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Name |
| Oyster
Shell |
| Chinese
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Oyster
Shell is the shell of Ostrea gigas Thunberg, Ostrea talienwhanensis
Crosse or Ostrea rivularis Gould (Fam. Osteridae). |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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This
drug is salty in taste and slightly cold in nature, and is
distributed to the Liver, Gall Bladder and Kidney Channels. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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| Precaution |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a dry place. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Shell of Ostrea gigas In elongated pieces,
dorsal and ventral edges almost parallel, 10~50 cm long, 4~15
cm high. The right shell relatively small, scales strong and
thick, arranged in laminated or laminating striated order. The
outer surface smooth or with several depressions. Pale purple,
grayish-white or yellowish-brown; the inner surface porcelain
white, without denticles at both sides of the umbo. The left
shell with deep depression, scales bigger and more rough than
those of the right shell, attachment surface of the umbo small.
Texture hard, fracture laminated, white. Odourless; taste, slightly
salty.
Shell of Ostrea talienwhanensis Subtriangular, dorsal and
ventral edges V-shaped. The outer surface of the right shell
pale yellow, with loose concentric scales undulating up and
down; the inner surface white. The concentric scales of the
left shell strong and thick, with several distinct ribs radiated
from the umbo, the inner surface concaved in shape of a box;
hinge surface small.
Shell of Ostrea rivularis Rounded, oval or
triangular. The outer surface of the right shell slightly
uneven, grey, purple, brown, yellow, ect; concentric scales
in a ring, thin and fragile in the young and overlapped one
another several years later. The inner surface white, sometimes
the edge pale purple.
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ACTION |
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To induce
sedation, to nourish yin and subdue the overflowing of yang,
and to soften hard masses and eliminate nodulation.
Conch Ostreae (calcined) To arrest discharge. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Palpitation,
insomnia, dizziness and tinnitus; scrofula, mass formation
in the abdomen.
Concha
Ostreae (calcined) Spontaneous sweating, night sweating; seminal
emission; abnormal uterine bleeding, excessive leucorrhea;
epigastric pain with acid and the test solution into the column
separately. And calculate the content.
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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1.Calming
the liver and suppressing Yang hyperactivity
In treating
headache, dizziness, tinnitus, numbness of the limbs, etc.
due to deficiency of Yin and hyperactivity of Yang, the drug
is often used in combination with Os Draconis, Ochra, Plastrum
Testudinis, Radix Paeoniae Alba, etc.
2.Inducing
tranquilization to calm the mind
In treating
palpitation, fear, terror, vexation, insomnia, etc. due to
deficiency of the liver-Yin, the mind such as Os Draconis,
Semen Zizphi Spinosae, Radix Polygalae, Caulis Polygoni Multiflori,
etc.
3.Inducing
astringency and arresting discharge
In treating
afternoon fever, night sweating and spontaneous sweating seen
in tuberculosis, 30g of the drug can be decocted and taken
orally. In treating seminal emission and spermatorrhea, the
drug can be used in combination with Stamen Nelumbinis, Semen
Euryales, etc. In treating metrorrhagia, metrostaxis and leukorrhea,
the drug can be used in combination with Colla Corii Asini,
Halloysitum Rubrum, Radix Dipsaci, etc.
4.Softening
and resolving hard Dipsaci, etc.
In treating
scrofula, subcutaneous, etc. due to accumulation of phlegm-fire,
the drug is often used in combination with Radix Scrophulariae,
Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii, etc. Besides, the drug has
in recent years been used to relieve hyperacidity and is effective
in treating acid regurgitation seen in gastropathy.
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