Chinese Traditional Medicine and Chinese Herbs
Fresh-water Turtle Shell (Carapax Trionycis)
Location found
Provinces of Hebei, Hunan, Anhui and Zhejiang, China
Flavor & Property
Salty; cold
Effects
Softens hard masses and resolves lumps
Use
Dizziness, involuntary movement of limbs
* used with oyster shell, rehmannia root, donkey-hide
gelatin and white peony root
Fever
* used with large-leaf gentian root, wolfberry bark and
anemarrhena rhizome
Abdominal masses due to blood stagnation, amenorrhea due to
blood stasis
* used with cyperus tuber, green tangerine peel, burreed
tuber and zedoary
Dosage & Administration
10-30g (crushed and boiled with other drugs)
Dosage & Administration
Poor appetite and diarrhea, pregnant women
Note: It is important to be evaluated by a health professional before
taking this drug.
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