How to identify the keel in traditional Chinese medicine? What are the benefits?

The dragon bone is the bone fossil of a large animal tens of thousands of years ago, and is the fossil of the bones of ancient mammals such as elephants, rhinoceros, three-toed horses, etc.

Collect] After digging, remove soil and impurities. The five-flower keel is crispy, and after being unearthed, it is easy to break in the exposed air, and it is often pasted with raw edge paper.

Medicinal herbs】 Five-flower keel.

Also known as: Qinghua keel, flower keel. It is irregular and lumpy, and varies in size.

The whole is pale yellowish white, with blue-gray and reddish-brown patterns, with different shades and thicknesses. The surface is smooth, sometimes with small cracks. The section is rough, hard and brittle, and it is easy to peel off and scatter.

It has strong hygroscopicity, and has suction power when licking with the tongue. Odorless, tasteless. It is better to be brittle, layered, have five-color patterns, and have strong moisture absorption.

Joist. Also known as: White Keel ("Thousand Gold Fang").

It is irregular and lumpy, and varies in size. The surface is white, off-white or yellowish-white, smooth, some with textures and fissures, or brown stripes and spots. The quality is hard, the section is uneven, the color is white, and it is delicate like powder.

It also has strong moisture absorption. Odorless, tasteless. It is better to have hard, white color and strong moisture absorption.

But generally the five-flower keel is preferred.

It is produced in Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Qinghai and other places.

Chemical composition] is mainly calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, but also contains iron, potassium, sodium, chlorine, sulfate, etc.

Concocted] Keel: Brush the dirt and break it. Calcined keel: take the cleaned keel, calcine it red on a smokeless stove or in a crucible, take it out, let it cool, and crush it.

The keel is a dinosaur fossil! There will be air inside, so it will absorb the tongue!! There are no bones.

Traditional Chinese medicine keel is a unique animal fossil and can be used for various diseases. After digging the keel, the texture of the keel is crisp, the surface is white, and the texture is relatively hard. If it is cut off, the fractured part may be uneven.

The keel can calm the nerves, men can use the keel to fix the essence, and the keel also has a certain antidiarrheal effect. In life, if you often have insomnia or sleep, you can use the keel to play a certain role.

If you don't know much about Chinese medicine, you may not know much about the flavor of keel, keel actually has many names, Chinese medicine keel has a wide range of applications, usually used with other Chinese medicine, has the function of sedation and hypnosis, so what is the keel of Chinese medicine? This article will give you a main introduction to the efficacy of the keel.

The keel in traditional Chinese medicine is derived from the fossils of ancient mammals. After excavating the keel, one can remove sediment and impurities. The inner and outer parts of the traditional Chinese medicine keel are white or off-white, with a smooth surface with some longitudinal cracks and natural spots.

The keel has an important role in calming and calming the nerves, and can be used for neurasthenia, as well as headaches, forgetfulness and insomnia caused by neurasthenia. In addition, the keel has a certain conditioning effect on spermatozoa, enuresis and night sweats that often occur in men.

Keel contains a lot of calcium, mainly calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate, which is easily absorbed by the body. In addition, it also contains a certain amount of trace elements, such as iron, potassium and magnesium, which can provide a large amount of calcium for the human body after being used as a drug, and can also meet the body's needs for various trace elements, which can effectively strengthen the bone marrow and reduce the occurrence of osteoporosis and joint pain. In normal life, especially in men, if there is blood in the urine, the keel can be used to nourish the spleen.

When using keel, we can boil soup or take pills directly, or we can grind it into powder for conditioning.

The keel has the effect of muscle-building sores, and the keel can not only be used for soft tissue ulcers, but also for gold sores bleeding, umbilical sores and pus, especially in combination with drying and topical drugs, which can play a more obvious role in the effect of muscle-building sores.

As a reminder, when using keels, it is also necessary to identify other herbs that have a similar effect. For example, keels and oysters share many similarities, but keels are more effective in calming nerves, while oysters have a higher softening and firming effect and should be avoided in patients suffering from yin deficiency and fever symptoms.

Traditional Chinese medicine keels are fossils, which have evolved over a long period of time buried deep underground by cattle, sheep, deer, etc. Relatively speaking, the number of keels is still very large, and there are many animals in the first place, and fossils are not difficult to find.

1. Different properties: the five-flower keel is cylindrical or irregular block-shaped. Diameter 5-25cm.

Pale off-white, pale yellowish white or pale yellowish brown. The raw keel is 7-10cm long, 7-10cm wide, and about 3cm thick. The surface is ivory white, with blue-gray and reddish-brown patterns.

