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Pin Yin: biejia
Common name: tortoise shell
Botanical family: (animal) Trionychidae
Botanical name: 1, Amyda sinensis (Wiegmann); 2, Trionyx sinensis (Wiegmann)
Primary action: Supplement Yin
Secondary actions:
Cool Blood;
Quicken Blood, Transform Stasis
Temperature: neutral to cool
Taste: salty
Entering Channel: Lv, Kd, Sp
Actions:
Nourishes the Yin and descends ascendant Yang; used for Steaming Bone Pattern.
Quickens Blood, promotes menstruation and dissipates nodules; used
for palpable masses in abdomen, and for hepatomegaly or splenomegaly.
Reduces excessive menstrual bleeding due to Blood Heat.
(See
Interior-Heat-Vacuity (Vacuity
of Yin)
;
Liver Yang Rising (Ascending)
;
Vacuity Fire
;
Liver Blood Stasis
;
Blood Heat
.)
Dosage:
3-10 qian.
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