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What is bezoar, a traditional Chinese medicine?
Brief introduction: Niuhuang is a kind of gallstone in the gallbladder of chordates and bovines. Calculus bovis is oval in shape, light in weight, golden yellow to yellowish brown in surface, delicate and shiny. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bezoar is fragrant, slightly bitter and sweet, and cool in nature, which can be used to relieve fever, detoxify and relieve convulsions. It is often used to treat fever, dizziness, apoplexy, convulsion, epilepsy, sore throat, sore mouth and tongue, carbuncle and furuncle. Next, let's take a look at the Encyclopedia of Niuhuang Knowledge with Bian Xiao.

What is bezoar? How to distinguish true and false bezoar from traditional Chinese medicine bezoar? What side effects does traditional Chinese medicine bezoar have? What can't bezoar be eaten with? What is bezoar? It is a precious but scarce substance, especially some natural bezoar. Even artificially cultivated bezoar is precious, but it will be cheaper than natural bezoar.

Natural bezoar has the title of "the king of all kinds of medicines", which means that there are many places where natural bezoar is used. 80% or 90% of the ingredients in all kinds of medicines contain bezoar, so it is called the king of all kinds of medicines. It can be said that natural bezoar has made great contributions. Calculus bovis plays a very good role in drug treatment, which can help the body detoxify. For some people who often get angry, it has the effect of reducing fire and removing heat. Also, if you have sores on your mouth and tongue, you can take some bezoar medicine to improve it.

How to distinguish the authenticity of traditional Chinese medicine bezoar 1, visual inspection

Real natural bezoar includes egg yolk and tube yellow. Egg yolk is mostly oval, irregular spherical, square or triangular, with golden yellow or brownish yellow surface, delicate and slightly shiny, and some outer surfaces are covered with a black and shiny film, commonly known as "Wujin coat". The cut surface is yellow or brownish yellow, and the layers are obviously arranged neatly, overlapping layers, and the smell is fragrant. The yellow pipe is tubular, with uneven surface or transverse curved lines, or broken small pieces, reddish brown or brown surface, cracks and small protrusions, less stratification on the cross section, some hollow, dark color and solid. Artificial bezoar is mostly powder, but also irregular spherical, light brown to golden yellow.

Step 2 try it with your hands

Identify by touching, rubbing and pinching. The following is a detailed explanation:

(1) Calculus Bovis is three points lighter, and its texture is loose, which is lighter than ordinary articles with the same volume. Both clods and common pseudocrystals are generally heavier than bezoar, so bezoar is lighter than bezoar.

(2) Huang San score of water friction. Traditional identification of bezoar is to grind a little bezoar on nails with water, which is yellow, commonly known as "hanging nails" or "piercing nails". Generally speaking, as long as some hydrated bezoar particles rub on white paper or sand glass plate, there are yellowish traces, which are not necessarily deep, but can remain unchanged for a long time.

(3) Knead bezoar by hand, and it will break into three parts. The hardness of bezoar is about 1 ~ 2, and it is easy to crush. If it is not crushed, it should be considered a fake.

3. oral examination

Put a little bezoar on the tip of the tongue, and a chill will spread from the center of the tongue to the base of the tongue. The taste is slightly bitter and sweet, and there is no other fishy smell. Chew like mud without residue, and saliva can be dyed light yellow. Fake goods are bitter and hard to chew, and sometimes they feel greasy.

4. Hydrostatic test

Calculus bovis is insoluble in water, floats first and then sinks in water, does not swell, does not dissolve and does not change color, and remains massive until the water boils; Wet the sewing needle with bezoar powder and sink it vertically into the water. You can see that there is a line in the cup from top to bottom, and then it slowly spreads. After artificial bezoar is boiled, the water is yellow and turbid. After standing for a period of time, it will precipitate and the water will return to its original color.

5. Determination of ignition point

Take a small needle and burn it red. Pierce the bezoar. Calculus bovis is broken and layered, with fine and crisp texture, white spots in the heart and fragrant smell.

6, vinegar test

Take a dry and clean test tube, add bezoar powder, add 2ml acetic acid, and heat to boiling. The solution is light green to dark green. The bezoar liquid with good quality is dark green, clear and transparent; The inferior ones are green to slightly black and turbid; Artificial bezoar is light green or turquoise, while pseudocrystalline bezoar is mostly yellow or tea red.

What role does bezoar have? 1, clearing away heat and toxic materials.

