Pinyin: Jineijin
Aliases
Jihuangpi, Jishipi, Jihezi, Jizhongjin, Huagudan.
Source
Phasianidae animal domestic chickenGallus gallus domesticusDried inner wall of the gizzard of *Gallus gallus domesticus* Brisson.
Distribution
Produced in various regions across the country.
Harvesting and Processing
After slaughtering the chicken, remove the gizzard, immediately peel off the inner wall, wash clean, and dry.
Medicinal Properties
This product consists of irregularly shaped curled slices, approximately 2 mm thick. The surface is yellow, yellowish-green, or yellowish-brown, thin and semi-transparent, with distinct strip-like wrinkles. The texture is brittle and easily broken; the cross-section is horn-like and lustrous. The odor is faintly fishy, and the taste is slightly bitter.
Chemical Constituents
Contains gastric hormone, keratin, trace amounts of gastric protease, amylase, various vitamins, amino acids, and inorganic elements.
Pharmacology
Enhances gastrointestinal function and accelerates the excretion of radioactive strontium.
Properties and Channel Entry
Sweet, neutral. Enters the Spleen, Stomach, Small Intestine, and Bladder channels.
Functions and Indications
Promotes digestion, strengthens the stomach, astringes essence to stop seminal emission, and treats stranguria by dissolving stones. Used for food accumulation with poor digestion, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, infantile malnutrition, bedwetting, seminal emission, painful stony stranguria, and distending pain in the gallbladder and hypochondrium.
Dosage and Administration
Oral: decoct in water, 3-10 g; grind into powder, 1.5-3 g per dose; or prepared into pills or powder. External use: appropriate amount, grind into powder and mix for application or apply directly.
Precautions and Contraindications
Use with caution in patients with Spleen deficiency without accumulation.
Prescriptions
1. For food accumulation and abdominal distension: Jineijin (chicken gizzard lining) ground into powder, taken with milk. (Ben Cao Qiu Yuan) 2. For regurgitation, vomiting immediately after eating, and upward counterflow of Qi: Jineijin (chicken gizzard lining) burned to ash, taken with wine. (Qian Jin Yao Fang) 3. For dysentery with inability to eat: Jineijin (chicken gizzard lining) baked and ground into powder, taken with breast milk. (Gang Mu) 4. To resolve alcohol accumulation: Jineijin (chicken gizzard lining) and dried kudzu root (Gegen) (ground into powder) in equal parts. Make into pills with wheat flour paste, the size of Chinese parasol seeds. Take 50 pills with wine each time. (Xiu Zhen Fang) 5. For nocturnal emission with spermatorrhea: Jineijin (chicken gizzard lining) 7 pieces. Bake dry and grind into powder, take 3 g each time on an empty stomach with wine. (Shen Shi Jing Yan Fang) 6. For tympanites (abdominal distension): Jineijin (chicken gizzard lining) 1 piece, Chenxiang (agarwood) and Sharen (amomum fruit) 9 g each, aged Xiangyuan (citron, seeds removed) 15 g. Grind together into powder, take 1.5 g each time with ginger decoction. (Xian Nian Ji: Ji Jin San) 7. For throat closure and acute tonsillitis: Jineijin (chicken gizzard lining) without washing. Dry in the shade, burn to powder, and blow it into the throat with a bamboo tube. (Qing Nang Za Zuan) 8. For all types of mouth sores: Jineijin (chicken gizzard lining) burned to ash, apply topically. (Huo You Xin Shu)
