Drug name: Octopus cuttlefish
Nicknames: Quarry Bone, Octopus Fish Bone
Source: Shennong Bencao Jing
Classification: astringent drugs
Origin: Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other places
Sexual taste: Warm in nature, salty and astringent in taste
Meridian return: return to the spleen and kidney meridians
Effect: Converge and stop bleeding, solidify essence and stop bleeding, relieve acid and pain, and relieve dampness and sores
Indications: Ulcer disease, excessive gastric acid, vomiting blood and bleeding, metrorrhagia and rectal bleeding, nocturnal emission and slippery semen, red and white discharge, stomach pain and acid swallowing, external treatment of injury and bleeding, multiple ulcers and pus
Character identification
The golden squid has a larger inner shell, measuring 13-23cm in length and approximately 6.5cm in width. The thickest part is located in the front half, with a thickness of 0.8-1.2cm. The warts on the back are obvious and slightly layered; Abdominal wavy transverse stripes, accounting for the majority of the entire body, with a longitudinal shallow groove in the middle; The keratin margin of the tail gradually widens and tilts towards the abdomen. There is a bone needle at the end, which has mostly broken off.
The needleless squid is a flat and oval shape, with a thick center and thin edges. It is 9-14cm long, 2.5-3.5cm wide, and approximately 1.3cm thick. There are magnetic white ridges on the back, slightly reddish on both sides, and inconspicuous small warts; White on the abdomen, with fine wavy horizontal stripes from the tail to the middle; The keratin margin is semi transparent, the tail is relatively wide and flat, and there are no bone needles. Lightweight, loose in texture, easy to break, with a powdery cross-section and loose layer patterns. The air is slightly fishy and the taste is slightly salty.
Usage&Taboos
Internal administration: decoction, 10-30g; At the end of the study, 1.5-3g.
External use: grind and sprinkle; Or adjust and apply; Or blow your ears or nose.
Taboos: People with yin deficiency and excessive heat should not take too much.
chemical composition
This product contains 80-85% calcium carbonate, 6-7% keratin, 10-15% mucin, and a small amount of sodium chloride, calcium phosphate, magnesium salts, etc.
pharmacological action 
1. The impact on the digestive system: The calcium carbonate contained in cuttlefish can neutralize stomach acid, alleviate acid vomiting and heartburn symptoms, promote the absorption of inflammation on the ulcer surface, prevent bleeding, and reduce local pain.
2. The impact on bones: Animal experiments have shown that squid bones have a fine microporous structure, which provides a network lattice bridge for bone tissue formation after filling bone defects, facilitating callus formation. At the same time, calcium salts can promote calcification of new bone cells to enhance osteogenesis.
Chinese herbal formula
1. Treating nosebleeds: Divide octopus bones, locust flowers, etc., stir fry until raw, and then blow your nose. (The Effective Prescriptions of World Medical Doctors)
2. It can cure hematemesis and epistaxis more than: squid bone, mash fine Luo as powder, regardless of time, use clear Congee to drink and transfer two dollars. (Shenghui Fang)
3. Treatment of gastric bleeding: Five coins for cuttlefish and six coins for white hyacinth, all finely ground. Take one coin and five cents each time, three times a day. (Shandong Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook)
Ancient book records
The Shennong Materia Medica Classic states that the female protagonist has red and white leakage of menstrual juice, blood stasis, yin erosion, swelling and pain, cold and heat syndrome, and no offspring.
"Compendium of Materia Medica": Wuqiu bone is a medicinal herb that divides the blood of Jueyin. Its taste is salty and causes bleeding, resulting in blood stasis, blood stasis, amenorrhea, vaginal collapse, dysentery, and chancre, which are the main diseases of Jueyin; Cold and hot malaria, deafness, galls, low abdominal pain, yin pain, and Jueyin meridian diseases; Eyes blurred, tears streaming, and Jueyin orifices disease; Jueyin belongs to the liver, which governs blood, so all blood diseases are treated.