after being squeezed by high pressure and high temperature in the earth's rock strata. Amber is an amorphous organic semi-precious stone, delicate and light, with a warm and delicate touch. Amber is mostly transparent, and there are many colors, among which yellow is the most common, and there are also red, green and extremely rare blue. Amber was called "Ying" or "Jade Heritage" in ancient China. It is said to be the soul of a tiger, so it is also called "Tiger Spirit". Amber has been regarded as a precious treasure since ancient times, because amber comes from turpentine, and pine trees symbolize longevity in China.

Some amber doesn't need to be ignited. A gentle touch can release a charming pine fragrance. It has the effect of calming the nerves and is widely made into religious articles. Our people have loved rosin since ancient times and regarded amber and Long Xianxiang as precious spices. According to Tang Dynasty's Miscellaneous Notes on Xijing, after Han proclaimed himself emperor, Zhao used an amber pillow to absorb incense. In fact, amber can be processed into ornaments or beads, and discerning China people choose amber as medicine! "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "calming viscera and soul, eliminating blood stasis, treating poison, breaking scab, promoting blood circulation and promoting granulation, and preventing miscarriage" refers to the curative effect of amber.

Amber In the past BC 1600 years later, residents along the Baltic Sea traded tin and amber as currency with tribes in the southern region in exchange for bronze weapons or other tools. In 2000 BC, the Mycenae, Phoenicians and Etruscans in Central Europe * * * * * formed a commercial network of amber * * * Note: Etruscan is an ancient country located in western Italy, and at the same time, Baltic amber spread to the east coast of the Mediterranean via the Aegean Sea. Archaeologists excavated bottles and jars of Mycenae civilization in ancient Greece in Syria and found amber necklaces in the Baltic Sea. In the 5th century A.D., the Romans explored the Baltic Sea in search of amber, during which the amber trade reached an unprecedented grand occasion. In the Middle Ages, Baltic amber was popular for its religious use. In the East, amber is also cherished by all ethnic groups, especially people from * * *, Persia, Turkey and China. In fact, amber can be processed into ornaments or rosary beads, and it has been repeatedly recorded in ancient books that picky China people blindly choose amber as a medicinal material.