The efficacy and function of turtle armor
Sexual flavor and efficacy
Taste into, sweet, sex flat. Effects: Nourishing yin and submerging yang, tonifying the kidney and filling the essence.
Traditional Applications
Treating kidney yin deficiency, bone vapor and tidal fever, night sweating; heat disease and yin injury. Yin deficiency and wind movement; lumbar and leg weakness, muscle and bone impotence; children's fontanel incompatibility; as well as collapse and leakage and other painful evidence.
This drug is often used in the following traditional formula: ① Dazhongyin Pill ("Danxi Xinfa"): sizzling tortoise plate, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Zhimo, Cortex Phellodendron Bidentata, pig spinal cord, treatment of yin deficiency fire, bone vapor and labor heat; ② Jianbuhu submerged pills ("Danxi Xinfa"): tortoise plate, tiger bone (now replaced by the dog's bone), Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Cortex Phellodendron Bidentata, Cortex Phellodendron Bidentata, lockyang, white peony, dry ginger, chenpi, treatment of the deficiency of the liver and kidney, impotence of sinews and bones; ③ tortoise and deer two immortal cream ("Secret Anatomy of Regeneration"). Regency Secret Anatomy"): turtle version, antler, ginseng, wolfberry, boiled paste, treatment of deficiency of essence, dream ejaculation and spermatorrhea, visual acuity; ④ Zuo Gui Pill (Jing Yue Quanshan): turtle version of gum, antler gum, cooked ground, yam, wolfberry, cornelian cherry, cuscuta, Sichuan cow knee, treatment of renal essence deficiency, lumbar and knee soreness and weakness, spermatorrhea and slippery ejaculation.
The turtle version is also found in Heche Dazao Pill, which treats deficiency and labor of tubercular infection; and in Da Dingfeng Zhu, Xiao Dingfeng Zhu, and Sanjia Fuxin Tang, which treats high fever and injury of yin and wind-induced convulsions, in the "Articles on Warm Diseases".
Main Ingredients
It mainly contains gelatin composed of protein, amino acids, and trace elements.
1. Tortoise shell gelatin belly and back armor contain gelatin, protein, 17 kinds of amino acids, hydrolyzed amino acids to glycine, proline, alanine, glutamic acid, arginine and other high content.
2. Trace elements shed more calcium, trace elements strontium and silica, followed by zinc, copper and so on.
The pharmacological effects of tortoise
(a) the effect on the adrenal function
tortoise on the adrenal cortex has obvious protection and prevention of atrophy, so that the adrenal cortex globular band, fascicular band cell volume, can improve the compensatory function of the adrenal cortex, and can increase the weight of the reproductive glands of mice, including testes, uterus, prostate, spermathecal glands, and to promote the growth of development. . It also excites the uterus and enhances contractions.
(II) the effect on the cellular regulatory system
In the study of the nature of yin deficiency, it has been proposed that the cyclic nucleotide system is an important regulatory system at the molecular level of the body of the - 0 yin deficiency patients with plasma cAMP accounted for the relative dominance of Yang deficiency patients with plasma cGMP accounted for the relative dominance of Yang deficiency patients. Shengdi and Kamehameha combination can reduce the hyperactive plasma cAMP level of hyperthyroidism model animals to normal level, while it has no effect on the cAMP of hypothyroidism model animals.
(C) Effect on energy metabolism
Tortoise shell can bi-directionally regulate the nucleic acid synthesis and metabolism of the liver and spleen, so that the hyperactive nucleic acid metabolism is reduced, and the hypoactive nucleic acid metabolism is strengthened. The oxidative process of the cells of Yin-deficient animals is accelerated, heat production is increased, basal metabolism is elevated, and proteolytic metabolism is accelerated, and the decoction of tortoise shell can make the above changes be significantly inhibited and restored to normal, and the effects of dorsal and abdominal armor are similar.
Tortoise shell can reduce the oxygen consumption of yin-deficient animals and prolong their time of hypoxia tolerance.
(D) the effect on immune function
Tortoise can improve the function of monocyte phagocytosis system, can fight against the inhibition of immunosuppressants on cellular immunity, and can have a protective effect on the decline of leukocytes, can improve the immunosuppressed state of the spleen and the thymus of the weight and function of the lymphatic conversion rate and the serum IgG increased.
