Camphor, Chinese medicine name. Cinnamomumcamphora (L.) Presl. is the branch, stem, leaf and root of the Lauraceae plant. It is a granular crystal made by refining. It has the functions of dehumidifying and killing insects, warming and relieving pain, and opening orifices. Indications: pruritus scabies, eczema ulceration, bruise pain, toothache, sha, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness.
Efficacy and Indications
Opens orifices to remove impurities, dehumidifies and kills insects, warms and relieves pain. Is an orifice drug.
Sexual taste returns to the classics
Hot in nature, spicy, poisonous. Return to the Heart, Spleen.
Usage and dosage
Appropriate amount for external use, ground into powder for spreading or dressing. Take 0.1-0.2g orally, dissolve into powder or dissolve in wine.
Origin
Distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, especially Taiwan.
Taboo crowd
It is not advisable to take too much orally, and it is forbidden for women with qi deficiency and pregnant women. Skin allergies should be used with caution.
Harvesting and processing
Every year from September to December, old trees are cut down, sawed into pieces, placed in a distiller for distillation, cooled to obtain crude camphor, and then refined by sublimation to obtain refined camphor. Because it is volatile, it should be sealed and stored.
Related compatibility
Treat all rheumatic eye heat pain: 6 grams of camphor, 3 grams of borneol, 9 grams of mint, 3 grams of windproof, put camphor and borneol into a bowl, spread the peppermint and windproof on it, seal the bowl with paper paste, and put it on the bowl of civil and military fire. , scrape it off. ("Heart Medicine Collection" Fairy Pill)
To treat wind-fire toothache: 6 grams each of camphor and asarum. Chop the asarum, put it in an iron pot, spread the camphor on it, cover it with a porcelain bowl, seal the gap with yellow mud, then sublimate it with a slow fire, put it in the cold to remove the frost, and seal it for later use. Take an appropriate amount of cream, wrap it in cotton as large as a sycamore seed, and place it on the affected tooth. ("National Collection of Chinese Herbal Medicine")
To treat all itching, scabies and all stubborn ringworms: 30 grams of camphor, 60 grams of maple seeds (pounded paste), 15 grams of rhubarb, sulfur, and pepper. The five flavors are slightly fried to fine powder, mixed with Dafengzi paste, then added in camphor and pounded together, then 15 grams of mercury is added, and then ground evenly, and then pounded for 300 times. I used the medicine to touch it all over my body, but it only healed two or three times. ("Compendium of Materia Medica")
To treat scalding fire sores and relieve pain: grind and apply camphor and sesame oil. Such as sores wet, dry mixed with pain relief, fire poison does not enter. ("The Essentials of the Collection")
To treat frostbite: 9 grams of camphor, 30 grams of lard. First refine the lard, remove the slag, then put the refined lard into the pot, add the camphor, simmer for more than ten minutes, put it in the pot, cool it to make a paste, pack it in a bottle, seal it for later use, apply it three or five times, it will heal. . [Health News 1958, 10:25]
For the treatment of beriberi: 9 grams of camphor, 6 grams of Aconitum. very fine. Vinegar paste balls, big marbles. Each time a pill is placed under the foot, it is baked under a slight fire, the clothes are covered, and the sweat is like saliva. Immediately. ("Compendium of Materia Medica")
The beginning of the treatment of gangrene: camphor and realgar mixed with paste. ("The Essentials of Medicinal Properties")
Medicinal properties
Camphor is a white crystalline powder or a colorless and transparent hard block. The crude product is slightly yellowish, bright, and volatile at room temperature. It can burn with a smoky red flame. If a small amount of ethanol, ether or chloroform is added, it is easy to grind into white powder. A specific aroma with channeling properties, the taste is spicy at the beginning and then cool. White, transparent and pure are preferred.