What are the effects and functions of tortoise shell glue and how to eat it?

Turtle shell is the plastron and carapace of the testudinidae family, and is mainly used as a traditional Chinese medicine. Turtle shell glue is made from tortoise shell and has many functions and effects. Therefore, in order to be able to use it to the greatest extent possible, common sense in this area requires us to have a certain understanding so that we can use the medicine correctly. So, what are the effects, functions and consumption methods of tortoise shell glue? Let’s take a closer look at it below.

The efficacy and function of tortoise shell

Nourishing Yin and suppressing Yang: It can not only be used to replenish Yin, but also to hide Yang inside the body, ensuring that the Yang in the body does not leak out and ensuring the normal functioning of the body.

It benefits the kidneys and strengthens the bones, consolidates the essence and stops bleeding, nourishes the blood and invigorates the heart, etc. It is a very good yin-tonifying medicine.

It can treat symptoms such as liver and kidney yin deficiency, kidney deficiency and weakness of muscles and bones, metrorrhagia and excessive menstruation in women.

It can be used to treat headaches, dizziness, night sweats, spermatorrhea, tremors in hands and feet, soreness of waist and knees, palpitations, insomnia and forgetfulness, etc.

Medicinal compatibility of tortoise shell

1. For patients with liver and kidney yin deficiency, hyperactivity of liver yang, dizziness, swollen eyes and tinnitus, it can be used with raw oyster, Chinese rhizome, raw white peony root, etc.

2. For patients with paralysis, weak tendons and bones, and severe deficiency of qi and blood, it can be used in combination with phellodendron chinense, dried ginger, and tangerine peel.

3. For those with insufficient yin and blood, malnutrition of the mind, palpitations, restlessness, insomnia and forgetfulness, it can be used with dragon bone, polygala and calamus.

4. For patients with yin deficiency and blood heat, damage to Chong and Ren meridians, menorrhagia, and metrorrhagia, it can be used in combination with white peony root, scutellaria baicalensis, phellodendron chinense, and toona sinensis root bark.

How to eat tortoise shell

Astragalus and Turtle Shell Soup

Ingredients: 60g raw Astragalus, 20g raw Rehmannia, 15g tortoise shell (pre-fried), 20g Prunella Vulgaris, 15g Forsythia, 15g Anemarrhena, 10g Coptis, 15g Cyperus, 15g Salvia, 15g White Sinapis, 15g Scrophularia, 20g Fritillaria, 30g raw oyster

practice

1. Soak the above medicines except tortoise shell in water for half an hour. Boil the tortoise shell with water for 40 minutes.

2. Add the soaked medicine and boil for 30 minutes. After two decoctions, a total of 400 ml of juice is retained.

Take 200 ml after breakfast and dinner.

Chinese yam and tortoise shell soup

Ingredients: 1 pig liver, 300g lean pork, 3 slices of Ganoderma lucidum, 2g Chinese yam, 2g five-fingered peach, 2g tortoise shell powder, salt to taste

practice

1. Wash the liver and lean pork, cut the pork into small pieces (if you want to eat the soup residue), and blanch it to remove the blood;

2. Put the above ingredients, Ganoderma lucidum, Smilax glabra, Eleutherodactyla chinensis, and tortoise shell powder into a pot, add cold water and boil. (1-2 hours for an open flame. About 25 minutes for an electric pressure cooker.)

3. Add appropriate amount of salt after serving.

I think everyone should be clear about the effects, functions and consumption methods of tortoise shell glue. It can be said that the effects and functions of tortoise shell glue are quite rich, and it is a very good medicinal material. If you need to use this kind of thing in your daily life, you can make it according to the recipe, but it is best to be guided by a doctor for safety.