(E) anti-aging: human embryonic diploid cells (2BS cells) in vitro culture, after the role of turtle shells to see the cell growth, its division and proliferation than the control group significantly faster, in the control group cells began to decay, turtle shells group is still continuing to rise. This suggests that it has a significant role in promoting the growth and proliferation of 2BS cells and anti-aging.
The ability of tortoise shell to increase the content of superoxide dismutase is also one of its anti-aging mechanisms.
Clinical applications
1. Treatment of the elderly and children with physical weakness, mental weakness, lumbar and leg pain and weakness, etc. identified as kidney deficiency.
2. Treatment of male and female infertility, menopausal syndrome.
3. Treatment of functional hypothermia, hypothermia caused by tuberculosis, bone tuberculosis and so on.
4. Treatment of postoperative tumor, body weakness.
5. Treatment of chronic nephritis, lupus nephritis, chronic pyelonephritis with lumbar soreness and proteinuria.
(6) Others
1. It can resist atherosclerosis and reduce total serum lipids and cholesterol, increase coronary flow, and improve myocardial resistance to hypoxia.
2. It has anti-tumor effects, and has inhibitory effects on tumor models s180 and Ul4.
3. It can excite the uterus of human and animals, and make the uterus rhythmic contraction strengthen and tension increase.
4. Tortoise shell gum has the effect of elevating the number of white blood cells.
5. Tortoise shell decoction can counteract the serum copper content of rats with hyperthyroidism and yin deficiency, and it has no effect on zinc, which decreases the copper/zinc ratio. Because copper is the catalyst of the redox system, serum copper decline, so that the catalytic process is inhibited, which can play a role in alleviating the symptoms of yin deficiency.
(VII) Study of concoctions
The decoction rate of raw, sand-fried and sand-fried vinegar-quenched products of turtle on the armor was 8.6%, l5.4% and l5?2%, respectively. The amino acid content was vinegar quenched product > sand fried product > raw product. It indicates that the concoction of tortoise shell helps the dissolution of the ingredients (Sun Xiumei, et al. Comparison of decoction analysis of different concoctions of tortoise shell. Chinese patent medicine, 1989<10>:22).
Dosage and Usage
Pharmacopoeia dosage: 9-24g.
Clinical dosage: 9-15g.
Large dosage: l5-30g.
Method of Use: Decoction with water, boiled ointment.
Clinical experience of tortoise
(a) the best tonic for the kidney
Tortoise is flat in nature, not warm and not cold, and the ancients believed that ? The turtle is the most yin in the yin, meaning that this product is the best way to nourish the kidney. Most of the clinical use of tortoise shell according to traditional Chinese medicine, in order to nourish the yin and tonify the kidney, fill the essence of the blood as the most appropriate. Tortoise shell is indeed one of the best drugs for tonifying the kidney, and it is also the best drug for tonifying kidney yin. It can regulate yin deficiency and yang deficiency in both directions, and can be used for kidney yin deficiency, kidney yang deficiency or both yin and yang deficiencies. It can be used to nourish kidney yin in patients with yin deficiency and fire exuberance together with Sheng Di, Zhi Mou, Maidong, and can be used to warm up kidney yang together with Deer Antlers and Cuscuta for patients with kidney yang deficiency. The old formula turtle deer two immortal cream, is the kidney yin and kidney yang and supplement the famous formula.
(B) varieties of turtles
More varieties of turtles, "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded water turtles, turtles (mountain turtles), loggerhead turtles (xi) turtles three. Modern turtle wild has been very rare, is the scope of wildlife protection. For medicinal use is the pond cultured, all water turtles.
Loggerhead sea turtles for a kind of sea turtles, "Materia Medica" on the ? Functions specialized in detoxification? The record, there is no specific indications. In the 70s of the last century, the sea turtle armor instead of the turtle version of the use of soft nut effect, but no nourishing effect. According to the study has the effect of improving immune function, once used in the treatment of tumors. Due to wildlife protection, has long been discontinued.
