TONG Dong-chang,ZHU Wen-hao,NING Di-min,et al.Textual Research on Gecko and Skink[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2021,27(18):144-151.
TONG Dong-chang,ZHU Wen-hao,NING Di-min,et al.Textual Research on Gecko and Skink[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2021,27(18):144-151. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20211895.
Gecko and Skink have a long history of medicinal use and they are often confused. The modern research mainly focuses on their clinical efficacy, effective ingredients, and anti-cancer mechanisms, and there are few literature-based studies. The paper summarized the names, origins, efficacy, indications, processing methods and contraindications of Gecko and Skink in ancient and modern literature. It was found that Gecko and Skink were regarded as the same animal in the pre-Qin period but two different animals during the Han dynasty. However, they were confused again in the Three Kingdoms period. It was not until the Ming dynasty that they were distinguished from each other in
Bencao Gangmu
(《本草纲目》). The origins of Skink included
Eremias argus
Peters,
E.brenchleyi
Günther and
Eumeces chinensis
(Gray), while those of Gecko mainly included
G. japonicus
(Dumeril et Bibron),
G. hokouensis
Pope
, G. swinhonis
Güenther and
G. subpalmatus
Güenther. In terms of efficacy and indications, Skink was mostly responsible for promoting urination,and Gecko for expelling wind and resolving stasis. Among multiple processing methods for Gecko and Skink, the traditional "fire method" was most preferred. As for contraindications, Skink shall not be used together with sulfur, fructus ulmi and mylabris, and it was not applicable to pregnant patients. Gecko should be used with caution for people with blood and qi deficiency. This paper has sorted out the historical evolutions of Gecko and Skink in their names, efficacy, indications, and processing methods, all of which will serve as the basis for further development and clinical utilization of Gecko and Skink.
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