Buffalo Horn

Buffalo Horn
Name
Buffalo Horn
Latin Pharmaceutical Name
Bubali Cornu
Chinese Name
水牛角
Category
Zoological substances

Buffalo HornMore Info

Production Regions
Primarily produced in the areas south of the Yangtze River of China.
Macroscopic Features
Curved cone shape, base is square or slightly triangular in shape, center is hollow, one side surface has numerous parallel indented lines, apex is sharp. Black-brown color, hard texture, cut surface has thin and unobvious lines, fishy odor, often the apex portion is used.
Quality Requirements
Superior medicinal material has dense lines.
Properties
Bitter, salty, cold
Functions
Clears heat, cools blood, calms fright, resolves toxin. Apply to typhoid epidemic, heat into the blood, fright and madness, vexation, delirium, spot rashes, yellowish skin, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematockezia, swelling ulcer toxin.
Origin
The horn of Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus.(Bovidae). After harvested the horn, boiled in water, removed the cork inside the horn, then dry.

Buffalo HornHerbs in the formula

Storax Pill

Storax Pill

Action:Aromatically opens the orifices, moves qi and relieves pain.
Indication:Su He Xiang Wan is indicated for cold blockage. The symptoms are sudden fainting and locked jaw, unconsciousness, a white tongue coating, and a slow pulse. It is also indicated for sudden pain in the heart and abdomen as well as syncope due to cold blockage.
Purple Snow Elixir

Purple Snow Elixir

Action:Clears heat and opens the orifices, extinguishes wind and arrests convulsion.
Indication:Zi Xue Dan is indicated for heat invading the pericardium and excessive heat generating wind. The symptoms are high fever, vexation and agitation, unconsciousness and delirium, convulsion, syncope, thirst, drinking a lot, scorched lips, dry tooth, dark urine, and constipation. The tongue is crimson with a dry, yellow coating, and a wiry, forceful pulse. Zi Xue Dan is also indicated for infantile convulsion due to excessive heat.
Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction

Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction

Action:Clears heat, resolves toxins, cools the blood, and dissolves stasis.
Indication:Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang is indicated for the heat entering the blood level. The manifestations include:
Ying Level Heat-Clearing Decoction

Ying Level Heat-Clearing Decoction

Action:Clears heat from the ying level, resolves toxins, vents heat from the ying level, and nourishes yin.
Indication:This formula is indicated for the heat in the ying level. The symptoms are fever aggravated at night, vexation and sleeplessness, occasional delirious speech, thirst or not, inconspicuous macules and papules, crimson colored, dry tongue, and a thready, rapid pulse.
Supreme Jewel Elixir

Supreme Jewel Elixir

Action:Removes turbidity, opens the orifices, clears heat and resolves toxins.
Indication:Zhi Bao Dan is indicated for phlegm-heat blocking the pericardium. The symptoms are unconsciousness, delirium, high fever, vexation, agitation, excessive phlegm, and panting. The tongue is red with a yellow, greasy coating and a slippery, rapid pulse. Zhi Bao Dan is also indicated for wind-strike, summerheat-strike, infantile syncope, and convulsions caused by internal phlegm-heat blockage.
Peaceful Palace Bovine Bezoar Pill

Peaceful Palace Bovine Bezoar Pill

Action:Clears heat and resolves toxins, opens the orifices and induces resuscitation.
Indication:An Gong Niu Huang Wan is indicated for a pattern of pathogenic heat invading the pericardium. The symptoms are high fever, vexation, unconsciousness, delirium, stiffness of the tongue and cold limbs. The tongue is red or crimson, and the pulse is rapid and forceful. It is also indicated for pathogenic heat causing internal block, wind strike, unconsciousness, and infantile convulsion.
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