Hard clam

[ source ] from the" compendium of Materia Medica": a hard clam, sea, big clam, namely the mirage also. " Materia Medica": the purple through hard clam, sea is purple pui. Modern treatment of ulcer in use, its shell for ash calcined with sores. The South China Sea, Beihai all has, use no time. People also eat their meat, clouds taste Hampyeong non-toxic, like clams meat and hard to. Can alcohol toxicity. North of shell rough worn also.
[ ] Ch 's o Pinyin name
English name [ chela ]
[ alias ] mirage, Chang E
[ source ]
Medicine source: as tridacnidae animal Tridacna gigas oyster shell or all.
Latin animal mineral name: Hippopus hippopus ( Linnaeus )
Harvest and storage: the four seasons can catch, casing, casing, wash meat, dried.
[ ] the original morphology of Tridacna gigas oyster shell was unequal, quadrilateral or rhombic, crustaceous heavy and thick, general shell length 153mm, high 117mm, width 113mm, individual large, long and up to 385mm, high 250mm, weighs 10kg. The two equal size. Both sides are not equal. Shell roof is located on the dorsal margin slightly on the front casing top, front concave, byssus byssus hole is narrow, the hole edge are arranged in rows, locking the dentation. Shell front rear convex, slightly pointed, the ventral margin wavy buckling. The dorsal margin slightly flat. External ligament length, yellow-brown, uneven shading. Shell white or yellow-white, rough and uneven, with unequal thickness radial rib strip, and distributed with purple spots, more apparent when larvae. White shell surface, shiny. Having a shell surface radial rib corresponding costal groove. Hinge is long and narrow, left, right putamen with main tooth and tooth side 1. Trace is not clear. Adductor scar ovoid, slightly below the central shell situated near, but not obvious. Foot, foot underdeveloped.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: living in low areas in the vicinity of coral or reef tank.
Resource distribution in China: two islands have distribution.
[ ] this product chemical composition containing Tridacna agglutinin ( tridacnin ).
[ ] sweet and salty taste; cold;
[ ] the lung spleen meridian;
[ function ] detoxification; Xiaoji hangover. The main back ulcer; it boils, wine product block addiction
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 10-15g; or into powder. External: moderate, grind end powder.
[ note ]:" herbal medicine" ( car AO ) grub cantharidin, don't eat the.
[ ] the discussion
The 1" Chinese Materia Medica": Meat: antialcoholism gleaning. Diabetes and carbuncle.
2:" schema" shell: Xiaoji block, antialcoholism, cure diseases Xin back pain.
3" classes" : the hard clam, salty air cold and fall, Yin within yin also. Into the blood, so people with treatment of ulcer, and evil, clouds have outstanding merit, must also know the actual situation and how to have blood. This surgery with fresh knowledge.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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