What are the effects, functions and contraindications of Lithospermum officinale?

You may not have heard of Shijueming. In fact, it is a very common Chinese medicinal material. Its main function is to help calm the liver and remove heat. It also has many benefits for the eyes. Now there are many Chinese medicine doctors who often use this Chinese medicine to treat some diseases. However, in the process of using these Chinese medicine prescriptions, how should you use them in a more reasonable way?

1. Lithospermum officinale is used to treat sudden eye swelling and pain: half a liang of Lithospermum officinale, two liang each of Plantago seed and Coptis chinensis (without the beard). Grind the above three ingredients into powder, and make into pills with refined honey as big as sycamore seeds. Take 15 pills each time, with rice water, after meals, twice a day. (Cassia Pills from Shengji Zonglu)

2. Soften hard masses, nourish the kidneys, and treat hemorrhoids. "Compendium of Materia Medica"

3. Semen Cassiae is a great tonic for liver yin and is essential for those with insufficient liver meridian. 《Medicine dosage》

4. Lithospermum officinale is used to treat cataracts: 2 qian of Lithospermum officinale, 2 qian of Cnidium monnieri, 3 qian of Ginseng, 3 qian of Chrysanthemum, 3 qian of Plantago seed, and 2 qian of Saposhnikovia divaricata. Grind the above ingredients into fine powder and make it uniform. After eating, take one qian of this medicine with rice drink. (Zuiyi Powder from "Yi Zong Jin Jian")

5. Lithospermum officinale is used to treat cataracts in eyes. It has a very thick root and lasts for a long time. Three parts of Lithospermum officinale (crushed and ground into powder, then rinsed with water), half a liang of cuttlefish bone, one qian of borneol, three parts of pearl powder, and three parts of amber. Grind them together until they are fine, and use a copper chopstick to take out a piece as big as a bean, and apply it three times a day. (Stone Cassiae Powder from Shenghuifang)

6. Lithospermum officinale is used to treat amblyopia and sparrow eyesight: 1 liang of Lithospermum officinale (burned to preserve its nature), 3 liang of Atractylodes lancea (peeled). For the end. Take three grams each time. Split open a pig's liver, put the medicinal powder inside and fix it. Cook in a sand pot. Use the steam to fumigate your eyes. When it cools down, eat the liver and drink the juice. ("Longmu Theory of Ophthalmology")

7. Semen Cassiae can calm the liver, improve eyesight and treat vertigo. Shandong Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook

As the saying goes, "All medicines are poisonous to the point of poison", so when using Chinese medicine like this, you should still pay attention to some taboos and precautions. If you are a person who usually has a poor spleen and stomach, and is prone to kidney deficiency and stomach cold, it is recommended that you use less of these medicines, otherwise it is likely to aggravate the disease.