Borneol (Bingpian)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Borneolum Syntheticum |
| Botanical Name: | Dryobalanops aromatica Gaertn. F. Blumea balsamifera DC. |
| Common Name: | Borneol |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Xinxiu Bencao |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The stems of dryobalanops aromatica are steamed and then cooled into crystals. |
| Properties and Taste: | Pungent, bitter and slightly cold |
| Meridian: | Pungent, bitter and slightly cold |
| Functions: | Heart, spleen and lung |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Unconsciousness due to high fever. *Use with Musk (Shexiang) in the formula Angong Niuhuang Wan. 2. Red, swollen and painful eyes. *Use alone as eye drops. 3. Sore throat or ulceration of the mouth. *Use with Sodium borate (Pengsha) and the compound of Licorice root (Gancao) and Glauber's salt (Mangxiao), also called Xuanming Fen, in the formula Bing Peng San. |
| Dosage: | 0.03-0.1 g (in pill form) |
| Cautions: | This substance should be used with caution during pregnancy. |