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Turtle Carapace · Trionycis Carapax
한글 별갑 · Pinyin Bie Jia
鱉甲
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Salty · slightly cold
- Channels entered
- Liver, Kidney
- Actions
- Nourishes Yin and anchors Yang, softens hardness and dissipates masses, vents heat hidden in the Yin level
- Typical dose
- 9–24 g, decocted first
Appears in 6 formulas 處方
- Sweet Wormwood and Turtle Shell Decoction靑蒿鱉甲湯 12 g · Chief 君
- Ginseng and Astragalus Powder人參黃芪散 6 g · Chief 君
- Large Gentian and Turtle Shell Powder秦芃鱉甲散 3 g · Chief 君
- Aquilaria and Turtle Shell Powder沈香鱉甲散 4 g · Chief 君
- Astragalus and Turtle Shell Powder黃芪鱉甲散 4 g · Chief 君
- Five Steamings Pill五蒸丸 20 g · Assistant 佐