What is Mabao?

BMW is what we call horse dung stone, which can be used as medicine. It has excellent effects of sedation, expectoration, clearing heat and detoxification. It can also treat epilepsy, mania or internal phlegm and heat. Generally, after taking it out, wash it with water and dry it, it can be preserved. However, it should be noted that it is not recommended for people with cold and phlegm-dampness to use it, so as to avoid other health effects due to such incorrect use.

Ma Bao: Commonly known as horse dung stone and yellow medicine, Ma Bao is an uncommon Chinese medicine. It was first recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica". It is a stone in the gastrointestinal tract of horses, an equid. It is called "Xiaoda" in "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Zhuo Geng Lu". It has the functions of calming the nerves, resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is mainly used to treat epilepsy, madness, internal excess of phlegm and heat, coma, malignant ulcers, swellings and blood loss. Ma Bao is a traditional Chinese medicinal material in my country. Since ancient times, it has been praised as one of the "three treasures" together with Niuhuang and Goubao.

Medicinal function

Ma Bao was first recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica. Ma Bao is an uncommon Chinese medicine with a sweet, salty, slightly bitter taste, cool nature and slight toxicity. After slaughtering the sick horse, feel for stones in its gastrointestinal tract. Take them out, wash them with clean water, and dry them. They can be collected all year round.

Contraindications

1. "New Reference for Medicinal Pieces": "It is contraindicated for patients with cold and phlegm dampness."

2. Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Annals, 1960 edition: "It is contraindicated for patients without heat phlegm in the liver and gallbladder meridians."

Selection ratio

1. To treat epilepsy in children: 2 qian of Ma Bao and 0.5 fen of Niuhuang. Grind into fine powder, take one gram each time, twice a day. For children under two years old, the dosage should be reduced accordingly. (Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine)

2. Treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: 2 qian of Ma Bao, 2 qian of Stemona bulbs, 4 qian of Bletilla striata. Grind them into fine powder, take half a penny to one penny each time, three times a day. (Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine)

The above is an introduction to the major effects and medicinal value of BMW. A reasonable understanding of these common sense is also to better ensure our physical health and alleviate the adverse effects of various diseases on ourselves. If there are problems such as epilepsy, madness, internal phlegm and heat, and coma, medication should be used under the guidance of a doctor.