Pharmaceutical name:

英文药名：

calculus bovis

Latin biological name:

拉丁名：

Bos taurus domesticus Gmelin, also Bubalus bubalis L. (water buffalo)

Pron. in Japanese:

日语發音：

go o

Pron. in Korean:

韩语發音：

uhwang

Pron. in Cantonese:

粤语發音：

ngao wong

Common Name:

英文名：

Cow bezoar, gallstone of cows

Distribution:

分布:

all parts of China

Properties (characteristics):

性味：

bitter, sweet, cool

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經：

heart, liver

Actions & Indications:

主治：

Anti-inflammatory, anti-fever, anti-bacterial, opens the orifices, awakens the spirit, rid of phlegm,.

For high fever with delirium and convulsion due to hot diseases with hot phlegm, for chronic sore throat, for abscesses that have ripen and ruptured.

Clears the heart, liver, relieves toxicity, rid of wind and tremors. For convulsions with high fever due to liver heat.

Medical Function:

药理：

to be loaded

Chemical ingredients:

化學成分：

bilirubin (varies 10 to 50%), biliverdin, cholic acid 0.7%, chenodeoxycholic acid, lithocholic acid, stero-cholic acid, conjugated bile acid, cholestrol 2.5-4.8%, fatty acid 1-2.1%, lecithin 0.17-0.2%, mucigen, carotin, granular colorless chrystals (C₂₄H₄₁NO₃) , SMC-S, SMC-F, different types of animo acid, inorganic elements like potassium, sodium, calcium magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, magenese

Dosage:

0.15-1 g

Samples of formulae:

niu huang jie du pian 牛黄解毒片

Cautions:

禁忌：

not to be used by pregnant women or those with pixu (spleen deficient) 脾虛 (spleen deficiency) and stomach han (coldness) and weixu (stomach deficiency).

Some classical texts mentioned it contradict long gu, sheng di huang, long dan cao, chang shan and niu xi.

Allergic reaction:

過敏反應：

Some patients after using niu huang jie du pian developed skin and muccus reaction. Using anti-histamine will solve those allergic reactions.