2. Different distribution areas: raw keels are distributed in Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Yunnan, etc. Calcined keel is produced in Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, etc.

3. Different functions: calcined keel has the effect of calming the heart and calming the nerves, calming the liver and latent yang, solidifying astringency and astringency. The raw keel twist can be broken, hygroscopic, licked by the tongue, can be adsorbed on the tongue.

The keel has the effect of calming the nerves, collecting sweat and solidifying essence, stopping bleeding and astringency of the intestines, building muscles and sores, and is mainly used to treat epilepsy, forgetfulness, insomnia and dreams, self-perspiration and night sweats, sperm drenching, vomiting blood in the stool, collapse and leakage, diarrhea and prolapse, ulcer for a long time.

Calcined keel has the effect of strengthening convergence and astringency, and it is better to accumulate sweat and solidify essence, and it is better to build muscle and sores, and other raw keels are used.

1. The keel is sweet, astringent, and slightly cold, returning to the heart and liver meridian. Efficacy: Calm the liver and latent yang, calm and calm the nerves, astringent and astringent.

2. It is used for irritability, dizziness and other symptoms caused by yin deficiency and hyperyang, which can calm the liver and conceal floating yang. It can be taken at the same time as oysters, white peony, ochre, etc.

3. It is used for restlessness, palpitations, insomnia, epilepsy, madness and other diseases, and can calm the nerves. It can be used in combination with cinnabar, yuanzhi, sour jujube kernel, etc.

4. It is used for spermatozoa, belt down, hypohidrosis, and leakage, and has the effect of astringency and astringency. **Kidney deficiency and spermatozoa can be used in combination with oysters, Tribulus terrestris, Gourd, etc.; **It can be used with oysters, sea clams, yams, etc.; **Sweating, often used in combination with oysters, schisandra, etc. In addition, the oyster grinding foam is used externally, which has the effect of absorbing moisture and accumulating sores, and is used for eczema itch and sores that do not heal for a long time.

The efficacy and function of calcining keel:

1. It is a good medicinal material to calm the mind, if the child is accidentally frightened, parents can use the keel to help the child calm and feel at ease.

2. It has the effect of sweating and solidifying essence, and patients can use it with confidence.

3. People who can effectively suffer from insomnia and dreams, insomnia and dreams will completely reduce people's sleep time, if people who often suffer from insomnia can try to use the keel, the effect will be beyond your imagination.

4. It is also very effective for people who sweat and steal, and patients can use the dosage correctly to help**.

5. Calcining the keel can be the phenomenon of ulceration for a long time without closing the mouth, so that the wound can be closed in the shortest time and the effect is fast.

6. Calcined keel can also be forgetful, which can help your memory to be best preserved and restored, and solve all kinds of troubles caused by forgetfulness in life. If you have someone who is forgetful, you can also choose it to **try.

7. It has the effect of stopping bleeding and astringency of the intestines, and the effect of muscle building and sore, so patients can use it with confidence.

Keel, which has nothing to do with dragons, has nothing to do with dinosaurs. Keel is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine.

Keels are fossils of ancient mammals such as three-toed horses, rhinos, cattle, elephants, etc., or fossils of elephant incisors, the former is commonly known as "keel" or "earth keel", and the latter is commonly known as "five-flower keel". It can be excavated throughout the year, and the sediment and impurities are removed after digging, and the five-flower keel is very easy to break, and it is commonly pasted with burr paper.

This morning, I read the keel in the "Shennong's Materia Medica", and checked the information to know that the keel was not included in the "Chinese Pharmacopoeia".

Regarding the identification of keels, I have always known that it is necessary to judge the authenticity by judging whether the keel is on the tongue, and then I learned that some fake keels will stick to the tongue, and it is best to test it with fire.

Keel is a good medicine, and it is often used in conjunction with oysters in clinical practice. Last year, I had insomnia caused by fatigue, and I ate cinnamon and keel oyster soup for a period of time, and I slept well that night after each medication, and I always thought that the sedative effect was due to keel oysters.

In the "Treatise on Typhoid Fever", the oyster soup with chai hu plus keel is used for modern people with high work pressure, anxiety and insomnia, and it is also quite effective.

The keel has the functions of calming the nerves, calming the liver and latent yang, astringent and astringent, building muscles, gathering sores, stopping bleeding, etc., and can be used for insomnia, dreams, sweating, night sweats, etc.