(C) on the dorsal armor and the abdominal armor of the dispute
Turtle's armor of human medicine is a good part of the dorsal armor or abdominal armor good? There were different opinions in ancient times. In the Compendium of Materia Medica, it is written: "In ancient times, both the upper and lower armor were used. Anciently, the upper and lower armor are used. To the "Rihua" began to use the turtle version, and the later people then main carry on. The Rihua Zi all herbs" is a work of the Northern Song Dynasty, the earliest proposed the use of tortoise plate. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Danxi proposed the use of Xiajia for the Great Tonic Pill. After a long period of time are considered lower
A good. Li Shizhen advocated the use of both upper and lower a. The modern prescription of traditional Chinese medicine is based on the original teaching. Modern Chinese medicine prescription according to the original textbook is customarily written sizzling turtle version. The actual supply of the herb company is the dorsal armor and abdominal armor of the unified goods. According to modern composition and pharmacological research, the upper and lower armor is basically the same, the clinical long-term use of no objection, has been recognized. The new Pharmacopoeia also uses the name of tortoise shell.
(D) tortoise shell raw and sizzling with the controversy
Li Shizhen advocated tortoise shell sizzling with the cloud:? Gray water soaked, coated with crispy sizzling yellow with. There are also wine hot, vinegar hot, pig fat hot, burned ash with. Also said:? Nowadays, people use drilling and boiled in water, the nature of the gas does not exist. Generally do not use raw. In the process, the first to remove a layer of grease on the surface of the carapace, with the fire sizzling loose, for the sizzling turtle shell. Now research has confirmed that the hot use can make the ingredients of turtle shell more dissolved (Sun Xiumei, et al. Comparative analysis of decoctions of different artillery products of turtle shells. Comparative analysis of decoctions of different concoctions of turtle shells.
If the turtle shell is boiled with water, its effect is greatly reduced and should not be used in medicine.
The name of the cracked turtle is defeated turtle plate, which is cracked by fire. Li Shizhen pointed out: ? Said the defeated, said drilling and burning Chenjiu as also.? Sizzling loose cracking should be conducive to the active ingredients more dissolved in water. Defeat should not be the tortoise after the death of the withered cracked turtle armor.
(E) turtles are the longest-lived animals
Turtles are the world's least active, slowest action, but the longest-lived animals. There is a famous saying? The turtle does not move, can live a thousand years? It is recorded in the Nei Jing: ? Yin and Yang secret, the spirit is healed. Outside the shape of the matter, no thought of trouble, to quiet for the service, to get for the work, the body is not worn out, the spirit is not scattered, but also can be a hundred numbers. It means that the activities of the middle-aged and the elderly should be appropriate, not too fatigue, the spirit should be happy and relaxed, can have a hundred years of life. Too much activity in the elderly will dissipate the blood, strain the muscles and bones, will affect the life, is not advocated by traditional Chinese medicine.
The reason for the turtle's longevity is comprehensive and multifactorial. Slow metabolism, but can be persistent is one of the reasons; the body must have an important undiscovered substances, with a strong anti-aging effect. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine since ancient times will be tortoise shell as the main anti-aging and longevity of the main drug.
(F) for immune diseases and tumors
Tortoise shell has the effect of improving the immune function, to improve the non-specific immunity and cellular immunity, the treatment of autoimmune diseases, the use of the compound, not found to have an effect on the antibody.
Kamma is an important drug for immune diseases, and can be used when the patient has a deficiency of kidney yin and kidney essence, whether it is an autoimmune disease or an immunodeficiency disease, hyper-immune or hypo-immune.
In my experience formula for lupus erythematosus, sizzling tortoise shell is often added to the red spot soup, which is used together with Radix et rhizoma, Artemisiae aristatae, plaster of gypsum, Scutellariae baicalensis, etc.; and sizzling tortoise shell is used in my experience formula for chronic nephritis, lupus nephritis, which has long term proteinuria, which is used in the Qingkui soup, together with Radix et rhizoma, Cortex eucommiae, Rhizoma Dendrobatidis, and Sambucus nigra, etc., in order to reduce proteinuria and improve renal function.
Tumor patients with low immune function need to improve immune function for a long time. Roasted turtle shell and roasted turtle shell are used together to improve immune function and inhibit tumor.
(VII) on replenishing essence and blood
Chinese medicine theory of essence insufficient to make up for the taste, tortoise shell, tortoise shell gel, tortoise deer two immortal cream is one of the representative prescription drugs. Chronic disease identification there, kidney yin deficiency, essence and blood deficiency condition, mainly hypoproteinemia and severe anemia. Plasma transfusion, albumin transfusion, etc. are also meant to replenish essence and blood.
