This product is a gallstone from the bovine cattle (Bos taurus domesticus Gmelin.) or water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus). It is mainly produced in the northwest and northeastern regions of my country, and is also produced in Henan, Hebei, Jiangsu and other places. When slaughtering cattle, if Cow-Bezoar is found in the gall bladder, bile duct or liver duct, the gall fel should be filtered out immediately, the Cow-Bezoar should be taken out, the outer thin membrane should be removed, dried in the shade, and set aside.

In addition to cattle and buffalo, gallstones from bovids yak (Bos grunniens L.) and bison (Bos gaurus H. Smith.) can also be used as medicine. There is also artificial Cow-Bezoar, which is artificially extracted from cow gall fel or pig gall fel. Its medicinal properties and effects are similar to natural Cow-Bezoar, and it is currently widely used.

bitter, cool. act on liver and heart channels.

[Efficacy]

Quench wind and relieve spasm, resolving phlegm for resuscitation, clearing heat and removing toxin.

[Indications]

1. It is used for warm febrile disease and infantile convulsion, high fever unconsciousness, convulsion and convulsion. Cow-Bezoar clears heart, cools the liver, has the effect of calming wind and relieving spasm, calming convulsions and calming the nerves. Often combined with Cinnabar, scorpion, Uncaria and other medicinals, such as Cow-Bezoar powder.
2. It is used to warm febrile disease, heat invading pericardium, apoplexy, infantile convulsion, epilepsy and other diseases caused by phlegm-heat blinding the heart orifices, lockjaw, phlegm and other diseases. This product can not only clear heart heat, but also resolving phlegm and resuscitation. Use this product alone as a final product, dilute Bomboo Juice for immediate effect, add Waitai Miyao to treat infant lockjaw; or mix with musk, Gardenia, Coptis Rhizome and other combinations of medicinals, which together play the role of clearing heat and resolving phlegm, resuscitation and awakening the mind, such as Peaceful Palace Bovine Bezoar Pill.
3. It is used for sore throat, ulcers and Yongju to treat toxins and other symptoms of heat toxin damage and stagnation. This product is powerful in clearing heat and removing toxin. To treat sore throat and sores on the mouth and tongue, it is often used with Skullcap Root, Realgar, Rhubarb Rhizoma, such as Bovine Bezoar Pill for Detoxification; if the throat is swollen, painful, or ulcerated, it can be used to treat pearl, such as Zhuhuang Powder; used to treat Yongju , boil and sore poison, carcinoma of breast, scrofula, etc., and used in combination with musk, frankincense, myrrh, etc. to clear heat and removing toxin, invigorating blood to dissipate bind, such as Rhinoceros Bezoar Pill.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "The main fright epilepsy Hanre, fever and madness."
2. Bielu: "All diseases in children , epileptic fever, difficulty in opening the mouth, and early abortion in adults. "
3. "Hui Yao Yi Jing": "Cure children with convulsions, hot phlegm, measles, erysipelas, ulcerative gingivitis, laryngeal swelling, etc. excess syndrome/pattern severe risk"

[Usage and Dosage]

Take it as pill powder, 0.2~0.5g each time. For external use, apply appropriate amount to the affected area.

[Precaution]

Pregnant women should use with caution.

[Modern Pharmacology]

Cow-Bezoar contains cholic acid, deoxycholic acid, cholesterol and bilirubin, ergot sterols, vitamin D, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, phosphorus, etc., and also contains carotenoids, alanine, glycine, etc. An amino acid, Cow-Bezoar has sedative and antispasmodic effects, has an exciting effect on the isolated guinea pig heart, has dilation of blood vessels and anti-adrenaline effects to lower blood pressure. Most of the cholic acids contained, especially deoxycholic acid, can relax the biliary orifice sphincter, promote gall fel secretion and have a choleretic effect; sodium taurine N-dithiocarbamate has a beneficial effect on acute and chronic cholestasis caused by carbon tetrachloride. It has a significant protective effect against liver damage in rats; oral administration of Cow-Bezoar to rabbits can significantly increase the number of red blood cells in the peripheral blood; it can also combine with a variety of organic substances to form cryptodine compounds, which have a removing toxin effect.