Herb

Turtle plastron (Gui jia)

龟甲gui jia
1 sourceSafety notes recordedPlastrum Testudinis

Modern safety information is being compiled for this entry.

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for flooding and discharge, breaking masses and malaria, hemorrhoids and genital erosion, damp impediment with heavy weak limbs, and childhood unclosed fontanelle. Recorded in the source as toxic.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十五·介部·龟鳖类·龟甲·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：治漏下赤白，破癥瘕痎疟，五痔阴蚀，湿痹四肢重弱，小儿囟不合。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，有毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十五·介部·龟鳖类·龟甲·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·龟甲·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·龟甲·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十五·介部·龟鳖类·龟甲·安全Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.