Compendium of Materia Medica?Xibu?Agarwood original text and translation, Compendium of Materia Medica?Xibu?Agarwood original text and translation

Compendium of Materia Medica·Xibu·Agarwood original text and translation

Xibu·Agarwood

Author: Li Shizhen

Explanation of name

Agarwood and honey fragrance. If water is placed in the heart of the wood, it will sink, hence the name Shen Shui, also known as water sinking. The one that is half heavy is the stack fragrance, and the one that is not heavy is the yellow ripe fragrance. The people of Nanyue Zhiyan in Jiaozhou call it the fragrance of honey, saying that its Qi is like the spleen of honey. The name of the Sanskrit book is Agaluxiang.

Odor

Pungent, lukewarm, non-toxic.

Indications

Feng Shui poisonous swelling and removal of bad odor. It is mainly used for heart and abdominal pain, evil in cholera, evil ghosts and malaria, and for purifying people and spirits. It should be boiled with wine and taken. Cure upper-heat and lower-lower cold, reverse qi and shortness of breath, large intestine deficiency and obstruction, stranguria with gas in urine, and cold semen in men.

Attached Recipe

For deficiency of cold and heat, cold phlegm and deficiency of heat, make cold fragrant soup; use agarwood, aconite (cannon) in equal parts, a cup of water, fry for 70%, and leave it overnight. Serve warm and hollow.

For long-term cold stomach, take one penny each of agarwood, perilla, and white cardamom as the final remedy. Take 50-70 minutes of persimmon base soup. Classical Chinese Translation Han Shu Original Text and Translation