This product is the dried peel of Areca Seed (Areca catechu L.) of the Windmill Palm family, also known as Areca Seed. Mainly produced in Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places. Immature fruits are harvested from winter to the following spring, boiled and dried, cut into two halves longitudinally, and peeled off, commonly known as "Areca Peel"; mature fruits are harvested from late spring to early autumn, boiled, dried, peeled, and peeled. Pine, dried, commonly known as "Big Belly Hair", used raw.

[Property]

Acrid; slightly warm. act on spleen, stomach, large intestine and small intestine channels.

• Kaibao Bencao: "Slightly warm, nontoxic."
• Gangmu: "Acrid, slightly warm, nontoxic."
• Leigong Paozhi Yaoxing Jie: "act on lung and spleen channels."
• Yaopin Huayi: "act on spleen, lung, stomach and large/small intestines channels."

[Efficacy]

lowering qi wide and middle, moving water to reduce swelling.

[Indications]

Used for dampness obstruction, stagnation, chest and abdominal distension and fullness, discomfort in defecation, edema, athlete's foot, and difficulty in urination.

1. Gastrointestinal qi stagnation, abdominal distension and fullness, abdominal distension and fullness, discomfort in defecation. This product is a pungent powder that mainly enters the spleen and stomach meridian, and can move qi and remove food stagnation. It is a quick medicine that widens the middle and promotes qi. To treat food accumulation qi stagnation, abdominal stuffiness, belching acid swallow, constipation, or diarrhea, it can be used with hawthorn fruit and Germinated Barley , Immature Orange Fruit can be used equally; if it treats dampness obstruction, qi stagnation, abdominal distension and fullness, it can be used with Patchouli, Dried Tangerine Peel, Magnolia Bark etc. can be used.
2. edema fullness, edema of athlete's foot, difficulty in urination. It tastes pungent and can open ventilating lung qi and promote water circulation to reduce swelling. To treat moisture overflow, skin edema and difficulty in urination, it can be used with tuckahoe peel, Acanthopanax Bark, such as Five- Peel Decoction (The Living Book of Ma Ke); if you want to treat athlete’s foot, swollen and painful bowel movements, you can use it with White Mulberry Root-Bark, Akebia Stem, Pharbitis Seed etc. can be used.

[Documentation]

• Rihuazi Bencao: It lowers all qi, stops cholera, unblocks small intestine, invigorates the spleen and appetite, and regulates the heart.
• Kaibao Bencao: It mainly attacks the inner circle with cold and hot qi, large intestine blocks poison, phlegm and diaphragm, and vinegar affects the heart. Decoct it with ginger and salt, which is a good medicine for dispelling qi.
• Gangmu: Reduce adverse qi, eliminate water vapor edema in the skin, athlete's foot congestion, miasmic malaria stuffiness and fullness, fetal qi disease morning sickness and bloating.
• Bencao Zaixin: purges the lungs, and stomach qi, draining dampness, widens the intestines and reduces swelling, regulates waist and athlete's foot, and treats malaria.

[Usage and Dosage]

Oral administration: decoction, 5-10g; or take into pills or powder. External use: appropriate amount, decoct in water and wash; or grind into powder and apply for application.

[Precaution]

qi deficiency People who are weak should take it with caution.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product has the effect of stimulating the smooth muscle of the gastrointestinal tract and promoting gastrointestinal motility. Areca Peel decoction can increase the tone and reduce the contraction amplitude of isolated rabbit intestines. Its effect can be antagonized by atropine. And it has the effect of promoting fibrinolysis.

[Selection of Prescriptions]

• Cure athlete's foot, swelling, abdominal distension and fullness, constipation: Areca Peel one ounce (file), Areca Seed one ounce, Aucklandia Root half a ounce, Akebia Stem two ounces (file), Bush Cherry Seed one Two ounces (soaked in soup, peeled, and lightly stir-fried), two ounces of mulberry root white bark (filed), and two ounces of Pharbitis Seed (lightly stir-fried). Pound and sieve the medicine into powder. Take 4 qian per serving, add half a cup of Fresh Ginger Rhizome and 27 inches of Fistular Onion Stalk to a medium cup of water, fry until it reaches 6 minutes, and remove the drizzle. Regardless of the time, be gentle and submissive, and spend time with benefits. ( Shenghui Fang )
• Treat spleen qi stagnation and wind-dampness in men and women. The spleen is affected by dampness, and the qi is not flowing, causing the head and face to become swollen, the limbs are swollen, the heart and abdomen are bloated, and abnormal rising of qi Shortness of breath, belly like a drum, swelling and tightness around the navel, difficulty in eating and drinking, boils above and below, coming and going erratically, shortness of breath when moving: Acanthopanax Bark, Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark, ginger peel, Areca Peel, tuckahoe peel, etc. point. Above is crude powder. Three qian for each eye, one and a half cup of water, boil until eight minutes, remove the dregs, take it with a little heat, no matter the time. Avoid raw, cold, greasy and hard things. (Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang Five-Peel Powder)
• Treatment of fistula disease, sores and filth: decoct Areca Peel and wash it. (Renzhai Zhizhi Fang)