Patients with lupus nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, cirrhosis of the liver with hypoproteinemia, edema, ascites, if you can take a long time to take the turtle shells, dihuang, etc., on the one hand, it can reduce proteinuria, on the other hand, it can increase the serum albumin, and reduce the decomposition of albumin. For severe hypoproteinemia, even serum albumin in the 15 ~ l0g / L below, the infusion of albumin and take tortoise and deer and other essence of blood tonic medicine, two-pronged, than the effect of albumin alone is about to be good.
The turtle has a whitening effect. For patients with severely low white blood cells, hemoglobin and platelets, it can be used to promote bone marrow hematopoiesis together with the production of shouwu, antler or antler slices.
These diseases mentioned above are more serious, the recovery of laboratory indicators to have a process, in the short term, although not rapidly improved. But the patient's conscious symptoms, especially weakness, can be improved quickly. As the symptoms continue to improve, the test indicators will slowly improve until they return to normal.
(H) on the treatment of bone and joint damage
Bone and joint damage with lumbar and knee soreness and weakness, identified as kidney loss and bone deficiency, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis,
Drug osteonecrosis, chronic osteoarthritis and other middle and late stage bone and joint damage. Tortoise shell and Chuanjie, dog spine, elderberry, antler slices, etc., can be used to supplement, kidney and bone, promote bone newborn. It has been used in the empirical formula of Bone Soup.
If the tumor patient is diagnosed with kidney yin deficiency, tortoise shell can be used together with turtle shell to support positive anti-cancer.
(IX) about hormone reduction
Long-term adrenal glucocorticoid patients with immunological diseases, due to long-term negative feedback inhibition of the adrenal cortex, and some even atrophy, the cortical function has been reduced and the level is low. Once the hormone is reduced, the condition will easily rebound. Therefore, patients who need to reduce the amount of hormone, need to determine the plasma cortisol level. If the plasma cortisol level is low, it is necessary to raise the level of cortisol in the body first. Tortoise shell has the effect of promoting the function of adrenal cortex, can make plasma cortisol content increase, can be used with the raw land, Morinda citrifolia, immortal spleen, etc., in order to improve the level of hormone in the body.
As the effect of corticosteroid is rapid, its therapeutic effect and side effects are simultaneous, in order to prevent a rebound, must be based on the stabilization of the condition, there is an original amount of hormone and Chinese medicine at the same time to take the stage, in order to make the function of the adrenal cortex has a gradual recovery and then improve the process, after that can only be gradually reduced the amount of prednisone. The Chinese herbs Radix et Rhizoma Shengdi and Radix et Rhizoma Gulabrae can accelerate this process.
(J) on anti-aging health and longevity
As mentioned earlier, turtle shell has to improve immune function, regulate metabolic function, enhance the role of adrenal cortex function, remove oxygen free radicals and delay cellular aging and so on, so the long-term use of the middle-aged and elderly people to promote health, prolong life. Zhu Danxi's point of view, yin is often insufficient, yang is often surplus, from young to old, should be lifelong yin tonic, so the formulation of the great tonic yin pill. Many of the yin tonic medicines based on turtle shell have anti-aging effects, and can be taken regularly to receive the effect of health and longevity.
(xi) Nourishing yin without lowering the temperature or sliding the bowels, tortoise shell nourishes yin optimally, but it has no heat-clearing and detoxifying effects. It has no effect of lowering body temperature or removing toxins. For patients with yin deficiency and hyperactivity, it improves internal heat by regulating the metabolic function, and the treatment of low fever needs to be used with other yin-nourishing and heat-clearing medicines.
Most of the yin nourishing drugs clear fire and slippery bowel, only the turtle shell does not cause slippery bowel, chronic diarrhea, bowel movements of patients are not prohibited. For patients with chronic ulcerative colitis, spleen and kidney deficiency, turtle shells can be used with spleen and kidney tonic, clearing heat and activating blood.
"Materia Medica Tongxuan" contains: ? All nourishing yin and lowering the fire of the medicine, more cold damage to the stomach, but the turtle shell benefits the large intestine, stopping diarrhea, so that people eat. Nourishing Yin medicine slippery bowel cause, mostly mucus caused by the turtle shell does not contain mucus, so will not help wet dull stomach slippery bowel.
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