Ding Li

[ source ] was contained in the" China Medicinal animal fauna".
[ ] Pinyin name D n be L
English name [ ] T-shaped shellfish
[ alias ] an oyster, Lo Kau, T-shaped Bay, the sea Ding Zi
[ source ]
Medicine source: Ding Li as clamp clam shell.
Latin animal mineral name: Malleus malleus ( Linnaeus )
Harvest and storage : the four seasons can capture, catch to meat shell, washed, dried.
[ ] the original form of Ding Li, a T-shaped shells, shell thick, high121-186mm, long 52-63mm ( excluding wing-like protrusions). The two shell is equal, the right shell is smooth, slightly convex top left shell, shell small, is located in the central, slightly forward. Shell top front, after each one of a large protuberance, the shell was Ding Zihao. Dorsal ventral sides of the edge has a large undulation scales, growth lines but rough, scaly overlap is not significant. The two shell color is the same, are yellowish white. Shell surface by the visceral mass as a location for the dark brown, with Pearl luster. The remaining part of the color and shell similar to. Hinge line, toothless, ligament width; purple brown, groove, subtriangular, slightly oblique. Adductor scar long ovoid, brown black, located in the anterior part of the dorsal. Foot screw hole is very small, hairlike filaments.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: living in the low tide line near or subtidal shallow sandy seabed, shell top buried in the sediment, rear end exposed sand, fishermen trawl or stem the tide can be collected.
Resource distribution: China's distribution in the South China sea.
[ character ] trait differential shell of a T-shaped, slightly undulate curved, ca.15cm, about5.2cm. The two shell is equal, but the right shell flat, slightly convex left shell. Shell top small, is located in the central, on its front, after a large protuberance of each, so that the whole shell was hammer. The outer surface of yellow-white, concentric growth lines rough, slightly scaly, the inner surface being bone dirty as a location for Brown group color, remaining with the upper surface of the same, with pearly luster. Hinge line points without teeth. Qualitative hard, cross section layer. Gas micro, salty taste.
[ ] sweet and salty taste; cold;
[ ] to the liver through the heart;
[ ] functions of clearing away heat and toxic material. The main wet sore furuncle;
[ usage]: Decoction orally,5-15g; or at the end of the inquiry. External: moderate, grind end Caesar or grinding water coating.
[ ] the paper" China Medicinal animal fauna" : cure eczema, furuncle.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.com/