蠔菌

Name

Ce Er (Oyster mushroom)

Sources

The drug is the dried sporophore of Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq, ex Fr.) Quel. (family Pleurotaceae), growing on stems of broad-leaf trees, distributed in Hebei, Shanxi, Liaoning, Jilin, Shanghai, Hubei, Hunan, Yunnan of China.

The Effect of 蠔菌

Property

Pungent, sweet, warm; liver and kidney meridians entered.

Actions

Dispel wind-cold, relax tendons and bones, tonify the kidney, strengthen yang.

Indications

Impotence, spermatorrhea, weakness of waist and knees, numbness of limbs, pain in the leg, pain in the lumbar region.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 6~9 g.