This product is the dried and mature inflorescence of liquidambar formosana (Liquidambar formosana Hance) of the Hamamelidaceae plant. Born in secondary forests in low mountains and under sparse forests in valleys. Distributed in China's Qinling Mountains and provinces south of the Huaihe River. It is also produced in northern Vietnam, Laos and southern Korea. Harvested in autumn, pick or pick up the fallen fruits, remove the fruit stems and impurities, and dry them in the sun.

bubble_chart Morphological Characteristics

The dried fruit is spherical, 2 to 3 cm in diameter. The surface is grey-brown or dark brown, with numerous beak-like needles, about 5 to 8 mm long, often broken; the bracts are rolled into tubes, sometimes split, and contain many small capsules. The fruit stalk remains at the base of the compound fruit and is sometimes broken. The capsule is small, 1 to 2 mm in diameter, with a hole at the top and 2 seeds inside. Seeds are light brown and shiny. The smell is peculiar and the taste is light. The ones with yellow color and large size are better.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Bitter, neutral.

• "Modern Practical Chinese Materia Medica": "bitter and astrigent, neutral, nontoxic."
• "Zhejiang Folk Herbal Medicine": "neutral, bland, nontoxic."
• "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "acrid and bitter, neutral, nontoxic."
• Gangmu Shiyi: "The Twelve Classics."

bubble_chart Efficacy

Expelling wind and dredging collaterals, diuresis and dehumidification.

bubble_chart Indications

Treats numbness and pain in limbs, spasm of hands and feet, stomachache, edema, fullness, amenorrhea, lack of breast milk, Yongju, hemorrhoids, fistula disease, scabies, and eczema.

1. Gangmu Supplement: "The beautiful sweetgum fruit has the outer prickly skin removed and the inner roundness is like a honeycomb, which is Sweetgum Fruit. Its properties are powerful and can pass through the twelve meridian points, so "Saving Life in the Sea of ​​Bitterness" cures It can be used to dispel miasma, improve vision, relieve muscle spasms, numbness and pain all over the body, limbs and lumbago, and can be cured by burning it and smelling the smoke."
2. "Lingnan Medicine Collection": "Treatment of wind-dampness multiple abscess pain and Yongju swelling and poisoning."
3. "Modern Practical Chinese materia medica": "Burned ash is used externally for skin eczema, tinea, and hemorrhoids. fistula disease, etc., it has astringent, anti-inflammatory, and disinfectant effects. "
4. Chinese Materia Medica: "It can promote menstruation and diuresis, remove dampness-heat numbness and pain. Treat menstrual irregularities, general numbness and pain, and difficulty in urination. Edema and other syndromes. "
5. Guangzhou Army's "Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine Manual": "dispelling wind, regulating qi and resolving stasis. Treating wind-dampness lumbago, heartache, oligomastia, eczema, and dermatitis. ”

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Oral administration: decoction, 1 to 2 qian; or forge and grind into powder. External use: Forge and grind into powder for application or burn smoke and smell.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Pregnant women should not take this product.

1. Chinese Materia Medica: "It is not suitable for those with yin deficiency with internal heat."
2. "Guangxi Chinese Materia Medica: "Do not take it for those with deficiency and cold metrorrhagia. "
3. Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica: "Contraindicated for hypermenorrhea and pregnant women."

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TCM's treatment of atopic dermatitis is more comprehensive, fundamental, non-toxic and effective than Western medicine's symptomatic treatment

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

Liquidambar alcohol solvent (60%) can be used externally to prevent hookworms from invading the skin of mice. Its protective effectiveness is directly proportional to the solvent concentration.

bubble_chart Selected Prescriptions

1. Treatment of wind-dampness limb pain: Sweetgum Fruit, Gentian, mulberry twig, sea breeze vine, tangerine pith, Yiren. Decocted with water. ( Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica )
2. Cure perianal abscess: Sweetgum Fruit a. To preserve the properties, grind it into powder and drink it decocted with wine. ("Ancient and Modern Prescriptions")
3. To treat ringworm: ten maple balls (charred with property retained), five centimeters of white arsenic. At the end of the day, apply sesame oil. ("Deshengtang Experience Prescription")
4. To treat nettle measles: one pound of maple balls. Fry the thick juice, three times a day, 6 qian each time, take it empty stomach. ("Hunan Medicine Chronicle")
5. To treat yellow water in the ears: Sweetgum Fruit costs five cents. Decoct and take. ("Zhejiang Folk Herbal Medicine")

bubble_chart Supplementary Medicinals

Beautiful sweetgum resin: Also known as beautiful steetgum resin, it is the resin from the trunk of the liquidambar tree. After being heated and dissolved, the impurities are filtered out and dried naturally. The medicinal materials are irregular masses, light yellow to yellow-brown, translucent or opaque. The texture is brittle and the broken surface is shiny. It becomes soft when heated and can be stretched. Fragrant and light in taste. The ones with large pieces, crisp texture, no impurities and strong aroma are better. Bitter, astringent, neutral in nature. Function: clearing heat and promoting fluid production, resolving phlegm; external use to relieve pain, promote muscle growth, astringent and stop bleeding.