This product is the dried mature fruit sequence of the maple tree of the witch hazel family. The fruits are harvested in winter after ripening, removed from impurities and dried.
Traits of this product is a polyfloral fruits, from most of the small capsules collection, spherical, 2 ~ 3cm in diameter, the base of the fruit with the condition of the pedicel. Surface gray-brown or brown, with most of the sharp spines and rostral small blunt spines, 0.5 ~ 1mm long, often broken, small capsule apical dehiscence, honeycomb-shaped holes. Light, hard, not easy to break open. Gas faint, taste faint.
Taste and attribution bitter, flat. Attributed to the liver and kidney meridians.
Functions and IndicationsExpel wind and activate collaterals, promote water circulation and clear the channels. It is used for joint paralysis, numbness and contracture, edema and distension, lactation and menorrhagia.
Alias Jiu Kong Zi
Origin This product is the dried mature infructescence of the maple tree of the Hamamelis family. The fruits are harvested in winter after ripening, removed impurities and dried.
TraitsThis product is a polyfloral fruit, from most of the small capsule collection, spherical, 2 ~ 3cm in diameter. the base has a common fruiting peduncle . Surface gray-brown or brown, with most of the sharp spines and rostral small blunt spines , 0.5 ~ 1mm long, often broken, small capsule apical dehiscence, honeycomb-shaped holes. Light, hard, not easy to break open. Gas faint, taste faint.
Functions and IndicationsExpel wind and activate collaterals, diuresis and menstruation. It is used for joint paralysis, numbness and contracture, edema and distension, and lactation and menorrhagia.
Dosage: 5-9g.
Clinical application 1. For epigastric distension and pain
Lu Lu Tong has the property of facilitating, functioning to move qi and relaxing the middle and relieving pain, clinically used for epigastric distension and pain, bowel movement, etc. It can be used together with Mucuna pruriens, Ophiopogon, Citrus aurantium, and so on.
2. It is used for rheumatism and paralysis pain, with menstrual disorders.
This product can also activate blood circulation, for women's menstrual disorders, low menstrual flow and abdominal distension, can be used in conjunction with the fragrant herbs, azaleas, etc.; for rheumatism and paralysis, lumbar and leg pain, contracture of the tendons and collaterals and other conditions, can be used in conjunction with Angelica sinensis, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, Dugong, Sangsangsheng.
3. For edema, dysuria
This product also has the effect of edema, used for edema, can be used with Poria bark, Sang Bai Pi, Dong Gua Pi and so on.
In addition, this product can also be used to pass down the breast milk, used for qi and blood congestion, breast milk, can be used with andrographis paniculata, Wang Buliuhang and other medicines.
General dosage and usage: one to three qian, decoction. It should not be used for excessive menstruation and pregnant women.
Ancillary white gum incense: that is, the resin of incense tree. Bitter, pungent, flat. Function of blood circulation and swelling, muscle pain, external use to stop bleeding. Apply to sores and canker sores, trauma bleeding and other conditions. It is used internally and externally. The general dosage is three to one penny, into the pills and bulk, external use of the appropriate amount.