This product is the carapace of the turtle (Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann) of the family Trionyx. Mainly produced in Hebei, Hunan, Anhui, Zhejiang and other places. It can be caught all year round. After killing, scald it in boiling water until the hard skin on the carapace can peel off, then take it out and remove the remaining flesh. Dried in the sun, stir-fried with sand and quenched with vinegar.

[Property]

salty, cold. act on liver and kidney channels.

[Efficacy]

Nourishing yin and subduing yang, softening hardness and dissipating mass.

[Indications]

1. yin-deficiency fever, yin deficiency with yang hyperactivity, stirring wind due to yin deficiency and other symptoms. It can enrich yin and clearing heat, subduing yang and calm the wind. The effect of treating yin-deficiency fever is better than Tortoise Carapace. It is an important medicine for treating yin-deficiency fever. It is often used with Sweet Wormwood and Gentian, Anemarrhena, etc., such as Sweet Wormwood and Turtle Shell Decoction, Large Gentian and Turtle Shell Powder, etc.; treat yin deficiency with yang hyperactivity, dizziness, dizzy vision, with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root, oyster shell, Chrysanthemum Flower are equivalent; cure Rebing damage to yin, stirring wind due to For yin deficiency, dry tongue and wriggling of limbs, it is often used with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root yellow, Tortoise Carapace, oyster shell and the like. .
2. Used for abdominal mass abdominal mass, malaria with splenomegaly, etc. Can soften hardness and dissipating mass. Often used with Bupleurum, Paanpi, ground beeltle, etc., such as Turtle Carapace Decocted Pill .

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "Maintains abdominal mass accumulation, Hanre, removes stuffiness polyp, pudendal sore, hemorrhoids (core), and bad meat."
2. Bencao Huiyan: "Turtle carapace is a medicine that removes yin deficiency malaria and relieves steaming bone fever. ... Enters the liver and dominates the blood aspect of Jueyin to cause disease... Jueyin blood closure evil Knot, gradually to Hanre, is abdominal mass, stuffiness, malaria, steaming bone fever, saltiness is the best."

[Usage and Dosage]

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

[Modern Pharmacology]

turtle carapace contains animal glue, keratin, iodine and vitamin D, etc. It can inhibit the proliferation of connective tissue in the liver and spleen, increase plasma protein levels, and have anti-tumor effects.