What is the Chinese medicine dragon bone

There are so many types of Chinese medicinal materials that even doctors find it difficult to fully grasp the functions and effects of various Chinese medicinal materials. As for the Chinese medicinal dragon bone, I believe that many people do not know much about it. It is also called calcined dragon bone. It is the fossil bones of ancient elephants, three-toed horses, rhinos and other animals. The efficacy and function of dragon bones are very high and they are also widely used. Let's learn about its functions and effects below.

1. Calming the nerves and promoting sleep: Dragon bone can treat insomnia, mental confusion, restlessness, epilepsy and madness, because it has a good calming effect on calming the nerves and promoting sleep. The combination of dragon bone with cinnabar, jujube kernel and polyphylla can treat nervous disorders. Used together with bezoar, realgar stone and arisaema, it can treat mania and epilepsy.

2. Soothe the liver and extinguish wind: Dragon bone can treat dizziness caused by hyperactivity of liver yang. The combination of magnetite, oyster shellfish and red peony root can treat symptoms of kidney yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity such as dizziness, irritability and restlessness.

3. Astringent and firming properties: Dragon bone has astringent effects and can treat symptoms such as frequent nocturnal emission, spontaneous sweating, metrorrhagia, and loose menstruation. Used together with Du Li, Fuling and Sha Yuan Zi, it can treat frequent spermatorrhea and nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency. Used together with oysters, Chinese yam and cuttlebone, it can treat loose stools and excessive menstruation. Used in combination with Schisandra chinensis and Oyster, it can treat night sweats.

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1. To treat forgetfulness: grind dragon bone, polyphylla and tiger bone into powder and take it after meals.

2. To treat postpartum sweating: grind dragon bone and ephedra root into powder. Serve with millet soup.

3. To treat frequent spermatorrhea, turbid white urine and night sweats: Make dragon bone, deer antler frost and oyster into fine powder and put it into salt water soup for oral administration.

4. To treat persistent diarrhea: grind dragon bone and ochre fat into fine powder and swallow it with papaya soup.

5. To treat diarrhea after fever: grind dragon bone and scutellaria baicalensis into powder. Swallow with damp-heat millet soup.

Through the above introduction, I believe that everyone has a clear understanding of the effects of dragon bones. The main dragon bone can treat many symptoms. Everyone can use it according to the combination introduced above. The main dragon bone needs to be used with other Chinese medicinal materials. Very few people use the main dragon bone directly. If you are not sure, you can consult a doctor before using it.