Corrugated Ark Shell
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Corrugated Ark Shell
This product is a lesser-used traditional Chinese medicine with the name of ark shell in its original form, and it is listed as a lower class in the "Compendium of Materia Medica". To "Compendium of Materia Medica" began and "kui clam" and for a. The original animal of the commercially available products are common. There are 3 kinds of commercially available protozoa. The medicine is not customarily divided.
[Protozoa]
1. Mud clam
Arca granosa L. (Anadara granosa)-Mollusca, Lamellibranchia, Filibranchia, Arcaceae, Arcaidae
Mollusca, Mollusca, Mollusca, Arcaceae, Arcaceae
Mollusca, Lamellibranchia, Filibranchia, Arcaceae, Arcaceae
Mollusca
Shellfish of the sea. Shell height is larger than shell width, about 2/3 of the length, shell top is prominent and rolled inward, about 1/3 in front of the shell, the distance between them is farther, the shell surface is covered with brown crust, which is very easy to fall off, especially at the top, so the shell is often white, the shell dorsal surface with 18 radial ribs, intercostal grooves wider than the ribs; the radial lines are only a few smooth ones at the back, and the rest are all arranged by the granular protrusions, which is fine and dense at the top, to the ventral surface is rough; before the shell is bluntly rounded at the end, extending backward, the shell is smooth, the shell is smooth, the shell is smooth, the shell is smooth, the shell is smooth, the shell is smooth. end bluntly rounded, extending backward, dorsally sloping down, so that the posterior end is pointed and thin. Ligaments of black-brown horny cortex, spearhead-shaped, anterior part of shell apex larger than posterior part, hinged part straight, hinged teeth about 40, thick and sparse at both ends, tapering to a fine density towards the center. Inner surface of shell with depressions corresponding to the ribbed pattern on the margins, without ribs, but with a slightly raised fine radial pattern anterior to the middle, occupying about 2/3 of the area; the closed-shell bone scar is more pronounced and slightly rounded, the latter being larger than the former, and the outer coat membrane is more developed, with undulating margins corresponding to the radial ribs. No foot filaments.
Lives in soft mud flats in shallow seas.
Distributed in China's coastal areas, Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other places are cultured.
2. Hair arkshell
Arca subcrenala Lischke (Anadara subcrenala)--Arcaenidae
Shell height is larger than the shell width, about 3/4 to 4/5 of the shell length, the top of the shell is protruding and the tip of the shell is rolled inward, located in the dorsal front, and there are brownish-brown velvet on the surface of the shell, the top of which can easily fall off. The shell surface is covered with brownish-brown velvet, the top of which is very easy to fall off, so the shell is often white, the anterior edge of the shell is rounded, and gradually extends backward, and the dorsal surface slopes downward, so that the posterior end of the shell is petaloid, and the left shell is slightly larger than the right shell, each shell has 30-34 radial ribs, and the one with 31 is more, the width of ribbing and intercostal grooves are equal, and the edge of the shell has the same number of depressions comparable to those of the ribbing and intercostal grooves. The ribs of the two shells are obviously different, the right shell is extremely smooth except for a few protuberances at the anterior end, while the left shell has only 10 or so smoother ones at the posterior end, the rest being composed of small rectangular protuberances, the radial ribs are weak at the tip and become thicker downwards, the tops of the two shells are farther apart, the ligaments are lanceolate and the hinges are straight, with 50 or so hinged teeth, which are thick and sparse at the two ends, and become gradually finer and denser towards the center. The inner surface of the shell also has a protuberance comparable to the ribbed pattern, no ribbed pattern, but a very fine linear pattern; the closed-shell muscle scar is conspicuous, the anterior closed-shell muscle scar is ovate, smaller, pointed at the lower end, and the posterior closed-shell muscle scar is in the shape of a chicken's heart. Middle and upper parts of both shells extremely swollen. The margin of the coat is thick, corrugated, and the outer side is imprinted with the same teeth as the margin of the shell. Foot not very well developed. No foot filaments.
Lives in shallow muddy bottoms, especially near estuaries with freshwater inflow.
Distributed in China's coastal areas, to the Shandong Peninsula of the Yangjiaogou, Hebei Tanggu, Liaoning Liaohekou and other places in the majority.
3. Arca inflata
Arca inflata Reeve--Arcaenidae
Body shape is similar to that of Arca inflata, but the two shells on the left and right are equal, the top of the shell is protruding and inwardly rolled, located in the front of the back, the front of the shell is obtuse-rounded, backwardly tapering and narrowing, and slanting down from behind the back, and there are 42-48 radial ribbed patterns on the shell (usually 43), smooth and neat, and the width of ribbed patterns and intercostal grooves is very wide, and the width of the inter-costal grooves is very small. Ribs and intercostal grooves equal in width, shell surface covered with brown tunic and hairs, very easy to shed, ligaments pike-like, black-brown horny thick skin, about 2/3 of the shell length, inner surface of the shell white, slightly grayish near the top, margin thick, with elongate teeth comparable to the radial ribs and grooves on the shell surface and protruding, without radial ribs but with very weak radial stripes. Articulated part straight, with about 70 articulated teeth, tapering from both ends towards the center, both coat scar and closed-shell muscle scar conspicuous, the former closed-shell muscle scar smaller, nearly round, the latter slightly larger, square-like; coat membrane margin thick, with folded walls, outer side with incised lines comparable to marginal teeth. No foot filaments.
