The efficacy and function of giant clam

Chinese medicine has different effects on our body and can regulate our body. Today we will introduce a Chinese medicine: Giant clam. What are its specific effects and functions? Let’s take a look.

[Other name] Chequ (Haiyao Bencao)

[Source] The shell of the Tridacna or other animals of the same genus, family Tridacna.

[Original form] The shell is huge, heavy and thick. It is oval in shape, with the top of the shell located in the center of the shell, and there is a long oval foot hole in front of the top of the shell. The ventral margin is curved and wavy. The external ligament is extremely long, yellowish brown, and is approximately equal to 3/4 of the posterior half of the shell. The surface of the shell is yellowish white, with fine and dense long veins and 4 to 6 strong radial ribs; there are wide and raised large scales on the ribs. The inside is white and shiny. The hinge is long, with 1 main tooth and 2 parallel posterior teeth in the right shell; the left shell has 1 main tooth and 1 posterior tooth. The posterior adductor muscle scar is oval and located in the middle of the shell. The coat marks are obvious.

[Habitat distribution] Lives in intertidal coral reefs. Distributed in the South my country Sea islands.

【Properties and flavors】 ①《Haiyao Bencao》: "very cold, non-toxic."

【Function】 "Haiyao Bencao": "It is used to calm the mind, dispel poisons and insect stings. Take a piece of hawksbill turtle and the same amount of Chequ, grind with human milk and take orally."

[Remarks] The shell of the same genus Giant clam, Tridacna cuspidata , is huge, with a white surface and five large imbricate radial ribs; the growth rings are obvious, forming curved and overlapping wrinkles. Both shells have one main tooth and one posterior tooth. Distributed in the Xisha Islands of Guangdong. It is also used as medicine.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Haiyao Bencao"

Now you know the function of giant clam. I didn’t know that giant clams are such valuable things before, which shows that our knowledge is not broad enough. So in the future life, learning more about it can be a good way to maintain health. In fact, if you want to maintain health, there is knowledge everywhere in life.