Tortoise shell is salty, sweet and cold. It is an important medicine for nourishing yin in traditional Chinese medicine. Has the functions of clearing away heat, nourishing yin and suppressing yang. Can be used for treating chronic low fever, night sweat, cough and hemoptysis caused by yin deficiency of liver and kidney. It is compatible with Anemarrhena rhizome, Cortex Phellodendri, Radix Asparagi, Radix Ophiopogonis, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Scrophulariae and Radix Adenophorae. The glue boiled with tortoise plastron, called tortoise plastron glue, is similar to tortoise plastron, but it has better effect of nourishing yin, enriching blood and stopping bleeding.
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Precautions for eating tortoise shells:
The turtle shell has excellent health care effect, but there are many taboos when taking it. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold and dampness in the body should not eat turtle shell, and pregnant women should not eat turtle shell, which will have adverse effects on the body.
The nourishing power of tortoise plastron glue is greater than that of tortoise plastron, and it is suitable for asthenia caused by anemia, metrorrhagia, neurasthenia and kidney deficiency. Tortoise shell glue is the product of tortoise shell boiling. Tortoise shell refers to the abdominal shell (bottom deck) of the tortoise, and the carapace cannot be used as medicine.
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