Herb

Turtle shell (Bie jia)

鳖甲bie jia
1 sourceCarapax Trionycis

Nourishes yin and subdues yang, softens hardness and disperses masses, and is recorded for heart-abdomen masses, hard accumulation with chills and fever, removing growths and malign flesh, malaria, blood masses and lumbar pain.

Used in 2 formulas

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十五·介部·龟鳖类·鳖甲·主治

References
  • functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
  • WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
  • public pharmacopoeia & zoological facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：心腹癥瘕，坚积寒热，去痞疾息肉，阴蚀痔核恶肉；疗温疟，血瘕腰痛，小儿胁下坚。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸，平，无毒。

Used in formulas
Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十五·介部·龟鳖类·鳖甲·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十五·介部·龟鳖类·鳖甲·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十五·介部·龟鳖类·鳖甲·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.