Niuhuang has a strong effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials. Can be used for treating sore throat, ulcer, and glossalgia. It can be combined with Moschus, Margarita and Borneolum Syntheticum for external use, such as Babao Chuihou Powder; Or it can be taken orally in combination with Herba Aconiti Scopariae, Flos Lonicerae, Scutellariae Radix and Realgar, such as Niuhuang Jiedu Pill, to treat carbuncle and furuncle. Used for breast cancer, lymph node tuberculosis, carbuncle, etc. This product is the main medicine, with musk, frankincense, etc. , clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting blood circulation and dispersing stagnation, such as Huang Xi Pill.

2, cool the liver and soothe the nerves.

Calculus Bovis has the effects of clearing heat, cooling liver, calming wind and relieving spasm, and can be used to treat convulsion caused by fever and excess heat. Often combined with cinnabar, scorpion tail and Uncaria, such as Niuhuang powder; It can be compatible with musk, pig's sand, concretio silicea bambusae and so on. For example, Niuhuang Baolong Pill is used to treat acute fright, high fever, coma and convulsion in children.

3. Wake up.

Niuhuang can clear heart, eliminate phlegm and wake up. It is often used to treat diseases such as heat entering pericardium and delirium caused by excessive fever, or delirium and unconsciousness caused by phlegm-heat blockage such as stroke, convulsion and epilepsy. Just use this product as the end, and take it lightly, which is the prescription for treating baby's mouth blockage in the Secret of Outer Taiwan; It is especially effective if it is combined with incense, cinnabar, rhinoceros horn and coptis root, such as Angong Niuhuang Pill.

How to eat bezoar is 1, and the dosage prescribed by the doctor is 0. 15~0.35g ~ 0.35g, which is mostly used for pills, with appropriate amount for external use, and applied to the affected area after grinding.

2. Calculus Bovis 1g, borax 15g, amber 6g, borneol 2g, 7 pearls (calcined) and 7 spiders. * * * Grind into fine powder, take a little and blow it into throat, 1, 3 ~ 4 times a day. Used for tonsillitis.

3. Calculus Bovis 3g, Realgar 5g, Borneolum Syntheticum 2.5g, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei 10g, Scutellariae Radix 10g, Radix Platycodi 10g, Gypsum Fibrosum 20g, and Radix Glycyrrhizae 3g. * * * Grind into fine powder, take a little and blow it on the affected part, 1, 2 ~ 3 times a day. Can be used for treating laryngitis, sore throat, aphtha, and dental diseases.

4. Calculus Bovis 1g, scorpion 3g, Bombyx Batryticatus 3g. * * * Grind into fine powder and serve with yellow wine or cold drinks. Used for tetanus.

5. After grinding bezoar 0.3g, mix it with bamboo juice and apply it to children's mouth. For children with thrush, milk can't be drunk.

6, bezoar 0.3g, cinnabar 15g. * * * After grinding, take a small amount. Used for children with cardiopulmonary disease, yellow and thin, sleep panic and crazy talk.

7. 0.3g of Calculus Bovis, 3g of Amber, 3g of Radix Curcumae and 0g of Cinnabaris are ground into fine powder, 1 children under one year old 1 times 0.15g; 1 ~ 3-year-old children 1 0.3g, 1 twice a day, with boiled water. Used for infantile convulsion, convulsion and vomiting.

8, bezoar 0.3g, 2 scorpions (head and tail thorns removed). * * * Grind into fine powder, divided into 12 parts, 1 part, 1 part, 1 time, three times a day, and take it with boiling water. Used for neonatal tetanus.

9. 0.6 g of bezoar, 0.5 g of cinnabar, 9 g of rhubarb and 2 g of croton cream. * * * Grind into fine powder, 1 time 0.3g, 1 day 3 times, and take it with boiling water. Used for neonatal tetanus.

10, bezoar 0.5g, cinnabar 0.5g, scorpion tail 0.5g, Uncaria rhynchophylla 1g, concretio silicea bambusae 1g, musk 0.025g, Bombyx batryticatus 1 .5g. * * into fine powder, divided into 8 parts, each in the morning and evening. Used for neonatal tetanus.

1 1, bezoar 4g, musk 6g, notoginseng 60g, seaweed 60g, leech 60g and gecko 60g. * * * Grind into fine powder, 4g 1 time, twice a day 1 time, and send yellow rice wine. Used for esophageal cancer.

12, artificial bezoar 1g, 3 rats (baked), 0.5g cinnabar and 0.3g borneol. * * * Grind into fine powder, take a little at a time and blow it on the throat, 1, three times a day. Can be used for treating laryngitis and laryngitis.

