Dongfeng shells

[ ] Pinyin name Dō n Fē n Lu óK é
[ source ]
Medicine medium source: Buccinidae animal Babylonia lutosa and Babylonia areolata shell.
Latin animal mineral name: 1.Babylonia lutosa ( Lamarck )2.Babylonia oreolata ( Lamarck )
Harvest and storage: Babylonia after the catch, shelled washed, dried.
[ ] the original morphology
The 1shell Babylonia lutosa, long ovoid, medium thick shell, generally about the width of a high 56-70mm, high2/3, resembling8-10layer, sutures significantly, the spiral part is conical in shape, each layer is increased rapidly, expanding circular dish3-4layer formed on an upper portion of the shoulder angle, angular shoulder below slightly straight. Shell surface hoar, tegument is cinnamon skin, a walled individuals have faint pale brown plaque. Shell surface smooth, growth line. An long ovate, inside face white, shiny. The outer lip is thin, inner lip thickened outer volume. The umbilicus is not deep. Some individual umbilical hole is covered by the inner lip. Before the ditch semicircular coarse ribs. Operculum horny, long ovoid, thick, brown, the nucleus is located in the anterior medial.
The 2shell Babylonia areolata, long ovoid, quality strong, general shell high 72-84mm, width 40-46mm, shaped like the mud of the East and slightly larger. Varix of about 9, suture is attached to the ladder or red brown four square plaques, body whorl has 3rows of plaque, above a large plaque. Inner semicircle, white shell surface, can penetrate the shell surface plaque color.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment:1living in water depth of 7-30m sludge or mud and sandy seabed. Carnivorous.
2ecological environment and distribution with same.
Resource distribution: the distribution of our country in the East China Sea, South China sea.
[ character ]
Character identification (1) mud Dongfeng shells, shells were oval, high.0-7.0cm, width 3.0-4.0cm, shell width is about shell high 2/3. The outer surface is smooth, yellowish brown, with a thin shell, the inner surface of a white, shiny. The spiral part is a conical shell, accounts for about1/2, inflated body whorl. An long ovate, shorter front trench, forming a large incision; after gully. Heavy and solid. Gas micro, taste salty.
(2) party class of Babylonia, shell shape and similar, but the shell surface is white with brown, outside the shell, shell surface with violet Brown or reddish brown four square patches, patches on the body whorl3 rows,1 rows above the maximum; white shell surface, can be clear perspective on the shell surface patches of color.
[ ] the main chemical composition of shells containing calcium carbonate.
[ ] taste salty taste; cool
[ indications ] acid to relieve pain; heat-clearing and detoxicating. The main hyperacidity; gastric and duodenal ulcer scabies; scald;
[ usage] oral administration: Calcined grind end,5-10g. External application: suitable, grind end tune apply.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]


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