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INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: DAI MAO - 玳瑁 - CARAPAX ERETMOCHELYDIS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Carapax Eretmochelydis
Common English:	Hawksbill Turtle Shell Tortoise Shell

PROPERTIES

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Salty	Cold	Heart Liver	Decoction: 3-15g Pills or powders: 3-7g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Sedates the Heart, quiets the Spirit, calms the Liver, extinguishes Wind, settles convulsions, stops spasms, clears Heat and resolves toxicity

High fevers, impaired consciousness, incoherent speech, mania, infantile convulsions, twitching, delirium and collapse from Warm pathogen diseases, Liver Yang Rising, or Phlegm-Heat Obstructing the Orifices

Wind-Stroke

Calms and anchors Liver Yang

Dizziness from Liver Yang Rising

Recently used for hypertension from Liver Yang Rising or Liver Fire

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Use caution in those with Yang or Qi Deficiency.
Use caution in those with a weak Spleen and Stomach.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Cornu Bubali Shui Niu Jiao Calculus Bovis Niu Huang	Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao	Sm. Sinapis Bai Jie Zi Realgar Xiong Huang Moschus She Xiang
Fever, irritability, restlessness and impaired consciousness to the point of coma from pathogenic Heat.	Heat pathogen attacking the Pericardium with impaired consciousness, wild talk, hallucinations, irritability and restlessness.	Aphasic strokes.
Cornu Saigae Tataricae Ling Yang Jiao Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae Gou Teng Pheretima/Lumbricus Di Long	Concha Haliotidis Shi Jue Ming Carapax Testudinis Gui Jia Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi	Cornu Bubali Shui Niu Jiao
Stroke or seizures from Liver Yang rising Generating Wind.	Dizziness from Liver Yang Rising.	An enhanced ability to clear Heat, cool the Blood, resolve toxicity and sedate convulsions, to treat Warm pathogen diseases entering the Ying and Xue levels with mania and convulsions. Treats pox toxins and sedates the Spirit.

NOTES

This herb also treats carbuncles.
Both Dai Mao and Cornu Bubali Shui Niu Jiao enter the Heart and Liver channels, cool Heat, resolve toxicity, sedate convulsions and alleviate spasms. Dai Mao is sweet, salty and cold, more strongly extinguishes Wind and sedates the Liver and convulsions. Shui Niu Jiao is bitter, primarily cools Heat at the Blood level to clear Heart Heat, cool the Blood and disperse Stagnation.
Both Dai Mao and Cornu Saigae Tataricae Ling Yang Jiao calm the Liver, extinguish Wind, clear Heat, resolve toxicity and treat Wind from extreme Heat with spasms, convulsions and seizures. Both can also be used to treat maculae, and rashes associated with febrile disease. Ling Yang Jiao focuses on the Liver channel with a strong ability to extinguish Wind and can also be used to clear the eyes. Dai Mao focuses on the Heart channel, opens the orifices, and calms the Spirit while also settling jitteriness and anxiety and improving impaired consciousness. It also nourishes the Liver and Kidneys to anchor the Yang.