Chestnut shell

("Dietotherapeutic Materia Medica")

The source is the outer pericarp of chestnut, a plant in the family Fagaceae. The plant morphology is detailed in the "chestnut" article.

Nature and flavor "Compendium": "Sweet, astringent, flat, non-toxic."

Functions: Indications: nausea, epistaxis, and bloody stools.

① Meng Shen: "Boil the juice and drink it to relieve nausea and quench thirst."

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "Cure diarrhea and blood diarrhea."

Usage and dosage Oral administration: decoction, grind into powder or take into pills.

Prescription ① Treat diaphragmatic gas: roast the black shells of chestnuts, divide them into equal portions with the bran from the rice pounder, and use the big honey balls of tung seeds. Take thirty pills per hollow. (Yao Kecheng's "Food and Materia Medica")

② To treat epistaxis after repeated medical treatment: five liang of chestnut shells, burn ashes and grind into powder. Take 2 qian each time and mix it with porridge or drink. ("Sheng Hui Fang")

③Cure phlegm fire and scrofula: decoction of millet husk and pork essence and take it. ("Lingnan Medicine Collection") Remind you: Chestnut shell This Chinese herbal medicine comes from the Internet, please follow the doctor's advice before use.