Oyster (mǔlì) family animals long oyster ostrea gigas thunberg, Dalian Bay oyster ostrea talienwhanensis crosse or near the river oyster ostrea rivularis gould shell. It can be harvested all year round, and the flesh is removed, washed and dried in the sun.

Category: medicine for calming the liver and restraining wind

Latin: Concha Ostreae

Alias: oyster clam, Zuo Gu oyster, oyster, sea oyster shell, sea oyster shell, Zuo Shell

Medicinal part: shell

Traits

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Long oyster Long oyster Long flake, dorsal and ventral edges several parallel, long 10～50cm, height 4～15cm. the right shell is smaller, the fresh sheet is firm and thick, laminar or lamellar arrangement, the outside of the shell is flat or with several depressions, mauve, grayish-white or yellowish-brown, the inner surface is porcelain-white, the top of the shell on the two sides of the denticles are absent. The left shell is y concave, the scales are thicker than those of the right shell, and the attachment surface of the shell apex is small. Hard, laminated in section, white. Odorless, slightly salty taste.

Dalian Bay oyster is triangular in shape, with dorsal and ventral margins in the shape of a figure of eight; the right shell is yellowish outside with loose concentric scales, which undulate into waves, and the inner surface is white. Concentric scales of the left shell firm and thick, radiating from the top of the shell to help several, obvious, inner surface concave and box-shaped, hinged surface small.

Oyster Oyster Konohagakure Round, ovoid or triangular. Right shell outside slightly uneven, gray, purple, brown, yellow and other colors, ringed with concentric scales, juvenile scales are thin and brittle, after years of growth scales stacked on top of each other, the inner surface of the white, the edge is sometimes lavender.

Taste and Meridian

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Salty, slightly cold. Attributed to the liver, gallbladder and kidney meridians.

Functions and Indications

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Heavy in calming the mind, submerging yang and tonifying yin, softening and dispersing knots, astringent and astringent. It is used for palpitations and insomnia, dizziness and tinnitus, scrofula and phlegm nuclei, masses and lumps in the abdomen, spontaneous sweating and night sweating, spermatorrhea and leucorrhoea, and stomach pain and acidity. Calcined Oyster: Astringent. Used for spontaneous sweating and night sweating, spermatorrhea and leucorrhea, stomach pain and acidity.

Use and dosage: internal: decoction, 15-30g, first decoction; or into pills, bulk. External use: appropriate amount, powder dry sprinkle or mixing compress.

Contraindications: should not be taken for a long time, so as not to cause constipation and indigestion

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