Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Limonite |
Chemical formula: 化學程式﹕ | 2Fe2O3.3H2O |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | uyoryo |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | uryangsok |
Pron. in Cantonese:: 粵音﹕ | jyu5 jyu4 loeng4 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | yu liang shi 禹粮石 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | limonite, limonitum |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Widely distributed. Produced in Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan provinces. 分佈很廣。產河南、江蘇、浙江、四川等地 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet, acrid, slightly cold 甘，澀，微寒 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | spleen, stomach, large intestine. 脾，胃，大腸。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | being used in treatment of chronic diarrhea, bleeding not during menses, vagina discharge, hemorrhoids and hemorrhoids with bleeding or with pus. 治久瀉久痢，婦人崩漏帶下，痔漏。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | The mineral contains sand and gravels, organic matter. It contains about 20 to 78% of 2Fe2O3.3H2O. Often it contain large amount of phosphate. Those sold in the market place of Qingdao city, also contain Al，Mg，K，Na，PO4. 但因夾雜砂石、有機物等，含20∼78％之2Fe2O3.3H2O。常含多量的磷酸鹽。青島市售的禹余糧，主要成分為Fe203，又含Al，Mg，K，Na，PO4等。 |
Daly Dosage: 每日用量﹕ | Taking orally, in decoction: 9 to 15 g. or mix into pill or powder. External application: use appropriate amount in powder form or make into paste. 內服：煎湯，3∼5錢；或入丸、散。外用：研末撒或調敷。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | For chronic vagina red, white, or yellow discharge, emaciating and weak, lack of appetite. This may cause infertility. Prescription: mo li, fu long gan, chi shi zhi, bai long gu, gui xin, wu ze gu, yu yu liang of equal amount. Make into powder. Take 2 grams each time with rice wine during empty stomach, twice a day. If the discharge consists of more white substance increase the amount of mo li, long gu, wu ze gu. If the discharge consists of more red substance, add more chi shi zhi, yu yu liang. If the discharge consists of more yellow substance, add more fu long gan, gui xin. Adjust the formula according to the syndrome.《source:Qian Jin Fang 》 治女人漏下，或瘥或劇，常漏不止，身體羸瘦，飲食減少，或赤或白或黃，使人無子者：牡蠣、伏龍肝、赤石脂、白龍骨、桂心、烏賊骨、禹余糧各等分。上七味，治下篩。空心酒服方寸匕，日服二次。白多者加牡蠣、龍骨、烏賊骨，赤多者加赤石脂、禹余糧，黃多者加伏龍肝、桂心，隨病加之。《方源：千金方 》 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Use care in case of pregnancy. 孕婦慎用 |