Chinese herbal medicine Da Jiugu Niu is also known as Yangjiao Tianma, and it has the functions of clearing heat, detoxifying, and relieving pain. Let's take a look at the specific prescriptions with the editor!
Functions and Indications of Da Jiugu Niu
Clears heat, detoxifies, relieves pain, and stops coughing. Used for lung heat cough, parotitis, mastitis, furuncle, and swelling and toxicity.
Description of Yangjiao Tianma
Identification: cylindrical, 3.7-7.5 cm long, grayish-white or light brown on the surface, opaque. Those with the outer skin intact may have 3-4 rings and longitudinal lines, and can be peeled off like fibers. Visible obvious knife marks. There is a concave or raised residual stem mark at the top. Solid texture, not easy to break, uneven cross-section, resembling wood texture. Slightly fragrant, slightly bitter taste.
Microscopic identification: Powder characteristics: light brown.
① Numerous starch grains, single or compound.
Single grains are round, helmet-shaped, or axe-shaped, with a few irregular quadrilateral shapes, with a diameter of 3-8-13 μm. Larger starch grains occasionally have cross-shaped hilum, and the layered lines are not obvious. Compound grains are composed of 2-4 sub-grains; sub-grains are often helmet-shaped, semi-circular, or triangular.
② Calcium oxalate cluster crystals exist in the inner layer and thin-walled cells of the cork, and the flower-like or petal-like crystals are sharp, with a diameter of 8-26 μm.
③ The vessels are reticulate, with a diameter of up to 80 μm, and the end walls are inclined, with elongated pits. Fragments of vessels with large pitted vessels can also be seen.
④ The thin-walled tissue of the wood is in the form of block-shaped pieces, and the cells are rectangular or elongated, with slightly thickened walls.
Prescriptions of Yangjiao Tianma for Medicinal Use
① Treatment for lung heat cough: Da Jiugu Niu root (peeled) 5 qian, Xianglingcao 2 qian, Wacao 2 qian. Grind into powder, take 2 qian per dose, 2 doses per day.
② Treatment for mastitis, parotitis, furuncle, and abscess: Da Jiugu Niu, Chonglou, Baiji, Xiaonzhanyao, Wu Xiang Xueteng, equal parts, grind into powder, mix with honey or vinegar for external application.
