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Clam Shell
Clam Shell. Class: Phlegresolving Medicine. Properties: Bitter; Salty; Cold. Meridians: Lung; Kidney; Stomach
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Ge Qiao
中文名 (Chinese)
蛤壳
Latin Name
Meretricis Concha Cyclinae Concha; Concha Meretricis seu Cyclinae
English Name
Clam Shell
Alias Names
海蛤壳
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Bitter; Salty; Cold
Meridians (归经)
Lung; Kidney; Stomach
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Phlegresolving Medicine
功效分类 (CN)
化痰药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
1. treatment of phlegm-heat cough manifested as cough with thick yellow sputum, asthma, chest pain and hypochondriac pain. sea clam shell (haigeke) is used with costazia bone (haifushi), swallowwort rhizome (baiqian), mulberry bark (sangbaipi), capejasmine (zhizi) and trichosanthes fruit (gualou). 2. treatment of scrofula and goiter. sea clam shell (haigeke) is used with laminaria (kunbu), seaweed (haizao) and ark shell (walengzi) in the formula hanhua wan.
Indication (主治)
1. treatment of phlegm-heat cough manifested as cough with thick yellow sputum, asthma, chest pain and hypochondriac pain. sea clam shell (haigeke) is used with costazia bone (haifushi), swallowwort rhizome (baiqian), mulberry bark (sangbaipi), capejasmin
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