The efficacy of oysters in traditional Chinese medicine

For male friends, the Chinese medicine oyster can improve the symptoms of impotence and kidney deficiency, and is beneficial for improving male sexual ability and the duration of sexual life. Oysters have the effect of nourishing the kidney and yin, and are also helpful in preventing prostatitis. In addition to being eaten by men, oysters can also be eaten by women to relieve dysmenorrhea. They can also neutralize stomach acid and diseases such as gastric ulcers. Everyone can learn about the medicinal value of oysters.

The Chinese medicine oyster has the effects of calming the liver and suppressing yang, astringing and firming, softening and dispersing lumps.

Calms the liver and suppresses yang. It is used for hyperactivity of liver yang and is similar to mother of pearl, cassia bark and dragon bone. Commonly used. For the same type of combination, it is also recommended to use yin-tonifying medicine. Astringent and firming. Exactly the same as dragon bone, it is mainly used to restrain sweat and treat frequent urination, enuresis, spermatorrhea, excessive leucorrhea due to weak kidney qi. It also needs to be taken with tonic medicine and is often used together with dragon bone. Softening and dispersing lumps. The main treatments are some abdominal masses and lumps, one is blood stasis and the other is phlegm. It is used in combination with blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing, blood-activating and symptom-eliminating, and phlegm-eliminating drugs to eliminate phlegm and disperse lumps. Oysters' softening and dispersing effects neither promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis nor eliminate phlegm. They are mainly used to treat phlegm nodules, goiters, scrofula, and even abdominal masses. For abdominal lumps, use Trillium, Curcuma and Salvia miltiorrhiza. Oysters soften and disperse lumps, while dragon bones calm the mind and soothe the nerves. Oysters also have a certain calming or soothing effect on the mind, but the effect is weaker than that of dragon bones. After calcining, oysters can reduce acidity and relieve pain, and can absorb moisture, heal sores and promote tissue regeneration when used externally. All shellfish containing calcium carbonate have this effect after calcination. external use. For gastric ulcer, excessive stomach acid and stomach pain, taking the powder is equivalent to external application, which can heal the ulcer locally and promote tissue regeneration, which is beneficial to the protection of ulcer and promote healing. Calcium carbonate is calcined to form calcium oxide, which is a weakly alkaline oxide that can neutralize stomach acid, reduce the acid reflux caused by ulcers, and relieve the irritation and pain of ulcers.

1. Soothe the liver and suppress yang. Used for hyperactivity of liver yang and dizziness. This product is salty, cold and heavy in nature, and has a similar effect of calming the liver and suppressing yang as Semen Cassiae. It is mostly used to treat water not containing wood, yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, dizziness and tinnitus. It is often used together with dragon bone, turtle shell, Achyranthes bidentata, etc., such as Zhengan Xifeng Decoction. It is also used to treat the late stage of fever, burning true yin, internal movement of virtual wind, and convulsions of the limbs. It is often used together with turtle shell, turtle shell, raw Rehmannia glutinosa, etc., such as Da Ding Feng Zhu.

2. Softening and dispersing lumps, used for symptoms such as phlegm nodules, scrofula, and accumulation of masses. Oysters are salty in taste and can soften and disperse lumps. It is used to treat phlegm nodules and scrofula caused by stagnation of phlegm and fire, and is often used in combination with Zhejiang Fritillaria, Scrophularia, etc., such as Xiaoluo Pills. It is used to treat blood stasis and qi stagnation, and is often used in combination with turtle shell, salvia miltiorrhiza, and Curcuma zedoaria. In modern times, it is often used to effectively treat hepatomegaly and spleen enlargement.

3. Astringent and firming, used for various symptoms of slippage. This product has astringent taste and has astringent and firming effect after calcination. It is often used together with calcined dragon bone to treat various symptoms of deficiency of the body and slipperyness, such as spermatorrhea, spermatorrhea, enuresis, frequent urination, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, etc., and is used in combination with corresponding tonic and astringent drugs.

In addition, calcined oyster has astringent and antacid effects, which can treat stomach pain and heartburn. It can be ground into fine powder with cuttlefish bone and Zhejiang Fritillary Bulb and taken internally for effective results.

The role of oyster in traditional Chinese medicine

This product mainly contains calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate and calcium sulfate, and also contains organic matter. It can inhibit tumor growth by enhancing immunity, has anti-experimental gastric ulcer and local anesthetic effects, and the calcium salt it contains has antacid, mild sedative and anti-inflammatory effects.

1. This product mainly contains calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate and calcium sulfate, and also contains elements such as magnesium, iron, phosphate, chloride ion, potassium, sodium, aluminum, silicon, strontium, zinc, etc.; it also contains organic matter, etc. After calcination, carbonates decompose to produce calcium oxide and other substances, while organic matter is destroyed. The calcium salt it contains has anti-acid, sedative and anti-inflammatory effects.

2. Modern research shows that the extraction rate of trace elements in oysters after calcination and quenching with calcined vinegar is significantly higher than that in raw oysters, so it is believed that this product should be calcined.

3. In modern times, this product has been used to treat liver and spleen enlargement and other diseases, and can be used in combination with blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs.