Detailed Explanation of the Processing Methods and Operating Steps for Cornus officinalis
Cornus officinalis is a common traditional Chinese medicinal herb. In processing, it is generally mostly used as "Shanyu Rou" (cornus fruit flesh), and "Jiuyu Rou" (wine-processed cornus fruit flesh) is also used. "Shanyu Rou" is processed from harvested Cornus officinalis, while "Jiuyu Rou" is made by stir-frying Shanyu Rou with wine. Let's take a look at the processing methods for Cornus officinalis below!
Processing Methods for Cornus officinalis
1. Shanyu Rou: Take harvested Cornus officinalis, steam it thoroughly until soft, remove the inner pit, and sun-dry.
2. Jiuyu Rou: Take clean Shanyu Rou, add yellow rice wine, mix well, and moisten thoroughly. Place in a suitable container, seal tightly, and stew over water until the wine is fully absorbed. Remove and dry. For every 100 kg of Cornus officinalis flesh, use 20 kg of yellow rice wine.
Efficacy and Indications of Cornus officinalis
[Nature and Flavor] Sour and astringent in flavor, slightly warm in nature.
[Meridian Entry] Enters the Liver and Kidney meridians.
[Efficacy] Tonifies and benefits the liver and kidneys, astringes and consolidates to prevent collapse.
[Indications] Used for dizziness and tinnitus, soreness and pain in the waist and knees, impotence and seminal emission, enuresis and frequent urination, uterine bleeding and leukorrhea, profuse sweating and collapse, and internal heat with wasting-thirst.
Related Compatibilities of Cornus officinalis
1. To treat five types of lumbago, wind-cold in the lower jiao, and weakness of the waist and legs: Achyranthes bidentata 1 liang (remove sprouts), Cornus officinalis 1 liang, cinnamon heart 3 fen. Grind the above medicines finely and sieve into powder. Each time before meals, take 2 qian mixed with warm wine. (from "Sheng Hui Fang")
2. To benefit original yang, tonify original qi, consolidate original essence, and strengthen original spirit: Cornus officinalis (soaked in wine) flesh 1 jin, Psoralea corylifolia (soaked in wine for one day, roasted dry) half a jin, Angelica sinensis 4 liang, musk 1 qian. Grind the above into fine powder, refine with honey into pills the size of parasol tree seeds. Take 81 pills each time, swallowed with wine and salt water before bedtime. (from "Fu Shou Jing Fang" Caohuan Dan)
3. To treat various cold and warm external contraction patterns, inability to recover after a serious illness, alternating cold and heat, dripping virtual sweating, or heat without cold, sweating with resolution of heat, and soon after both heat and sweating again, upward staring of the eyes. When the condition is critical and about to collapse, or there is panting counterflow, or palpitations, or qi deficiency insufficient for breathing, if any one of these patterns appears: cornus flesh (with pits completely removed) 2 liang, raw fossil dragon (pounded fine) 1 liang, raw oyster shell (pounded fine) 1 liang, raw Hangzhou peony root 6 qian, wild Tai ginseng 4 qian, honey-fried licorice 3 qian. Decoct in water and take. (from "Zhong Zhong Can Xi Lu" Laifu Tang)