The efficacy, function and consumption of amber

Amber is a substance evolved from resin. Amber is formed naturally. In recent years, amber has been sold at the highest price. Amber is relatively rare and is often processed into jewelry and accessories. Amber can not only be made into jewelry but also used as medicine. Amber has the effects of calming the nerves and relieving shock, diuresis, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. However, amber is not used as a medicine alone. It is used together with other traditional Chinese medicines to treat diseases.

Aliases: blood amber, cloud amber, coal amber.

Source: Amber is the resin of pine trees. It is buried in the strata and becomes a fossil-like substance after years of transformation. Hence, there is a saying that amber is a thousand-year-old resin. They are often found when opening mountains, digging soil or mining coal.

Origin: Amber is mainly produced in Yunnan, Guangxi, Henan, Fujian, Guizhou and other regions, while coal amber is mainly produced in Fushun, Liaoning.

Identification of properties: Amber is in irregular blocks or granules with different colors.

Main ingredients: resin, volatile oil, succinic rosin acid, succinic silver rosin acid, succinic alcohol, succinic alcohol, etc.

Functions and effects: calms the mind, promotes diuresis and relieves stranguria, promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis.

Processing: Grind into fine powder and use raw.

Nature and flavor: sweet, flat.

Meridians: Enters the heart, liver, and bladder meridians.

Function: Calm the mind and relieve shock, disperse blood stasis, and promote urination.

Indications: restlessness, palpitations, insomnia, nightmares, abdominal pain due to blood stasis after childbirth, gonorrhea, hematuria, wounds, etc.

Efficacy, function and method of consumption:

1. For the treatment of epilepsy and insomnia, it can be used with huanhua, jiaojiaocun, white peony root, jujube seed, etc., or used alone with cinnabar, namely Zhubosan, 0.9-1.2g each time.

2. Treat kidney stones, hematuria and pyretic stranguria due to its diuretic and blood-regulating effects. It is often combined with Houttuynia cordata, Glehnia littoralis, and Cat's Whiskers, such as the Amber Tonglin Formula. If the patient is hot and thirsty, use Poria, Polyporus umbellatus, and Akebia trifoliata.

3. Treat pain caused by abdominal pain, especially abdominal pain caused by blood stasis, because it has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It is often used with Trillium, Turtle Shell, etc.

4. Try to use it to treat corneal opacity by combining amber with wolfberry, chrysanthemum, and night-shining sand, such as Amber, Wolfberry, and Chrysanthemum Decoction.

Dosage: 1.3-3g, made into pills or powder, or ground into powder and taken with water, or added to decoction later.

Prescription examples: 1. Amber Tonglin Recipe: Amber 2.1g (infusion), roasted pangolin 12g, Houttuynia cordata, 18g each of wintergreen seeds, Akebia 9g, Costusroot 9g, Herba Cat's Whiskers 18g, Shepherd's Purse 24g, jujube 30g, decocted in water and taken orally to treat kidney stones and hematuria.

2. Amber, wolfberry and chrysanthemum soup: 2.1g amber (infusion), 12g wolfberry, 9g chrysanthemum, 12g Ligustrum lucidum, 9g night-shining sand, 9g buddha flower, 9g calamus, 4.5g calamus, decocted in water and taken orally.