This product is a scale of the vertebrate Pangolin Scales (Manis pentadactyla Linnaeus) in the family Pangolin Scales. Mainly produced in Guangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places. It can be caught all year round. After killing, blanch it slightly in boiling water, remove the scales, wash it, and dry it in the sun for raw use; or scald it with sand until it bulges, wash it, and dry it; or it can be shot and then quenched with vinegar before use, and pounded when used. broken.

[Property]

salty, slightly cold. act on liver and stomach channels.

[Efficacy]

invigorating blood to resolve accumulation, stimulate menstruation, promote lactation, reduce swelling and expelling pus.

1. Used for abdominal mass, amenorrhea, and wind-dampness pain, etc. This product is good at traveling, reaches zang-fu organs and meridians, can invigorate blood and resolving stasis, eliminate abdominal mass disease, and pass through Jingmai. To treat abdominal mass, use Sparganium Rhizome, Zedoary Rhizome, etc.; to treat blood stasis amenorrhea, use Chinese Angelica, Carthamus, etc.; to treat wind-dampness paralysis, joint discomfort, numbness and spasm, use little multibanded krait, centipede, Qiang, Pubescent Angelica et al.
2. Used for postpartum lactation. This product can dredge Qi and blood and promote lactation. For those with insufficient milk due to Qi and blood stagnation, you can use it alone or with Cowherb Seed; if you have Qi and blood deficiency and the milk is sparse, use Astragalus Root or YAO L>Chinese Angelica and other tonifying qi blood medicines can be used together.
3. For carbuncles, sores, scrofula, etc. This product can invigorating blood, resolve carbuncle, reduce swelling and expelling pus. It can make the pus that has not yet become pus disappear, and the pus that has formed can quickly ulcerate. To treat the initial onset of carbuncle, use Lonicera, Snakegourd Root, Chinese Honeylocust Fruit thorn, etc. to remove toxin invigorating blood to resolve carbuncle, such as Immortal Formula Life-Saving Decoction; for those who treat pus without ulceration, Astragalus Root, Chinese Angelica, Chinese Honeylocust Fruit ThornUse expelling toxin to drain pus, such as Pus-Draining Powder; to treat scrofula, use Prunella, Fritillaria Bulb, Scropularia Root, to eliminate scrofula and dissipate knots. In addition, this product has recently been used to treat traumatic bleeding, bleeding from surgical incisions, and leukopenia. It has the effect of stopping bleeding and raising white blood cells.

[Documentation]

1. Bencao Gangmu: "Removes phlegm malaria Hanre, migratory impediment tonic pain, relieves Jingmai, promotes lactation juice, eliminates carbuncle Swelling, expelling pus blood, relieving stuffy orifices, killing worms. "Pangolin Scales enters the Jueyin and Yangming Meridians. It is used freshly in ancient times. In modern times, it is used as an important medicine for rheumatism, acne, and menstrual promoting lactation... The proverb says: "Pangolin. Scales, if the king does not stay, the woman’s milk will flow after eating. It clears the zang-fu organs, penetrates the meridians, and penetrates the key points. It can cure all diseases caused by blood coagulation. "

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 8-10g; grind into powder and take, 1-1.5g.

[Precaution]

It should not be used by pregnant women and those whose carbuncle has ruptured.