This product is the carapace and plastron of the turtle (Chinemys reevesii (Gray)) of the family Testudinidae. It is mainly produced in Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places. It can be captured all year round, killed, or scalded to death with boiling water, the shell is peeled off, the residual meat is removed, and then dried. It is used after being stir-fried with sand and quenched with vinegar.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

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

bubble_chart Efficacy

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

bubble_chart Indications

1. is used for syndromes such as yin deficiency with internal heat, yin deficiency with yang hyperactivity, and Rebing stirring wind due to yin deficiency. It can nourish water to moisten the yin of wood and reduce internal heat, as well as subdue liver yang and calm internal wind. For treating yin deficiency with internal heat, steaming bone fever, and night sweat, it is often combined with Prepared Rehmannia Root , Anemarrhena, Phelloendron Bark, etc., such as in Major Yin-Tonifying Pill. For treating yin deficiency with yang hyperactivity, dizziness, and blurred vision, it is often combined with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root , Abalone Shell, Chrysanthemum Flower, etc. For treating Rebing damage to yin, internal attack of deficient wind, dry and crimson tongue, and wriggling of limbs, it is often combined with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root , oyster shell, turtle carapace, etc.
2. It is used for kidney deficiency bone wilting, unclosed fontanel in children, etc. It can tonify the kidney and strengthen bones, tonify blood, and enrich yin. For kidney deficiency, weak waist and knees, weak tendons and bones, unclosed fontanel in children, delayed teething, delayed walking, etc., it can be used for treatment. It is often combined with Prepared Rehmannia Root, songaria cynomorium, Achyranthes Root, etc.
3. It is used to treat yin deficiency with blood heat, menorrhagia and metrostaxis, hypermenorrhea due to unconsolidated Chong and Ren meridians. It can nourish kidney yin to consolidate Chong and Ren meridians, and its cold nature can clear heat and stop bleeding. It is often combined with Toona Bark, Phelloendron Bark, Cyperus, etc., such as in Menses-Astringing Pill.
4. It is used for palpitation due to fright, insomnia, and forgetfulness due to heart deficiency. It has the effect of nourishing blood and tonifying the heart. It is often combined with Fossil Bone, Milkwort Root, etc., such as in Confucius' Sage Wisdom Pillow.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Benjing: "Main fistula disease with red and white discharge, breaks abdominal mass malaria, five hemorrhoids, pudendal sores, fixed arthralgia, heavy and weak limbs, and infantile fontanel not closing."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Its shell is used to tonify the heart, tonify the kidneys, and tonify blood, all to nourish yin."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Decoction, 15-30g; should be decocted first.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

This product contains colloids, fats, calcium, phosphorus, and other components. It has the effect of enhancing immune function.