Monkey date, also known as monkey jujube, sheep intestine date, Shen date. Recorded in "Identification of Medicinal Production". It is the intestinal stone of macaque Macaca mulatta Zimmermann and other monkey species. It can be captured all year round. After capture and killing, the intestinal stones are taken out by opening the abdomen and dried in a ventilated place.
【Processing method】Take the original medicinal material, crush it, remove impurities, grind it into fine powder, and sieve through a 100-mesh sieve.
【Appearance of prepared slices】It is a grayish-yellow or gray-brown fine powder with a slight fragrance. It has a slightly bitter and astringent taste, and chewing it gives a feeling of sand particles.
【Processing function】Monkey date has a bitter and slightly salty taste, and it is cold in nature. It belongs to the heart, lung, and liver meridians. It has the functions of resolving phlegm and calming convulsions, clearing heat and detoxifying, and reducing swelling. This product is used raw and is used for phlegm-heat cough, sore throat, infantile convulsions, scrofula phlegm nodes, etc. For example, for the treatment of infantile convulsions with excessive phlegm and rapid breathing, wheezing, restlessness, Monkey Date Powder is used (Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulations Specifications). Processing makes the medicinal material clean and easy to mix, formulate, and take.
