Effects and functions of external application of Garcinia

Garcinia, also known as jade yellow and moon yellow, is a resin of the plant Garcinia of the Garcinia family. As a medicine, it has the effects of reducing swelling and attacking toxins, removing rot and astringing sores, promoting blood circulation and eliminating insects. It has therapeutic effects on carbuncles, ulcers, eczema, tumors, stubborn ringworm, swelling and pain from falls, bleeding from sores and burns. Let’s take a look at the effects and functions of Garcinia!

The role and efficacy of Garcinia

1. Contains substances

The sap contains garcinia, the known structures of which are α-garcinia and β-garcinia, as well as garcinia acid and isogarcinia acid. The seeds contain garcinia, isogarcinia, dihydroisogarcinia, ethoxydihydroisogarcinia and neogarcinia. The exocarp contains α-garcinia. The sap and root materials contain garcinia flavonoids.

2. Effects and efficacy

Reduce swelling, detoxify, promote blood circulation and eliminate parasites. It is used to treat carbuncle, stubborn tinea, malignant ulcer, bleeding injury, tooth decay, and burns caused by hot water or fire. For external application: grind into powder, grind into juice or boil into paste for application. Oral administration: Take in pill form (1-2 ml at a time).

3. Clinical medical application

3.1. To treat all carbuncles: one liang each of realgar, gallstones, borax, gamboge, verdigris, saltpeter, and aconite, and two qian of Sanguisorba officinalis. Grind it into powder and mix it with toad venom to make strips as big as a pen tube. Cover it with gold foil. Grind it into a thick paste with vinegar when using it. Dip a new pen in the medicine and apply it around the swelling. Healed many times. (The "Zhu Mu Shi Xiao Fang" is omitted in one stroke).

3.2. To treat all kinds of unknown swellings and poisons: 4 liang of Garcinia, 8 liang of White Wax, and 12 liang of small-milled salad oil. First fry the dough until cooked and form beads. Let them stay in water for a long time without falling apart. Add yellow and white flour and mix. Put them in a magnetic bottle and keep them covered with salad oil before spreading them on the surface. (Wang Diangui’s “Medicine-free Prescription” is a style ointment).

3.3. To treat all kinds of unknown swelling and infection, and professional back pain: add a drop of white wine, grind Garcinia and apply it, and then apply it on your hands. (Disinfection and sterilization recipe from "Saving the Sea of ​​Bitterness").

3.4. For the treatment of bruises, sores, and serious diseases, both oral and topical use are effective: Niuhuang Pills, camphor, 2.5 qian each, asafoetida, realgar, 1 liang each, raw rhubarb, frankincense, myrrh, catechu, rhubarb, dragon's blood, and ginseng, 2 liang each. Grind each into fine powder, add 50 cents of goat blood, mix and dry thoroughly, then grind into powder, add 2 liang of Tenghuang, cook thoroughly to make it waterproof and fireproof, remove all the excess fat, make pills as big as Poria cocos, dry and avoid baking with fire, and wrap them with yellow wax as the shell. For clinical use, take one pill and swallow it with aged wine. (Complete Collection of Surgery).

3.5. To prevent poison: 1 liang of Gallnut (slightly roasted), 4 liang of Garcinia, a small amount of Copper Green, 8 liang of Powder (fried). Make into tablets and grind with vinegar for application. (The Book of Evidence for Saving Life).

How to buy Garcinia

Garcinia, a tree or shrub, about 18 meters high. The branches are four rhombus-shaped. The leaves are opposite, thin leathery, oblate-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 10 to 15 cm long, obtuse at the apex, wedge-shaped at the tip, and entire; the leaf stem is 8 mm long. The flowers are unisexual, axillary, light yellow, and sessile; the calyx and flowers are both 4, annular, and arranged in an imbricate manner; there are 2 to 3 male flowers, lanceolate, and most of the pistil is combined into a subspherical fleshy body, with 1 chamber, transverse fissure, and short filaments; the female flowers are solitary and very large.

How to store Garcinia

Garcinia can be placed in a cool, dry place.