This product is the carapace and plastron of the turtle (Chinemys reevesii (Gray)). Mainly produced in Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places. They can be caught, killed, or scalded to death with boiling water throughout the year, the carapace removed, the remaining flesh removed, and dried in the sun. Fry with sand and then quench with vinegar.

[Property]

sweet and salty, cold. act on liver, kidney and heart channels.

[Efficacy]

nourishing yin and subduing yang, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening the bones, securing meridians to stop bleeding, nourishing the blood and replenishing the heart.

1. It is used for yin deficiency with internal heat, yin deficiency with yang hyperactivity and Rebing stirring wind due to yin deficiency. It can not only nourish water to moisten the yin of wood and reduce internal heat, but also submerge liver yang and relieve internal wind. To treat yin deficiency with internal heat and steaming bone fever night sweat, it is often used with Prepared Rehmannia Root Huang, Anemarrhena, Phelloendron Bark, etc. Such as Major Yin-Tonifying Pill, which treats yin deficiency with yang hyperactivity and dizzy vision. It is often used with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root 黄 and Abalone Shell , Chrysanthemum Flower is used equally; it can treat Rebing damage to yin, internal attack of deficient wind, dry and red tongue, wriggling of limbs, often used with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root yellow, oyster shell, turtle carapace etc. can be used.
2. Used for kidney deficiency bone wilting, fontanel incompatibility and other symptoms in children. It can benefit kidneys and bones, tonifying blood enriching yin. It can be used to treat kidney deficiency, weak waist and knees, weak muscles and bones, incompetent fontanel in children, delayed teeth, delayed walking, etc. Often used with Prepared Rehmannia Root, songaria cynomorium, Achyranthes Root, etc.
3. It is used to treat yin deficiency, blood heat, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, hypermenorrhea, etc. which are not solid in the Chongren. It can nourish kidney yin, strengthen Chongren, and is cold in nature, clear away heat, and can stop bleeding. It is often used with Phelloendron Bark, Phelloendron Bark, Cyperus, etc., such as Menses-Astringing Pill.
4. Used for palpitation due to fright, insomnia, amnesia. It has the effect of nourishing blood and replenishing the heart. Often combined with Fossil Bone, Milkwort Root and other medicinals, such as Confucius' Sage Wisdom Pillow.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "The main symptoms include fistula disease, red and white lower limbs, broken abdominal mass, malaria, five hemorrhoids, pudendal sore, fixed arthralgia, heavy and weak limbs, and incompetent fontanel in children."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "The armor is used to nourish the heart, kidneys, and tonifying blood, all of which nourish yin."

[Usage and Dosage]

Add to decoction, 15~30g; it is advisable to be decocted first.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains colloid, fat, calcium, phosphorus, etc. It has the effect of enhancing immune function.