INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Concha Haliotidis |
| Common English: | Abalone Shell Sea Ear Shell Haliotis |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Salty |
Cold |
Kidney Liver |
9-30g Powder: 0.5-2g |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Drains Liver Fire, pacifies the Liver and anchors and sedates Liver Yang |
Liver Fire and Liver Yang Rising patterns with headache, dizziness and red or swollen eyes Hypertension with Liver Yang Rising |
Improves vision and causes superficial visual obstruction to recede |
Liver Heat causing visual problems with photophobia, pterygium, nebulae, cataracts or other superficial visual obstruction, red eyes and blurred vision |
Calms Internal Wind |
Liver Wind |
Clears Stomach Fire and stops pain and bleeding |
Stomach Fire with acid reflux, heartburn, bleeding ulcers and Stomach pain (best calcined) |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
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HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Concha Ostreae |
Rx. Paeoniae Alba |
Sp. Prunellae |
Headache and dizziness associated with Yin Deficiency and Rising Yang patterns. |
Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising. |
Headache and dizziness due to Rising Liver Yang. |
Sp. Prunellae |
Flos Chrysanthemi |
Flos Chrysanthemi |
Liver Fire or Liver Yang Rising with Heat signs, dizziness, headache, irritability and insomnia. |
Eye redness, swelling, and pain due to Liver Yang Rising. |
Eye redness, swelling and pain due to Liver Fire. |
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata |
Periostracum Cicadae |
Flos Buddlejae |
Impaired vision due to Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency. |
Chronic progressive loss of vision and night blindness. |
Pterygium due to Wind-Heat. |
Sm. Cassiae |
Sp. Prunellae |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Cools the Liver to improve vision in either Excess (Liver Fire) or Deficiency (Liver Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising) conditions. |
Liver Yang Rising without Yin Deficiency. |
Neurasthenia. |
Fr. Tribuli |
Flos Buddlejae |
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata |
Eye disorders caused by Liver Yang Rising. |
Red eyes and superficial visual obstruction due to Wind-Heat Invasion with Liver Yang Rising. |
Dry eyes, blurred vision and diminished visual acuity due to Liver Blood Deficiency. |
Endoconcha Sepiae |
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Stomach Fire. |
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- This herb has recently been used to treat increased gastric acidity and topically, for bleeding due to trauma.
- It has a special reputation for treating essential hypertension involving failing Kidneys.
- Some sources (including Bensky) include this herb in the Extinguish Liver Wind category and some sources do not mention Liver Wind at all.
- Heavy doses of this herb are used as a substitute for Cornu Antelopis Ling Yang Jiao in the treatment of infantile convulsions due to Liver Wind Heat.
- This herb clears blurred vision due to Liver Yin Deficiency
- This herb focuses almost entirely on the Liver.
- Both Shi Jue Ming and Sm. Cassiae Jue Ming Zi clear Liver Heat and brighten the eyes and are combined to treat eye disorders and headaches involving the eyes. Jue Ming Zi is bitter and cold and better at cooling Liver Fire to brighten the eyes. It also moistens the Intestines. Shi Jue Ming is salty, cold and heavy to sedate Rising Liver Yang.
- Both Shi Jue Ming and Concha Margaritaferae Usta Zhen Zhu Mu cool Liver Heat and sedate Liver Yang Rising and are often used together for these disorders. Zhen Zhu Mu also enters the Heart channel to calm the Spirit, while Shi Jue Ming only enters the Liver channel.
- Calcined Abalone Shell is less salty and cold and is less able to calm the Liver and anchor Yang, but is better at brightening the eyes.
- Salt-prepared Abalone Shell Yan Shi Jue Ming enters the Kidney channel and is better at cooling the Liver and brightening eyes. It is used for superficial visual obstruction and other eye disorders.