Winter melon peel, the name of Chinese medicine. When eating winter melon, wash it, peel off the outer peel and dry it in the sun. What I want to introduce below is the traditional Chinese medicine properties of winter melon peel. Traditional Chinese medicine properties of winter melon peel
Medicinal parts
The dry outer peel of the plant.
Nature and flavor
Sweet in taste and cool in nature.
Return to the spleen and small intestine meridians.
Return to the spleen and small intestine meridians.
Efficacy
Diuresis and swelling.
Indications
It is used for swelling and fullness, difficulty in urination, thirst due to heat and heat, and short and red urine.
Related compatibility
1. Treat swelling: use half a catty of winter melon peel, half a catty of perilla root and leaves, and three liang of ginger peel. Decoction, fumigation and washing, then lie down warm to absorb sweat. After washing three times, the urine will be clear and long, and the swelling will subside naturally. ("Zhao Xuan Fang")
2. Injuries caused by falls: Use one tael of dried winter melon rind and one tael of real cowhide glue, put them into a pot, stir-fry them, and grind them into powder. ("Compendium of Materia Medica")
Usage and dosage
9~30g.
Taboos
"Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine": Use with caution in cases of deficiency and swelling caused by malnutrition.
Processing method
Remove impurities, wash, cut into pieces or wide wire, and dry.
Physiological properties
This product is an irregular fragment, often curled inward, of varying sizes. The outer surface is gray-green or yellow-white, covered with hoarfrost, and some are smooth and not covered with hoarfrost; the inner surface is rough, and some vein-like vascular bundles can be seen. Light in body and brittle in texture. The smell is slight and the taste is light.
Origin
It is produced in most parts of the country.
Related discussions
1. "Compendium of Materia Medica": Winter melon peel (broken, burned and ground, taken with wine) can treat blood stagnation and waist soreness.
2. "Compendium of Materia Medica Renewed": removes skin, removes dampness and chases wind, nourishes the spleen and relieves fire. Clinical application of winter melon peel
1. Edema; it tastes sweet, has mild medicinal properties, and is good at diluting water and reducing swelling. For treating edema, for example, "Hunan Medicine Chronicles" uses this product with Acanthopanax bark and ginger peel, and decocts it; if it treats physical weakness and edema, for example ("Zhejiang Medicinal Flora"), use an appropriate amount of winter melon peel, adzuki bean, and brown sugar. Boil until cooked, eat beans and drink soup.
2. Summer-heat syndrome: It is cool in nature and has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Used to treat thirst and short red urine due to summer heat, such as ("Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine") equivalent amounts of winter melon rind and watermelon rind, decoction in water instead of tea; if used to treat summer heat-damp syndrome, it can be mixed with raw coix seed, talc, and lentils. Flowers are the same. Commonly used prescriptions for winter melon rind
1. To treat nephritis, difficulty in urination, and general edema: 6 qian for winter melon rind, 6 qian for watermelon rind, 6 qian for Imperata root, 4 qian for corn pistils, and 3 liang of red beans. Decoct in water and take three times a day. ("Modern Practical Chinese Medicine")
2. Treat injured lower back pain: Burn and grind the peel of winter melon, drink one penny of wine. ("Biography of Shengsheng")
3. To treat injuries caused by falls: one tael of dried winter melon rind and one tael of real cowhide glue (file). Stir-fry the remaining ingredients in a pot and grind into powder. Take it for 5 qian each time, take it hot with good wine, still drink a cup, cover it with a thick cover to take out the slight sweat. ("Zhaiyuan Prescription")
4. Cure cough: five qian of winter melon rind (for those who have experienced frost), and a little honey. Decoction in water and take. ("Southern Yunnan Materia Medica")