Before we talk about oysters, first of all, we have to distinguish between oyster shell and oyster meat. Generally we use oyster meat for food and oyster shell for Chinese medicine. Many people say oyster, often confuse oyster shell and oyster meat, to know that many things in nature, different parts of the nature, efficacy and side effects are different, and may even be opposite, not to be confused.

When we say oyster as food, we usually mean oyster meat, and will not eat oyster shell;

When we say oyster as medicine, we usually mean oyster shell, and oyster meat is seldom used in medicine.

Oyster Meat and Oyster Shell

Oyster Meat

Oyster Meat,

Oyster Meat,

The Compendium of Materia Medica, recorded that Oyster Meat is sweet in flavor, warm in nature, and non-toxic. It can be cooked and eaten to cure deficiency and regulate the middle. Eat raw with ginger and vinegar. Roasted food is very beautiful, people fine muscle, beautiful color.

That is to say, oyster meat is warm, and oyster shell cold is different, generally there is no record of oyster meat side effects and contraindications, the general public can eat. There are only a few cases that need attention:

1, seafood allergy, do not eat.

2, there are some diseases, as well as some medicines during the medication, try not to eat seafood, such as allergies, skin diseases, external symptoms such as colds, influenza and so on.

3, oyster meat should be clean before eating, try to eat fresh.

Oyster shell

Oyster shell and oyster meat are different in flavor. Oyster shell is salty and slightly cold in nature, it has the effect of calming the liver and submerging the yang, calming and tranquilizing the mind, astringent and astringent, and softening and dispersing the knots.

It is generally used to treat dizziness, headache, tinnitus, irritability caused by hyperactivity of liver yang, and in more serious cases, epilepsy, insomnia, palpitations, etc.; because of astringent and astringent effects, it can also treat spermatorrhea, spermatorrhea, enuresis, urination, urinary frequency, night sweating, spontaneous sweating, avian leakage, bandhidth and other discharges of bodily fluids involuntarily outward; and there is also a commonly used place to treat stomach pains and vomiting of acid with the efficacy of neutralization of gastric acid.

There are several contraindications:

1, people who are weak and cold should not take it, that is, they are usually afraid of cold, afraid of the wind, have cold hands and feet, do not like to move, and like to be warm, and this kind of people, it is better not to use oyster shells in medicine. If you want to use oyster shell as medicine, you need to pair it with warm and hot medicine.

2. It is not suitable for those who have no fire in the kidney and whose semen is cold. That is to say, spermatorrhea, slippery semen is not due to kidney fire, but due to kidney deficiency, should not be used. How to distinguish between kidney deficiency and kidney fire, you need to consult a doctor, in general, the first beginning of the fire, the long illness for the deficiency. There is more fire in the prime of life and more deficiency in old age.

3. As oyster has astringent properties, taking it more than once and for a long time can easily lead to loss of appetite, bloating and constipation, so it is necessary to pay attention to the dosage, time of taking it, and the herbs that go with it.

4, some people are allergic to oyster shells, which can easily lead to vomiting and diarrhea, this kind of people should not use oyster shells in medicine, and try to choose other medicine instead.