Lives in shallow marine muddy bottoms.
Distributed in the Yellow and Bohai Seas, the East China Sea and the South China Sea, with more in Lianjiaogang, Qingdao, Shidao, Jinzhou and other places.
The above three kinds of protozoa retrieval table:
1. Shell surface radial ribs flat, not composed of granular protuberances . .2. shell over not too big, shell surface radial ribs 30 to 34 ........................ ........................ Arca subcrenala. 2. Shells very large, shell surface radial ribs 42-34 Shell surface radial ribs 42～48 ........................... .............................. A. inflata
1. The radial ribbing on the shell surface consists of interrupted granular projections ..................... .............................. ...Mud ark shell A. granosa
[Harvesting]
Spring and fall is the spawning season, usually picked up in the shallow sea mud and sand, washed the mud and sand, boiled in boiling water, the meat for food, and the shell can be dried in the sun.
[Concocted]
1. Raw corrugated seeds: pick the impurities, washed and dried, crushed that is.
2. Calcined corrugated seeds: pick clean impurities of corrugated seeds, loaded into a sand jar in the furnace calcined red, removed and cooled into.
[Herbs and production and marketing]
This product is the shells of mud clam, ark shell or ark shell.
[Name]
Concha Arca alias: ark shell (Shanghai, Hebei, Zhejiang, Liaoning), Valongzi, Valong clam skin (Shandong).
[Origin and sales habits]
Mainly produced in Jiangsu Xinhai Lian, Shandong Qingdao, Yantai, Penglai, Rongcheng, Haiyang, Jiaoxian, Yecheng, and along the coast of Hebei.
[Chemical composition]
Mainly contains calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate and so on.
[Identification of herbs]
Trait identification
The left and right shells are homomorphic or the left shell is slightly larger than the right shell, fan-shaped or sub-triangular, the back is elevated, and the top of the shell is protruding and inwardly rolled. It is 2-7 centimeters long, 1.5-5 centimeters wide, and 0.8-2.5 centimeters high. Outside of shell gray-brown, white or light pink interspersed in half concentric bands; with 18-48 elevated ribs (tiles ), radiating from the shell mouth to the edge and gradually narrowing and broadening, and intersecting with the bands, the ribs with granular protuberances or smooth; slightly with porcelain-like luster. Inside surface of shell white, creamy white or egg green; margins with depressions corresponding to ribbing; smooth.
The hinged surface has a row of flatly arranged hinged teeth, gradually becoming thicker and sparser from the center to the ends. The texture is hard, but smashable, and the section is white. The odor is absent.
The one that is neat, clean and free of flesh and soil is preferred.
[Utility]
[Taste] Sweet and salty, flat.
[Functions] Eliminating phlegm accumulation, dispersing blood clots.
[Indications] Stomach pain and acid swallowing, old phlegm accumulation.
[Dosage] 10g～20g.
[Contraindication] Not recommended for those without phlegm accumulation.
English name CONCHA ARCAE
Alias ark shell, hairy clam, ridge
SourceThis product is the shells of ark shells Arca subcrenata Lischke, ark shells Arca granosa Linnaeus or ark shells Arca inflata Reeve. Caught in the fall, winter to the following spring, washed, slightly boiled in boiling water, remove the meat, dry.
Methods Calcined corrugated: put the washed corrugated in a pot, covered with a slightly smaller pot, the seams are sealed with yellow mud, so as not to make leakage, above the bottom of the pot to paste a white paper and press a heavy weight, calcined to the pasted white paper turned yellow, removed to cool, crushed can be. The corrugated seeds can also be put into the crucible or other vessels, calcined in a smokeless fire until red, removed to cool, crushed can be.
Traits
Hair ark shell: slightly triangular or fan-shaped, 4-5cm long, 3-4cm high, the outer shell is elevated, with brownish-brown velvet or has been removed; the shell top is protruding, inwardly curled; from the top of the shell to the ventral surface there are extended radial ribs 30-34. The inner surface of the shell is smooth, white, with the margin of the shell having a depression corresponding to the straight flute outside the shell, and the hinged part has 1 row of small teeth. Firm. Odorless, tasteless.
Mud clam: 2.5-4cm long, 2-3cm high, no brownish hairs on the outside of the shell, 18-21 radiating ribs, granular protrusions on the ribs.
Quebecks: 7-9cm long, 6-8cm high, 42-48 radiating ribs outside the shell.
Sex and flavor attributed to the meridian salty, flat. Attributed to the lung, stomach, liver meridian.
Functions: eliminating phlegm and removing blood stasis, softening and dispersing hard lumps, suppressing acid and relieving pain. It is used in treating stubborn phlegm accumulation, sticky and difficult to cluck, gall tumor, scrofula, obstruction in the abdomen, stomach pain and acidity.
Dosage 9~15g, should be decocted first.
Store in a dry place.
Excerpts from National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine