What are the main origins of Chinese Gallnuts?
Chinese Gallnuts are gallnuts, and their main origins are as follows:
Gallnuts are mainly produced in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan and other provinces. The gallnuts produced in Sichuan are of good quality and large yield, and have always been famous all over the country. Guizhou is also an important producing area of gallnuts, and the gallnuts it produces are quite recognized in the market. With suitable natural conditions, Yunnan produces more than a few gallnuts. Shaanxi has many mountainous areas and a climate environment suitable for the growth of gallnuts. It is one of its important producing areas. Hubei is mountainous and rich in forest resources, providing a good environment for the growth of gallnuts, and the yield is considerable. The mountainous and hilly areas of Hunan are high-quality producing areas of gallnuts, and the quality of gallnuts produced is excellent.
Gallops are mostly born in sunny, warm, moist slopes, valleys, and sparse forests or shrubs by streams rich in bryophytes. Its formation is closely related to the parasitism of double aphids. Under suitable conditions, double aphids parasitize on the leaves of salt-skinned wood, green bran poplar, red bran poplar and other trees, stimulating the proliferation of leaf tissue cells, thereby forming gallops. The natural environment of these provinces is suitable for the growth of host plants such as salt-skinned wood, and has the conditions required for the reproduction of double aphids, so it has become the main origin of gallops, which play an important role in medicinal and industrial fields.
What are the effects of Chinese Gallnuts
Chinese Gallnuts are gallnuts. Its effects are as follows:
Gallnuts taste sour and astringent, and have a cold nature. It belongs to the lungs, large intestine, and kidney meridians. It has the effects of converting the lungs and reducing fire, astringent intestines and antidiarrhea, sweating, consolidating essence and stopping legacy, hemostasis, and dampness and astringent sores.
First, converting the lungs and reducing fire. "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: "Gallnuts have a sour and salty taste, can converge the lungs and stop bleeding, reduce phlegm, quench thirst and sweat". It can treat lung deficiency and cough for a long time. Because this product is sour and astringent, it can converge the dissipation of lung qi, and has a cold and heat-clearing nature. It is quite suitable for cough and hemoptysis. If it treats cough and hemoptysis, it can be compatible with lotus root nodes, Baihe, Gallops sour and astringent into the large intestine meridian, can astringent intestine diarrhea. "Materia Medica Meridian Shu" called it "those who have collapsed in the large intestine, gallops can astringent". Commonly used for long-term diarrhea and diarrhea, can be taken at the end of the study alone, or the same as other astringent intestine antidiarrheal drugs such as poppy shell and kobo seed.
Third, sweating. Gallops can stop sweating, and have a good effect on spontaneous sweating and night sweats. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that it can "collect sweat". It can be used at the end of the study alone, and vinegar can be applied to the umbilical, which is simple and effective.
Fourth, consolidate the essence and stop the legacy. Gallop acid astringent, can consolidate the sperm and stop the legacy, can treat the kidney deficiency of sperm not solid sperm, slippery sperm, often with keel, Poria cocos are used equally to enhance the strength of astringent.
Fifth, stop bleeding. Gallop has the power of convergence and hemostasis, can be used for a variety of bleeding syndrome. Internal use can treat blood in the stool, urine, etc. External use can treat trauma bleeding, can make local blood vessels constrict, promote blood coagulation and stop bleeding.
Sixth, collect dampness and astringent sores. Gallop has the power of collecting dampness and astringent sores, detoxifying and reducing swelling. Can treat wet sores and running water, ulcers do not converge, sores and boils and swelling poison, anal removal does not close, uterine sagging, etc. Such as the treatment of wet sores, can be applied to the powder alone, or with alum aliquot for the end, external application of the affected area.
How to collect Chinese Gallnuts
Chinese Gallnuts are gallnuts, which are important Chinese medicinal materials. The method of collecting gallnuts is quite exquisite.
Gallnuts are born on the leaves of salt skin wood, green bran poplar and other trees, and are parasitized by aphids. The collection must be carried out according to the season. Usually, it is suitable to collect in autumn when the double seeds turn from green to yellow and have not yet cracked. If the collection is too early, the double seeds have not grown, the active ingredients are insufficient, and the quality is poor; if the collection is too late, the double seeds will crack and the aphids will escape, and their quality will also decline.
When collecting, be careful. With sharp blades or scissors, carefully cut or cut from the place where the bilobi landed. Do not damage the branches and leaves of the host tree, so as not to affect the growth of the tree and then affect the output of the gallnut in the coming year. The collected gallnut should be treated in time. Boil or steam it in boiling water to prevent the internal aphids from continuing to grow or mildew, and then dry it in the sun or dry it, and store it properly in a dry place.
Looking back at the past, those who collect gallnut follow the times and ancient methods, and cherish the gifts of nature. People today, collecting gallnut should also follow the laws of nature, and collect it in an appropriate way at an appropriate time. In this way, they can obtain high-quality gallnut, which not only protects natural resources but also protects the effect of medicinal materials.
What is the market price of Chinese Gallnuts?
In Chinese Gallnuts, the English name of gallnut is also. As for its market price, it is difficult to determine. The price of gallnuts often changes due to many reasons.
First, it is related to the harvest of the year. If the weather is smooth, the trees of gallnuts in the mountain forest grow smoothly, and the galls bear many seeds, the harvest will be rich, and the price will decline; on the contrary, if there is a drought and flood, and pests are raging, resulting in a sharp decrease in the yield of gallnuts, the price will rise.
Second, it depends on the quality. Gallnuts are judged according to the amount of ingredients such as tannic acid contained, the appearance color, and the shape. High-quality ones have high tannic acid content, pure color and regular shape, and the price is higher than that of ordinary products.
Third, it depends on market supply and demand. If the pharmaceutical, chemical and other industries have strong demand for gallons, but the supply is limited, and the demand exceeds the supply, the price will rise; if the demand is low, the supply is sufficient, and the supply exceeds the demand, the price will decline.
Generally speaking, in the current market conditions, the quality of quintuples is average, and the price per catty may be around tens of yuan to hundreds of yuan. However, this is only an approximate number, and the actual price must be subject to the real-time market conditions. Merchants who enter the market and operate should carefully observe the changes in the market, so as not to misjudge.
What are the precautions in the use of Chinese Gallnuts?
In Chinese Gallnuts, it is also called gallnut. When using it, many matters should be paid attention to.
The first rule, the harvest section must be clear. Gallnuts are mostly born on the leaves of salt-skin wood, green bran poplar and other trees, and are formed by the parasitic stimulation of the gallnut aphid. When picking, it is better to have a complete outer skin, gray-brown and shiny. And it is suitable to pick in autumn, when the gallnuts have grown and have not cracked. After picking, its impurities must be cleaned, or boiled in boiling water, or steamed until the surface is gray, dried and set aside, so as to obtain a good texture.
The second rule, the usage and dosage must be careful. Gallnut is used as medicine, can be taken internally, can be used externally. When taking internally, more pills and powder should be added, and the dosage should be small. The cover is very acidic and astringent, and excessive may cause many drawbacks. For external use, it can be ground and sprinkled, or applied, or fumigated in soup. However, whether it is used internally and externally, the dosage should be carefully weighed according to the severity of the disease and the strength of the constitution, so as to avoid inappropriateness.
Furthermore, the compatibility is taboo and should not be forgotten. Gallops are sour and astringent, and they are compatible with various medicines, and their properties need to be carefully considered. If used with ginseng and other qi-replenishing medicines, it should be prevented from too much convergence and poor qi. And because it contains tannins, it is compatible with metal salts and alkaloids, which is easy to form insoluble precipitation and reduce the efficacy of the drug. Therefore, when using the drug, it is necessary to carefully review the characteristics of the drug to avoid those who are not suitable for compatibility.
Repeat, the syndromes and taboos should be clear. Gallops are acidic and astringent. Anyone who shows that the evil is not solved, or there is real heat stagnation in it, should be avoided. If misused, the evil gas will be closed inside, the real heat will be difficult to vent, and the disease will be aggravated. If a hot cold starts at the beginning, or the gastrointestinal stagnation is not clear, if used, the evil and stagnation will not be evacuated or vented, and the disease will be difficult to heal.
When using Chinese Gallnuts, careful attention should be paid to the collection, usage and dosage, compatibility and syndromes, so as to obtain its benefits and avoid its harm, so as to obtain good results.
