What are the functions and effects of cuttlebone?

We can learn more about the role of the sea cucumber sheath in our daily life, because in this way we can use it correctly to treat and solve some physical ailments. It has a good hemostatic effect on metrorrhagia or traumatic bleeding.

1. Metrorrhagia, pulmonary and gastric bleeding, traumatic bleeding

Cuttlebone is salty, warm, astringent and enters the blood of the liver meridian. It has the function of astringing and stopping bleeding. It can be used for various bleeding syndromes such as metrorrhagia and metrorrhagia. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that it "can cure all blood diseases." To treat women with Chong and Ren meridian instability, metrorrhagia and bleeding, it is often used together with Rubia cordifolia. This product is astringent and stops bleeding, while Rubia cordifolia promotes blood circulation and eliminates blood stasis. The two, one astringent and one dispersing, complement each other. They are effective in stopping bleeding without leaving stasis, and when stasis is eliminated, blood returns to normal. Zhang Xichun said that the combination of the two to treat metrorrhagia "has real experience". If the spleen is damaged by fatigue, Chong and Ren meridians are not solid, and there is uterine bleeding, it is often used together with Astragalus and Cornus officinalis. It can replenish Qi and strengthen the spleen, consolidate Chong and stop bleeding, such as the Gu Chong Decoction in "Medical Records of Chinese and Western Medicine". For the treatment of pulmonary and gastric bleeding, it is often ground into powder with equal parts of Bletilla striata and taken orally, such as the Wuji Powder in the New Edition of the Handbook of Chinese Medicine Formulae. For the treatment of bleeding from external injuries, this product can be used alone as a powder for external application with pressure bandage, which has the effect of stopping bleeding.

2. Spermatorrhea, spermatorrhea, and leucorrhea

This product is warm, astringent and can also consolidate semen and stop leukorrhea. It is used to treat spermatorrhea and spermatorrhea caused by kidney failure. It is often used together with Cornus officinalis, Semen Corydalis, Semen Astragali, and Bone Drum, to achieve the effect of strengthening the kidney and consolidating semen. For the treatment of liver and kidney deficiency, damaged Ren and Dai meridians, clear and thin leucorrhea, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, it can be used together with yam, oyster shell, and Dipsacus asper. If the spleen is worried about dampness accumulation, the belt meridian is out of control and the leucorrhea is white and abundant, it is often used together with Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Euryale ferox, etc. If dampness and turbidity flow downward and there is red and white leucorrhea, it can be used together with Angelica dahurica, which can dry dampness and stop leucorrhea and stop bleeding, and Xueyu charcoal, such as Baizhi powder in "Good Prescriptions for Women".

3. Stomach pain and acid reflux

This product has antacid and analgesic effects, and can be used for symptoms of spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, stomach pain and acid vomiting. It is often used together with Fritillaria thunbergii for antacid and analgesic effects, such as Wubei Powder in "Abstract of Chinese Medicine Literature Research", and is used together with products that warm the middle and strengthen the spleen.

4. Wet sores, eczema, and ulcers that do not heal

This product can absorb moisture and heal sores when used externally, and treat wet sores and eczema. It is often used with Coptis chinensis, Phellodendron chinense, Indigo naturalis, calcined gypsum, etc. to grind into powder for external use. For treating umbilical sores with pus and blood in children, as described in Taiping Shenghui Fang, this product is mixed with rouge and ground into powder for application. For the treatment of scrotal wetness and itching, "Three Methods of Medicine" uses this product combined with pollen to make a powder and apply it to the local area. The "Diaoxiao Powder" in "Jingyue Complete Works" is made by grinding this product with Ren Zhongbai into a fine powder and mixing it externally to treat damp-heat ulcers, toxic water dripping, and chancre ulcers.