However, with the rising popularity of Sanjiao, its value has doubled and the supply of goods has gradually become scarce, so adulteration and fraud have occurred from time to time. Therefore, the author briefly introduces its simple identification method, quality characteristics and main application methods as follows.
Turtle gum
Yin deficiency and blood deficiency should be used.
Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis, named Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis in China Pharmacopoeia, is a glue stick made by decocting and concentrating Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis in water. Turtle glue is rectangular or square, flat or diced, dark brown, hard and brittle, bright in cross section, translucent under light, slightly fishy in smell and light in taste; If the slices are bright, translucent and odorless, the quality is better.
This product mainly contains animal colloid, keratin, fat and calcium salt. It is mainly used for nourishing yin and blood, stopping bleeding, and treating yin deficiency, hot flashes, night sweats, soreness of waist and knees, blood deficiency, sallow complexion, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia and nocturnal emission. Tuberculosis, bronchiectasis bleeding, neurasthenia and sexual dysfunction are also commonly used by people with yin deficiency and blood deficiency.
However, this product is feminine and nourishing, which is not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach and poor digestion and absorption function. The dosage of each dose shall not exceed 10g. Put it into a heat-resistant container in advance, add a small amount of clear water, steam it with clear water to dissolve it or directly heat it with low fire to dissolve it, and then mix it with the liquid medicine for several times. It is not suitable to be directly decocted with other drugs. In addition, symptoms such as colds and coughs are not solved.
Identification point:
At present, counterfeit products processed with other raw materials have been found in the market, most of which are square blocks, dark brown, hard and unbreakable, with dim cross section, slight gas and strange taste.
Deer glue
It is suitable for people with kidney-yang deficiency and failure.
Deer glue, whose real name is antler glue, is a glue stick made by decocting antler in water, taking liquid and concentrating it. Square block, 2 cm long and 2 cm wide? 3 cm, about 0.5 cm thick, yellowish brown or reddish brown, translucent, and some ends have a yellow-white porous thin layer. Deer glue is crisp, crisp, bright in section, not turbid in light perspective, and slightly fragrant and sweet in taste; The cut surface is neat, smooth, brown, translucent and tasteless.
The product has pharmacological effects of enhancing sexual function and enriching blood. It is widely used in Chinese medicine to tonify liver and kidney, nourish essence and blood, and stop bleeding. It can be used for treating kidney yang weakness, impotence and nocturnal emission, soreness of waist and knees, mental fatigue, metrorrhagia, hematochezia, hematuria, etc. , commonly used in patients with kidney-yang deficiency, such as aplastic anemia, sexual dysfunction, bone and joint tuberculosis, etc. However, people with yin deficiency and excessive fire or pathogenic heat should avoid taking it, and pregnant women should use it with caution. 3 grams per oral dose? 6 grams, need to add water and yellow wine to dissolve, and then add it to the liquid medicine several times.
Identification point:
There are fakes processed from the horns of other animals in the market, which are also square and 3 cm long? 5 cm, about 0.6 cm thick, mostly yellow-brown, slightly transparent, with yellow-white foam layer on some parts. Hard, not fragile, and the section is not very bright.
Donkey gum
Suitable for people with blood deficiency and chlorosis.
Ejiao, contemporary pharmacopoeia and textbooks are mostly named after Ejiao. According to traditional experience, Ejiao boiled with well water in Dong 'e, Shandong Province is an authentic product with a long reputation. China Pharmacopoeia and other ancient books stipulate that the dry or fresh skin of donkey should be processed, boiled, collected and concentrated, or made by adding appropriate amount of yellow wine, crystal sugar and soybean oil. The finished donkey glue is a neat rectangular block and a square block, the surface is brown to dark brown, shiny, hard and brittle, the cross section is brown and glassy, and the fragments are brown and translucent when irradiated by light.
Donkey glue boiled with fresh donkey skin, commonly known as "blood donkey glue", has pharmacological effects such as promoting hematopoiesis, reducing blood viscosity, resisting lung injury and enhancing immunity. Traditional Chinese medicine is widely used in clinical practice to replenish blood, stop bleeding, nourish yin, moisten lung and prevent miscarriage, and treat fatigue, blood deficiency, emaciation, dizziness, palpitation, muscle weakness, endogenous wind deficiency, lung dryness and cough, mental fatigue and so on. Add 3 grams more to each dose of decoction? 10g, heated with boiling water or yellow wine to dissolve, and then added into the liquid medicine. When used alone, it can also be dissolved and taken with sweet wine. However, due to the greasy nature of this product, it is not suitable for people with spleen and stomach weakness, loss of appetite, excessive phlegm, vomiting and diarrhea, nor for people with colds and fever.
Identification point:
There are four kinds of mixed products of Ejiao:
One is "New Ejiao", that is, the gelatin obtained by boiling pigskin is square, brown in surface, opaque to light and dull in cross section. When heated and melted in water, there is a layer of fatty oil on the liquid surface, which has the taste of pigskin soup. Secondly, the bone glue is brown, opaque and dull, with small holes caused by bubbles on the surface, which is tough and not easy to break. Thirdly, gelatin is an imitation of industrial gelatin or medical gelatin. Brown-red or black, smooth and bright, but with ink fragrance. Four, all kinds of miscellaneous skin, waste skin is brown, opaque, dull, soft and not easy to break, smelly.