[Variety Source]
This product is a resin processed product of the evergreen tree plant Dipterocarpaceae Dipterocarpaceae (Dryobalanops aromatica Gaertn. f.), or a crystal obtained by distillation and cooling of the trunk of Dipterocarpaceae. It is called "Dryobalanops aromatica". "Brain borneol", also known as "plum slices". It is made from the sublimate of the leaves of the perennial herbaceous plant Asteraceae (Blumea balsamifera DC.), which is processed and chopped, and is called "borneol". Nowadays, Knotty Pine Wood oil, camphor, etc. are mostly used and are synthesized by chemical methods, which is called "mechanical borneol". Dipterocarpa is mainly produced in Southeast Asia and has been introduced in Taiwan; Ainaxiang is mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places. The finished product of borneol must be stored in a cool and airtight place. For grinding into powder.
[Property]
Acrid and bitter, slightly cold. act on heart, spleen and lung channels.
[Efficacy]
resuscitation, clearing heat to stop pain.
[Indications]
- Used for syndrome/pattern of obstruction unconsciousness. This product has the effect of resuscitation and refreshing, but it is deficient musk. The two are often used as mutual reinforcement. However, borneol is cold in nature and is a cooling product. It is suitable for treating Rebing unconsciousness, phlegm-heat internal obstruction, summer-heat sudden syncope, infantile convulsion and other heat blocks. It is often used with Cow-Bezoar , musk, Coptis Rhizome and other combinations of medicinals, such as Peaceful Palace Bovine Bezoar Pill. If combined with warming interior and dispelling cold and resuscitative stimulant that is warm in nature, it can also treat cold syndrome.
- For red eye swelling and pain, pharyngitis aphtha. This product is bitter and cold, has the effect of clearing heat, stopping pain and reducing swelling. It is a commonly used medicine in the five sense organs department.
- To treat red eye swelling and pain, just use eye drops for immediate results: it can also be combined with calamine, borax, bear gall, etc. Make eye drops, such as Eye Drop with Eight Precious Ingredients Water. To treat swelling and pain in the throat and sores on the mouth and tongue, grind it into fine powder with borax, Cinnabar, and Xuanming powder, and blow and apply it on the affected area. Such as Borneol and Borax Powder. To treat wind-heat pharyngitis (acute pharyngitis), "Binhu Collection of Simple Prescriptions" is used together with Rush Pith, Phelloendron Bark, Alum > Apply to the end, blow on the affected area to get the effect.
- It is used for sore and ulcer swelling and pain, and the ulcer does not stop after ulceration. This product also has clearing heat and removing toxin, antiseptic and myogenic effects. Use this product, vermilion and sesame oil to make a reddish-brown medicinal paste for external use, which can treat burns; it can be used with elephant hide, Dragon's Blood Resin and frankincense is used equally to treat sores and ulcers that do not heal after ulceration, such as Granulation-Promoting Powder. In modern times, this product is dissolved in walnut oil and used for ear drops to treat acute and chronic suppurative otitis media, with good curative effect.
- In addition, this product is used to treat coronary heart disease, colicky pain and toothache, and has certain effects.
[Documentation]
- Xinxiu Bencao: "The main confidant is pathogenic qi, wind-dampness abdominal mass, deafness, improving vision, and removing red eye skin nebula."
- Bencao Gangmu: "Cure pharyngitis, brain pain, flat nose, toothache, disease caused by cold tongue, acne in children. Open all orifices and disperse stagnant fire."
- Yilin Zuanyao Tanyuan : "borneol mainly disperses stagnant fire, can penetrate bone heat, treat fright epilepsy, phlegm, pharyngitis, tongue swelling, toothache, deafness, sneezing, red eye floating nebula, pox inward invasion, killing worms, hemorrhoids, birth control, sex If you walk without keeping it, it can also produce muscle and relieve pain. However, if it is scattered and easily exhausted, it will eventually lead to pudendal coldness."
[Usage and Dosage]
Take it as pill powder, 0.03~0.1g each time. Appropriate amount for external use. Not suitable for decoction.
[Precaution]
Pregnant women should use with caution.
[Modern Pharmacology]
Borneo borneol contains dextroborneol, as well as terpenes such as borneol, β-elemene, and caryophyllene, as well as oleanolic acid, myric acid, asiatic pennywort herb acid, borneol, and cocaine. Alcohols and other triterpene compounds. borneol contains L-borneol; borneol. Mechanism Bornol is a racemic mixed borneol.
Bonolol can slightly stimulate sensory nerves when applied locally, and has certain analgesic and mild antiseptic effects. It is rapidly absorbed through the intestinal membrane and can pass through the blood-brain barrier within 5 minutes of administration. It accumulates in the brain for a long time and the amount is quite high. This provides preliminary experimental basis for the resuscitation with aromatics effect of borneol. Higher concentrations (0.5%) have inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus aureus, Diplococcus pneumoniae, large intestine bacilli, and some nature-of-disease-causing skin fungi. It has the effect of inducing labor in mid- and advanced stage pregnant mice.