Alias: white melon skin, ganoderma lucidum, pillow melon
Category of medicinal properties: not yet classified?
Sexual taste and meridian tropism: sweet and slightly cold. Enter the lung, stomach and small intestine meridians.
Function and indications: diuresis and detumescence. Used for dysuria, thirst due to summer heat and short urine.
Usage and dosage: oral administration, decoction, 15-30g, or powder; For external use, decoct with water or grind to powder and apply. Appropriate dosage for those who are hot. ?
Storage: Store in a dry and ventilated place.
Clinical application:
1. ("Extract Yuan Fang") Treatment of falls and bruises: 30g of dried wax gourd peel and 30g of real Niu Pijiao. Stir-fry in the pot, grind into powder, take 15g each time, take hot wine, still drink a cup, and use a thick cover to get a little sweat. In the prescription, the skin of winter melon is detumescence, which is the monarch medicine.
2. ("Sheng Sheng Bian") Treating low back pain: winter melon skin (burning research). Wine service 3g. In the prescription, the skin of winter melon is detumescence, which is the monarch medicine.
3. ("Modern Practical Chinese Medicine") Treating nephritis, dysuria, and general edema: melon skin, watermelon skin, cogongrass rhizome each 18g, and red bean 90g. Decoct in water and take it three times a day. In the prescription, the skin of winter melon is detumescence, which is the monarch medicine. ?