Pinyin name d not n ɡ gu ā z ǐ
Alias white melon seeds (Ben Jing), melon seeds, melon petals (synopsis of the golden chamber), wax gourd seeds (Bielu) and melon rhinoceros (Records of the Age of Jingchu).
The source is the seed of Cucurbitaceae plant wax gourd. When eating wax gourd, collect seeds, wash them, select mature ones and dry them in the sun.
Habitat distribution is produced in most parts of the country. In Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Henan, Hebei, Anhui and other places, the output is relatively large.
Characteristics The dried seeds are flat oblong or oblong, about 1 cm long and about 6 mm wide. The outer skin is yellow-white, sometimes cracked, one end is pure round, the other end is pointed, and the tip has two small protrusions, one of which is the hilum; The other protrusion is larger and has an obvious pearl hole on it. The edges are smooth (single-sided winter melon seeds) or both edges have a circular edge (double-sided winter melon seeds). After peeling off the seed coat, the milky white seed kernel can be seen, which is oily. Slight breath, slightly sweet taste. It is better to be white, full of grains and free of impurities.
chemical composition
Seeds contain 0.68% saponin, fat, urea, citrulline, etc.
The fatty oil of Benincasa ccrifera seed contains linoleic acid 62.3%, oleic acid 21.9%, saturated fatty acid15.6%, and a small amount of adenine, fenugreek and so on are separated from the seed.
Processing, sorting out impurities, and mashing when used. Or stir-fry with slow fire until yellow and white. Put it in a dry place to prevent insects and rats from biting.
Sexual taste
Sweet, cool.
1 Classic: sweet and flat.
2 "Don't record": cold, non-toxic.
3 "Lu Chuan Ben Cao": sweet, cool.
Meridian tropism: Entering the Foot Jueyin Meridian.
Functional indication
Moistening lung, resolving phlegm, eliminating carbuncle and promoting diuresis. Treat phlegm-heat cough, lung carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle, gonorrhea, edema, beriberi, hemorrhoids, and alcoholic drinks on the nose.
Administration and dosage for oral administration: decoction,1~ 4 RMB; Or grind it. External use: decocted with water or coated with paste.
Pay attention to "don't record": long-term service in the cold.
Attached prescription
1 Treating cough with slight fever, vexation, and wrong nail in the chest is for lung abscess: reed stem (cut, 2 liters, boiled with two buckets of water for 5 liters to remove me), coix seed half liter, peach kernel 30 pieces, melon petal (at present, wax gourd seed is mostly used) half liter. The four flavors are finely cut, and two liters are boiled in the reed juice, and one liter is taken, and it is like pus. ("synopsis of the golden chamber" Qianjin Weijing decoction)
Treatment of intestinal abscess and pus, less abdominal swelling and swelling, pain when pressed, such as stranguria, spontaneous urination, fever from time to time, spontaneous sweating, and aversion to cold, whose pulse is delayed and tight: rhubarb 42, peony bark 12, peach kernels 50, melon seeds half a catty, mirabilite three. Five flavors, six liters of water, one liter of boiling, removing me and adding mirabilite; Boil it again and take it immediately. If there is pus, there is blood if there is no pus. (Rhubarb Peony Soup in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber)
3 Treat white turbidity in men and leucorrhea in women: stir-fry old wax gourd kernels for the end. Every hollow rice drinks five yuan. ("Emergency Easy Recipe")
4 cure thirst, urinate more: dried winter melon seeds, Ophiopogon japonicus, Coptis chinensis each two. Decoct it in water and drink it. Extract Yuan Fang
5. Treating men's five-strain and seven-injury, improving eyesight: seven liters of white melon seeds, filled with silk bags, stirred in the soup for three times, * * *; Soak in five liters for one night, * * *; Remove the sieve. Take a square inch of wine and take it three times a day. (Qian Jin Fang)
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