The formation of amber is very special. It is formed by concentrating the resin of some ancient Pinaceae plants and burying it underground for thousands of years. Due to the scarcity of amber, some amber with warm and transparent texture is carved into exquisite ornaments, which are expensive and deeply loved by people.

Amber is still a rare medicinal material in Chinese medicine. "Notes on Materia Medica" says that amber is "turpentine that has entered the ground for thousands of years and is very medicinal". It can be seen that the ancients have understood the principle of amber formation and that amber has certain medicinal value.

As for the specific efficacy of amber, it is recorded in detail in A Bie Lu, a famous doctor. It is said in the book that amber is a superior medicinal material, "calming the five internal organs, calming the soul, removing blood stasis and removing dampness". In fact, the efficacy of amber has been comprehensively summarized, and it has remained basically unchanged.

Modern Chinese medicine believes that amber is sweet in taste and warm in nature, and has the good effects of "calming the heart and calming the nerves, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and inducing diuresis to relieve stranguria". As a medicine, it mainly has the following uses.

1, the application of amber to soothe the nerves

Many people like to wear amber ornaments in modern times. In addition to its warm appearance, amber also has the function of helping others calm down, which is also a major selling point of amber. Of course, whether wearing amber can really have such an effect remains to be studied, but it does have such a good effect as a drug.

Amber has a thick texture and plays an important role in entering the heart and liver meridian. Chinese medicine believes that the heart can hide the spirit and the liver can hide the soul, so amber has the effect of calming the heart and calming the nerves.

For example, if you encounter worrying things in your life, or if you are frightened, you will be flustered, dreamy and frightened. There are also children with convulsions, high fever and epilepsy, and Chinese medicine often uses amber as medicine.

The common prescription is "Amber Zhi Ding Pill", that is, amber is mixed with ginseng, polygala, Acorus gramineus, cinnabar, Poria and other drugs; There is also "Amber Baolong Pill", which is made of amber mixed with Tianzhu Huang, Poria, Arisaema cum bile, Fructus Aurantii and other drugs, all of which have good sedative and sedative effects.

2. Application of amber in promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis

Amber can enter the blood, and has certain effects of promoting blood circulation, dredging collaterals, removing blood stasis and reducing swelling, especially for various diseases caused by female blood stasis.

Like the most common amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea and menstrual disorder in women with blood stasis, amber is often mixed with myrrh, musk, angelica and zedoary in traditional Chinese medicine. And symptoms of postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis. Amber can also be used together with Cortex Moutan, Achyranthes bidentata, Semen Persicae, Rhizoma Corydalis, Radix Aucklandiae and other medicinal materials, all of which can play a certain role in promoting blood circulation and dredging menstruation.

In addition, the combination of amber with Rhizoma Sparganii, Rhizoma Curcumae, Myrrha and Carapax Trionycis also has an effect. It can be used for treating abdominal distension and abdominal mass accumulation caused by blood stasis and qi stagnation in women.

3, the application of amber diuretic stranguria.

Amber's diuretic effect is also widely used, such as edema caused by water-liquid imbalance in the body, dysuria caused by wet stranguria, and even "stranguria syndrome" caused by more serious stranguria syndrome. Amber can be used as medicine.

Such as water-liquid imbalance caused by deficiency of kidney-qi, systemic edema, etc. Amber with ginseng, Poria, Atractylodes macrocephala, Psoralea corylifolia and other medicinal materials is beneficial to diuresis, dampness and edema.

Amber can also be used in combination with Tetrapanacis Tetrapanacis, Lygodium japonicum, Talcum, Radix Aucklandiae, Herba Polygoni Avicularis, etc., which can effectively induce diuresis and relieve stranguria.

The formation of amber needs the precipitation of years. It is a non-renewable scarce resource, and it is very suitable for people to wear as accessories because of its moist characteristics. However, we should not ignore the medicinal use of amber, and the medical application of amber can truly reflect its value.