amethyst

　　Amethyst is an ore of the halide mineral Amethyst Fluoritea. Mainly produced in Zhejiang, Liaoning, Hebei, Gansu and other provinces. It can be harvested all year round, and the purple ones are selected for use in medicine. Pound into small pieces and use raw or roasted.

　　[Medical properties] Sweet, warm. Guixin, lung, kidney meridian.

　　[Efficacy] Warms the kidneys and supports yang, calms the mind and calms the mind, warms the lungs and relieves asthma.

　　【application】

　　1. Deficiency of kidney yang, cold uterus, infertility, metrorrhagia and vaginal discharge. This product is sweet and warm, can support kidney yang, warm the uterus, and regulate Chong and Ren. It is commonly used to treat various syndromes such as deficiency of yang, deficiency and coldness of blood sea, cold uterus, infertility, and metrorrhagia. This product is often used in combination with Angelica sinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Cyperus rotundus, Atractylodes macrocephala, etc. ("Secret Recipes of Green Pouch").

　　2. Heart palpitations, restlessness, and insomnia. This product is sweet, warm and tonic, heavy in quality and calming. It is a warm and moisturizing product that calms timidity. It is used to treat palpitations, restlessness, restlessness and insomnia. It is often used with blood-nourishing and heart-tonifying products such as jujube kernels, cypress seeds, and angelica root ("Zheng Zi Lai's Secret Prescription").

　　3. Lung cold and qi inversion, cough and wheezing with excessive phlegm. This product warms the cold lungs and relieves asthma and cough. It can be simmered with fire alone and soaked in Zanthoxylum bungeanum. It can be used to treat lung cold and qi inversion, excessive phlegm and asthma and cough ("Secret Prescriptions of Qingsang");

　　[Usage and Dosage] Decoction and take, 9 to 15g. Break into pieces and fry first.

　　[Usage precautions] It should not be used by those with infertility symptoms due to yin deficiency and excessive fire, as well as those with lung heat and asthma.

　　[Abstract from ancient books]

　　1. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica": "If the patient coughs against the evil qi, if the supplement is insufficient, a woman will suffer from wind and cold in the uterus, and she will become infertile and childless in the next year." Take it for a long time to warm the body and prolong your life. ”

　　2. "Famous Doctors": "Cures upper qi, heart and abdominal pain, cold and heat evil qi, qi stagnation, replenishes insufficient heart qi, calms palpitations, soothes the soul, fills lower burns, relieves thirst, removes long-term coldness in the stomach, and disperses carbuncles and swollen, making people happy. ”

　　3. "Treatise on the Properties of Medicine": "For those who are weak and have fright and uneasiness, add it and use it. ”

　　4. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "The upper part can calm the mind, and the heavy part can remove timidity; the lower part can benefit the liver, and the wet part can remove dryness." ”

　　【Modern Research】

　　1. Chemical composition: This product mainly contains calcium fluoride (CaF2). The pure product contains 51.2% calcium, 48.8% fluorine and iron oxide.

　　2. Pharmacological effects: Amethyst can excite the central nervous system and promote ovarian secretion.

　　3. Adverse reactions: Taking too much calcium oxide can damage teeth, bones, nervous system, kidneys, heart and thyroid.