Angong Niuhuang Pill 1 Angong Niuhuang Pill How to take Angong Niuhuang Pill 1 can be taken orally. Remove wax skin, plastic ball shell and cellophane before taking, and the whole pill cannot be swallowed.

2. After breaking, take it with warm water several times; Adult once 1 capsule, one day 1 capsule.

3, children under three years old once 1/4 capsules; Four to six years old, once 1/2 capsules a day 1 time.

4, special circumstances in accordance with the doctor's advice.

It is best to take it half an hour after breakfast and 2 hours before.

2 When does Angong Niuhuang Pill work well? 1, horrified

During the period of fright, the yang is high and the functions of various organs of the human body are more active. The weather is changeable, and the spring breeze can easily stimulate the liver yang and cause a stroke. Musk, Borneolum Syntheticum and Radix Curcumae in Angong Niuhuang Pill can dissolve phlegm in the body, collect yin like thunder, and help to replenish yang and maintain the correspondence between man and nature.

Angong Niuhuang Pills are taken daily 1 capsule, 3 capsules per solar term, or taken with warm water the day before and the day after the solar term, which can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

2. Summer solstice

From summer to the sun, that is, everything is thriving and the yang is extremely strong. The yin and yang in nature have the characteristics of "anode pole, yin sprouting and alternating yin and yang". Angong Niuhuang Pill cleared the way for the start of Yin Qi and reorganized the order of Yin and Yang.

3. First frost

Frost, mourning, yin coagulation and dew are frost, which kills everything. Everything is dormant for health, and the human body is ready to start tonic, reserve energy and resist yin cold. Angong Niuhuang Pill clears phlegm and turbid yin, clearing the way for tonic in winter.

4. Winter solstice

Winter, eventually; To the extreme, extremely; The solstice of winter, that is, the end of all things, is extremely intense. Opening a new cycle, the yin and yang in nature are characterized by "yin is extremely cold, yang is born, and yin and yang alternate". Angong Niuhuang Pill cleared the way for the start of Yang Qi and revived the program of Yin and Yang.

What side effects does bezoar have? 1, resulting in miscarriage of pregnant women.

Don't touch drugs containing bezoar for pregnant women, because the drugs we sell on the market are basically artificial bezoar, which is cool and mainly used to reduce fire and detoxify. Eating too much cold food is easy to cause diarrhea, and bezoar will also cause certain damage to the liver of pregnant women. Eating too many drugs containing bezoar in early pregnancy can easily lead to miscarriage, so pregnant women must take drugs under the guidance of doctors, and do not take drugs casually.

2, lead to poisoning

Calculus bovis can clear away heat and detoxify, and is mainly used to treat sore throat, sore mouth and tongue, carbuncle and furuncle, but excessive use will lead to poisoning. The symptoms of poisoning are increased gastrointestinal activity, diarrhea, increased skeletal muscle activity, convulsions and spasms, severe inhibition, decreased blood pressure, arrhythmia, and decreased red blood cells and hemoglobin. Finally, the patient was in a semi-coma or coma, and eventually died of respiratory and circulatory failure.

3, cause skin allergies

For people with sensitive constitution, eating bezoar can easily lead to allergic phenomena such as itchy skin and redness. In the face of such a situation, you can take a little vitamin C or chlorpheniramine to detoxify and prevent allergies.

What can't Niuhuang Jiedu tablets be taken with 1, aspirin and antacid?

Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch in Niuhuang Jiedu Tablet can increase gastric acid secretion, reduce gastric mucus secretion and reduce gastrointestinal mucosal resistance. Combined with aspirin, it can induce or aggravate gastroduodenal ulcer and even cause gastrointestinal bleeding. When combined with anti-gastric acid drugs such as aluminum hydroxide tablets, its anti-gastric acid effect will be reduced or even disappeared.

2, digitalis, digoxin and other cardiac glycosides

Artificial bezoar and gypsum contain calcium, which will have a synergistic effect with digitalis and other drugs to enhance myocardial contractility, and can induce arrhythmia in severe cases.

3, sulfonamides, aminoglycoside antibiotics

Rhein and gallic acid rich in rhubarb can acidify urine, promote the crystallization of sulfonamides in renal tubules, and damage renal tubules and urethral epithelial cells, thus causing crystallized urine and hematuria; Aminoglycosides have strong antibacterial ability in alkaline urine, but Niuhuang Jiedu tablets can acidify urine, which leads to the decline of antibacterial ability of these drugs.