INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Carapax Trionycis Carapax Amydae |
| Common English: | Chinese Soft-Shell Turtle Shell Tortoise Shell (Dorsal Side) |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Salty |
Slightly Cold (Cold) |
Liver Spleen (Kidney) |
9-30g |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Nourishes Yin and anchors Yang |
Yin Deficiency with fever, steaming bone disorder, night sweats or consumption Internal stirring of Liver Wind |
Invigorates the Blood, promotes menstruation, softens hardness and dissipates nodules |
Chest and flank accumulations with pain and amenorrhea Excessive menstruation due to Hot Blood Malarial disorders with palpable masses |
Heavily anchors, descends, unblocks and facilitates the functions of the Blood vessels |
Problems in children due to internal clumping |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
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HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Plastrum Testudinis |
Plastrum Testudinis |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Steaming bones and night sweats due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with Heat Rising. Calms the Liver, subdues Yang and extinguishes Wind to treat vertigo and tinnitus associated with Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising and deficient Wind moving internally. |
Extreme injury to Yin leading to internal stirring of Liver Wind and tremors. |
Injured Yin in the aftermath of a febrile disease with fever and night sweats followed by a sense of cooling in the morning. |
Cx. Lycii Radicis |
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Afternoon fever, night sweats and steaming bone disorder due to Yin Deficiency. |
Steaming bone disorder in children with irritability around the diaphragm and palpitations. |
Yin Deficiency with Internal movement of Wind manifesting in general or localized tremors. |
Hard immobile masses of the epigastrium and abdomen. |
Amenorrhea with abdominal masses. |
Excessive menstruation and uterine bleeding. |
Rx. Bupleuri |
Rx. Gentianae Macrophyllae |
Sm. Persicae |
Chronic malarial disorders with organomegaly and hypochondriac pain. |
An unreleased exterior problem and Interior Fire from constraint marked by fever that becomes higher in the afternoon with incomplete bowel movements. |
Accumulation of Food Stagnation and buildup of Blood giving rise to long-term alternating chills and fever. |
Rx. Paeoniae Alba (high dose) |
Rx. Gentianae Macrophyllae |
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Chronic non-healing sores and ulcerations. |
Liver Wind. |
Steaming bones, night fever, night sweats, weight loss, coughing and fatigue. |
Rx. Stellariae |
Rx. et Rz. Rhei |
Rz. Belamcandae |
Tuberculosis with chronic consumptive dry cough and blood-streaked sputum. |
Amenorrhea or masses from Blood Stagnation. |
Abdominal masses from malaria. |
Rx. Dichroae |
Rx. Dichroae |
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae |
Chronic malarial disorders. |
Warm malarial disorders. |
Hepatomegaly or splenomegaly. |
Rx. Scrophulariae |
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Goiter. |
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- Use this substance calcined and powdered for Intestinal Abscesses and abdominal pain.
- Glue made from Bie Jia - Colla Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia Jiao is richer, more cloying and very effective at tonifying Yin and Blood. It is most commonly used for consumption from Deficiency or exhausted Yin and Blood with tidal fevers and Internal movement of Liver Wind. The dosage is 3-9 gm. Dissolve in hot water the add to the decoction.
- It is said to cure hard abdominal masses.
- This substance has been shown to be effective in treating Liver and Stomach cancers and lympholeukemia.
- This substance dispels undigested food, hard abdominal masses, leukorrhagia and Blood Stasis.
- In Japan, the whole turtle is decocted to treat various cancers.
- Both Bie Jia and Concha Ostreae Mu Li are heavy substances that anchor floating Yang or subdue ascendant Yang. Both are salty, soften areas of hardness and benefit Yin. Bie Jia more strongly tonifies Yin and is cooling at a deeper level, to treat steaming bones and night sweats. Mu Li more strongly anchors and subdues Yang and is astringent to prevent leakage of fluids such as sweat, seminal emissions and vaginal discharge. it also calms the Spirit.
- Both Bie Jia and Plastrum Testudinis Gui Ban are shells that enrich Yin, subdue Yang and soften areas of hardness. Bie Jia primarily enters the Liver channel with a stronger ability to enrich Yin and soften areas of hardness and is used for gynecological conditions, such as abdominal masses and clumping around the flanks. It is salty, cold and green so it enters the Liver. it treats illnesses related to the Liver channel Blood level. It travels the Chong channel. Gui Ban primarily enters the Kidneys and being sweet, it has a superior ability to enrich the Yin in order to anchor the Yang while also unblocking the Ren channel to treat such gynecological problems as continuous uterine bleeding. It is black, so it enters the Kidneys and treats all illnesses of the Kidney channel Blood level. It also unblocks the Heart.
- Vinegar-fried Soft-Shell Turtle Shell Cu Chao Bie Jia enters the Liver and has a stronger ability to soften areas of hardness and disperse clumping. It excels in attacking hard areas and does not deplete Qi. It is used to treat abdominal masses and accumulations.