The efficacy and function of Chu Stone

I believe that anyone who studies metal materials in life must have heard of germanium stone. Germanium stone is very common both in medicine and industry, and it is also a particularly rare germanium element. In medicine, it is generally used to make transistors. In terms of treating diseases, it generally treats tracheal diseases and can have the effect of relieving gas. So what are the effects and functions of germanium stone?

【Nature, flavor and efficacy】

It tastes bitter and is cold in nature. Efficacy: calming the stomach, resolving phlegm, soothing the liver and stopping bleeding.

【Traditional applications】

It is mainly used to treat vomiting and sputum, belching and hiccups, vomiting blood and epistaxis, hyperactivity of liver yang, dizziness and tinnitus, etc.

This medicine is commonly used in the following traditional prescriptions: ① Xuanfu Daizhe Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases): Xuanfu flower, ochre, ginseng, pinellia, ginger, licorice, and jujube, used to treat belching and nausea. ② Daizheshi Decoction (Imperial Pharmacy Prescriptions): ochre, tangerine peel, peach kernel, Evodia rutaecarpa, cinnamon, ginger, for treating reverse qi rushing upward and respiratory obstruction; ③ Zhesui Gongjie Decoction (Medical Records of Chinese and Western Medicine): raw ochre, potassium nitrate, dried ginger, and gansui powder (chong), for treating food accumulation in the intestines and constipation for several days.

Ochre is also the main ingredient in the famous prescription Zhengan Xifeng Decoction, which is used to treat dizziness, vertigo, and tinnitus caused by hyperactivity of liver yang.

【Main Ingredients】

It mainly contains ferric oxide, of which iron is 70% and oxygen is 30%. It also contains titanium, magnesium, aluminum, silicon, manganese, calcium, arsenic, silicate, alumina, water, etc.

【Pharmacological action】

(I) Hematopoiesis

Ochre can promote the regeneration of red blood cells and hemoglobin in the bone marrow. It may be related to the iron and arsenic it contains.

(II) Central nervous system sedation

This product has a sedative effect on the central nervous system.

(III) Others

1. Injection of this product solution into anesthetized rabbits has little effect on blood pressure. In large quantities, it can cause depression in isolated frog hearts.

2. The solution of this product can excite the isolated rabbit intestine and increase peristalsis.

Germanium stone is a general term for a type of mineral containing germanium in nature. Germanium is a chemical element and also a rare metal. The surface of germanium is a silver-gray crystal with properties similar to those of tin. Crystalline germanium is brittle at room temperature and has obvious non-metallic properties. The crystal structure is a face-centered cubic unit cell, each unit cell contains 4 metal atoms, which move irregularly. The content of germanium in the earth's crust is about 0.0007% (7 parts per million). A large amount of germanium exists in a dispersed state in various metal silicate ores, sulfide ores and various types of coal. Germanium has a wide range of uses. It can be seen in medicine and industry. Germanium is most commonly used in semiconductors to make transistors.