Fang name | Turtle Carapace Decocted Pill |
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source | Treatise On Typhoid And Death |
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[Efficacy]
Resolving phlegm and dissipating mass.
In the prescription, turtle carapace enters the liver collaterals to search for evil spirits, invigorating blood and resolving stasis, softening hardness and resolving abdominal mass, and is a sovereign medicinal product. Red saltpeter breaks the hardness and disperses stagnation; Rhubarb Rhizoma attacks accumulation and removes blood stasis; ground beeltle, dung beetle, pillbug, bee nest, Peach Kernel, Chinese trumpetcreeper, paeonol breaking and expelling blood stasis, helps sovereign medicinal to strengthen the effect of softening hardness and dissipating mass; Magnolia Bark provides comfortable movement, Lilac Pink Herb, Pyrrosia Leaf dilutes water and removes dampness; Pineilia, Belamcanda Rhizome, Pepperweed Seed dispelling phlegm; Bupleurum, Skullcap Root clearing away heat and soothing liver, Tune up the qi movement; Dried Ginger, Cinnamon Twig warming the middle, unblocking yang, removing blood stasis and opening knots, are minister medicinal. Ginseng tonifying qi, Donkey-hide Gelatin nourishes blood, Peony Root nourishes and activates blood, enters the collaterals to break blood stasis, and is an assistant medicinal .
[Modern application]It is clinically used for patients with cirrhosis, liver cancer, chronic hepatitis, schistosomiasis, melanoma, pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer, lung cancer and abdominal tumors with the above symptoms and signs.