This product is a fossil-like substance formed from the resin of ancient pine family plants, such as maple and pine trees, which has been buried underground for many years and transformed. It is mainly produced in Yunnan, Guangxi, Liaoning, Henan, Fujian, and other regions. It can be collected at any time. After being excavated from underground or coal seams, impurities such as sand and soil are removed, and it is then ground into powder for use.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Sweet, neutral. act on heart, liver and bladder channels.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Setting heart and calming mind, invigorating blood and resolving stasis, promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Used for restlessness, palpitation, insomnia, infantile convulsion, epilepsy. Amber is heavy in quality, calming the heart, stabilizing fright, and tranquilizing the mind. For injuries to the mind, failure of the mind to keep to its abode causing restlessness, palpitation due to fright, insomnia, forgetfulness, dreamfulness, etc., it can have the effect of stabilizing fright and tranquilizing the mind, often combined with Cinnabar, Milkwort Root, Acorus, etc., such as the amber Mind-Stabilizing Pill. For treating infantile convulsion, high fever, unconsciousness convulsion, as well as epilepsy attacks, convulsions, etc., it also has the effect of stabilizing fright and stopping convulsions, and can be used with Arisaema, Tabasheer, Cinnabar, etc., such as the Dragon-Embracing Pill.
2. Used for the syndrome/pattern of blood stasis obstruction and stagnation. This product enters the heart, liver, and blood, has the effect of invigorating the blood to unblock meridians, dispersing stasis and eliminating masses, and can be used to treat blood stasis swelling and pain, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, heart and abdominal stabbing pain, abdominal mass, etc. For example, it can be used alone, ground into powder and taken infused, to treat scrotal and labial hematoma in women, postpartum blood stasis swelling and pain, etc.; combined with Chinese Angelica, Zedoary Rhizome, Lindera, etc., namely the Amber Powder from "Ling Yuan Fang", can treat amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea due to blood stasis and qi obstruction; used together with Sanqi, ground into powder and taken, can treat heart blood stasis and obstruction, chest impediment, heart pain; combined with Sparganium Rhizome, turtle carapace, Rhubarb Rhizoma, etc., can invigorate blood to dissipate bind, soften hardness and eliminate masses, can remove abdominal mass stuffiness, such as Li Xun Fang Amber Powder.
3. Used for stranguria, ischuria. This product also has the effect of diuresis and relieving strangury, so it is used to treat stranguria with frequent urination, painful urination, and ischuria with difficulty in urination. For example, in "Zhi Zhi Fang", amber alone is used as a powder, taken with rush stem decoction for immediate effect. Also, because amber can disperse stasis and stop bleeding, it is especially suitable for blood stranguria. Using Fistular Onion Stalk decoction to take infused amber can treat various stranguria with sand and stones; this product combined with Christina Loosestrife, Sea Sand, Akebia Stem, etc., diuretic and strangury-relieving products, can treat urolithic stranguria or heat stranguria.
4. In addition, this product can be used externally as a muscle-regenerating and astringent drug, used for abscesses, sores, and toxins.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Bielu: 「Calms the five zang-organs, stabilizes the soul and spirit, ... dissipates static blood, and clears the five types of strangury.」
2. Bencao Shiyi: 「Stops bleeding, promotes tissue regeneration, and heals incised wounds.」
3. Bencao Yanyi Buyi: 「Ancient formulas used it to promote urination, as it effectively dries the spleen earth. When the spleen can transport and transform, the lung qi descends, thus urination is facilitated. However, if there is insufficient blood, it may cause dryness and urgency.」

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Grind into powder and take infused, 1.5-3g each time. Do not decoct.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

This product mainly contains resin and volatile oil. In addition, it contains amber oxygen rosin acid, amber rosin acid, amber silver pine acid, amber lipid alcohol, amber rosin alcohol, and amber acid, among others.

Amber acid has a central inhibitory effect, significantly reducing the spontaneous activity of mice and prolonging the sleep time induced by pentobarbital sodium; it also has antagonistic effects on audiogenic convulsions in rats, electroconvulsions in mice, and drug-induced convulsions caused by strychnine.