First of all, let's learn about the role of buffalo horns:
1. Fever, high fever, delirium, convulsion, madness. This taste is bitter and cold, and enters the heart, liver and blood, which can not only clear away heat and cool blood, but also relieve convulsion.
2. Blood heat is toxic, macula, vomiting blood, epistaxis. The product has the effects of clearing away heat and cooling blood, and can be used for treating blood heat and toxic excess, macula, hematemesis and epistaxis. Often used with Radix Rehmanniae, Cortex Moutan and Radix Paeoniae Rubra.
3. carbuncle swelling and sore throat. This product has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials. Can be used for treating carbuncle swelling and sore throat caused by heat toxin. It is compatible with Coptidis Rhizoma, Scutellariae Radix and Fructus Forsythiae.
At present, hematology is mostly used to treat thrombocytopenic purpura, allergic purpura and other blood diseases.
Scientific argumentation:
Buffalo horn powder and its extract have obvious antipyretic, sedative, anticonvulsant and anti-infection effects. Hydrolysate of buffalo horn can shorten bleeding time, reduce capillary permeability and increase platelets, thus showing obvious hemostatic effect. In addition, it also has the functions of strengthening the heart, lowering blood pressure and exciting the pituitary-adrenal cortex system.
How to use buffalo horn?
Decoct, 15-30g, preferably for more than 3 hours. The buffalo horn concentrated powder is taken orally, each time 1.5~3g, twice a day.
Avoid using:
Use with caution for pregnant women and those with stomach cold due to deficiency of middle energizer. When taken in large quantities, reactions such as epigastric discomfort, nausea, abdominal distension and loss of appetite often occur.
However, although buffalo horn is widely used in the treatment of purpura, it needs targeted treatment according to the specific symptoms of patients, and a single medicinal material can not play an effective therapeutic role.