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Turtle Carapace

Turtle Carapace. Class: Tonifying And Replenishing Medicinal. Properties: Salty; Slightly Cold. Meridians: Liver; Kidney

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Bie Jia
中文名 (Chinese)
鳖甲
Latin Name
Trionycis Carapax; Carapax Trionycis
English Name
Turtle Carapace
Alias Names
上甲鳖壳甲鱼壳团鱼壳团鱼盖团鱼甲鳖盖子
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Salty; Slightly Cold
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Kidney
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Tonifying And Replenishing Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
补虚药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
Treatment of fever due to deficiency of yin, consumptive fever, dizziness, tremor or fainting due to deficiency of yin, amenorrhea, mass in the abdomen, chronic malaria with splenomegaly.
Indication (主治)
Treatment of fever due to deficiency of yin, consumptive fever, dizziness, tremor or fainting due to deficiency of yin, amenorrhea, mass in the abdomen, chronic malaria with splenomegaly.
🔗 External References
TCMID
1893
TCM-ID
178