The efficacy and function of Chinese medicine tortoise shell

Chinese medicinal materials have a very important position in people's hearts and are deeply trusted by people. When people suffer from a disease, especially some chronic diseases, many people will think of using Chinese medicine for treatment. There are many types of Chinese medicinal materials, and tortoise shell is one of the more special ones. Turtle shell is also called tortoise plate, tortoise shell and lower shell. Turtle shell can not only be used as medicine, but also made into medicinal food.

The efficacy and function of Chinese medicine tortoise shell

Nourishes Yin and suppresses Yang, benefits the kidneys and strengthens bones, nourishes blood and replenishes the heart, and reduces deficiency fever. Kidney yin deficiency, bone steaming and fatigue fever, weak waist and knees, heart deficiency and forgetfulness, spermatorrhea, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, fontanelle dislocation in children, chronic cough, chronic dysentery, chronic malaria, etc.

How to eat tortoise shell:

Dosage and Usage of Turtle Shell: For internal use: decoct in water, 15 to 30 grams, decocted first; or made into pills or powder. For external use: appropriate amount, burn it to ashes, grind it into powder and mix with oil for application.

Contraindications for the use of turtle shell: People with weak spleen and stomach, internal cold and dampness, and pregnant women are prohibited from taking turtle shell. Turtle shell is incompatible with Adenophora and cockroaches.

Tortoise Shell, Eucommia and Pig's Tail Soup

Efficacy: Enhance body balance, improve immunity, and relieve persistent fever.

Ingredients: 25g tortoise shell, 30g fried Eucommia ulmoides, 600g pig tail, 1 tsp salt;

practice:

1. Chop the pig tail into sections, wash it, blanch it, pick it up, and rinse it with water;

2. Rinse the tortoise shell and stir-fry Eucommia ulmoides;

3. Put the pig tail, turtle shell and fried Eucommia ulmoides into a stew pot, add 1800 ml of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 40 minutes and add salt to taste.

Donkey hide gelatin and tortoise shell soup

Efficacy: Nourishes the liver and kidneys. It can treat leukemia of liver and kidney yin deficiency type, with clinical manifestations of low fever, dizziness, tinnitus, low back pain, dryness and fatigue in the five hearts, dry mouth, bleeding gums, night sweats, red tongue with little or peeling coating, and thready pulse. It can also treat women's menopausal syndrome of groaning deficiency and liver yang hyperactivity type, with symptoms of dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations, hot flashes, irritability, dry mouth, frequent dreams and insomnia, hot hands and feet, red tongue, and thready pulse.

Ingredients: 1 raw egg yolk, 6 grams of Dong'e donkey-hide gelatin, 18 grams of tortoise shell, and 9 grams of mussels.

practice:

1. Boil tortoise shell and mussels in 500 ml of water until the water volume reaches 200 ml.

2. After removing the residue, add Dong'e Ejiao, stew it until it melts, then mix the egg yolk into the soup and serve it after it is cooked.

Usage: Take it all at once

Chicken Casserole with Turtle Shell and Korean Ginseng

Efficacy: Korean ginseng is rich in various amino acids, resins and volatile oils, and has a certain therapeutic effect on physical weakness, palpitations and insomnia. Black chicken is a nutritious food with high protein and low fat. It contains unsaturated fatty acids and is a nourishing tonic for replenishing blood.

Ingredients: 350g old chicken, 15g shiitake mushrooms, 8g Korean ginseng, 6g tortoise shell, 10g ginger. Seasoning: 5 grams of salt, 3 grams of chicken essence, 1 gram of sugar, and 1 gram of pepper.

practice:

Soak the mushrooms until they are fully soaked and remove the stems. Chop the old chicken into pieces and blanch them in water. Wash and soak the Korean ginseng and tortoise shell. Slice the ginger and set aside. Put a clean pot on fire, add water, tortoise shell, ginseng, ginger slices, chicken pieces, and mushrooms. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 50 minutes and season.

Aconite and Turtle Shell Soup

Efficacy: Nourishes Yin and suppresses Yang, treats deficiency of both Yin and Yang, and hyperactivity of false Yang.

Ingredients: 6 grams of aconite, 9 grams of tortoise shell, 9 grams of Ligustrum lucidum, 9 grams of Eclipta prostrata, 15 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, 15 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 30 grams of magnetite, and 24 grams of Cassia tora.

Usage: Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, twice a day.