The Benefits and Effects of Horse Bezoar
Horse bezoar, also known as horse dung stone and yellow medicine, is an uncommon traditional Chinese medicine. It was first recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica and is a calculus found in the stomach and intestines of horses, a member of the Equidae family. In the Compendium of Materia Medica and the Chuo Geng Lu, it is called zhada. It has the effects of calming fright and transforming phlegm, and clearing heat and detoxifying. It has therapeutic effects on convulsions and mania, internal exuberance of phlegm-heat, loss of consciousness, malignant sores and swelling toxins, and blood loss. Let us take a look at the benefits and effects of horse bezoar below!
The Medicinal Value of Horse Bezoar
[Nature and Flavor] Sweet and salty in flavor, cool in nature, non-toxic.
[Meridians Entered] Heart and liver meridians.
[Effects] Calms fright and transforms phlegm, clears heat and detoxifies; treats convulsions and mania, internal exuberance of phlegm-heat, loss of consciousness, hematemesis and epistaxis, malignant sores and swelling toxins.
The Medicinal Effects of Horse Bezoar
1. Modern Practical Chinese Medicine: Effective for neurotic insomnia, hysteria, spasmodic cough and other conditions. It can also detoxify and treat critical cases of smallpox.
2. Compendium of Materia Medica: Treats convulsions and toxic sores.
3. Yinpian Xincan: Disperses liver and brain, transforms hot phlegm, treats convulsions and epilepsy, stops vomiting and epistaxis.
Medicinal Formulas Containing Horse Bezoar
1. To treat convulsions in children: Horse bezoar 2 qian, cow bezoar 5 fen, ground together into a fine powder, 1 fen each time, taken twice daily. For children under two years old, reduce the dose accordingly.
2. To treat pulmonary tuberculosis: Horse bezoar 2 qian, Stemona root 2 qian, Bletilla striata 4 qian. Ground together into a fine powder, half a qian to 1 qian each time, taken three times daily.
3. To treat epilepsy: Horse bezoar 2 qian, bamboo shavings 1 liang 2 qian. Ground together into a fine powder, 2 qian 4 fen each time, taken once daily, mixed with boiled water, taken continuously for 2 to 3 months.
4. To treat infantile convulsions and spasms: Horse bezoar 2 qian, cinnabar 2 qian, bamboo shavings 2 qian 5 fen, stiff silkworm 2 qian 5 fen, scorpion 2 qian 5 fen, Poria 4 qian, prepared Pinellia 4 qian, Polygala 4 qian, Acorus gramineus 4 qian, dragon's teeth 4 qian. Ground together into a fine powder, 6 fen each time, taken three times daily, swallowed with boiled water.