鳖甲胶

Name

Bie Jia Jiao (Turtle Carapace Glue)

The Effect of 鳖甲胶

Property

Salty, slightly cold; lung, liver and kidney meridians entered.

Actions

Nourish yin, supplement blood, abatement of fever and resolve stagnation.

Indications

Hot flashes with yin deficiency, malaria, swelling and pain of haemorrhoids.

Dosage and Administrations

Melted by boiled water or millet wine for oral administration, 3~9 g, or made into pills.

Cations

It should be used carefully for people with deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach, and those who eat less and have loose stool or pregnant women.