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Ark shell (Walengzi)
Pharmaceutical Name: Concha Arcae
Zoological Name: 1. Arca granosa L.; 2.
Arca subcrenata Lischke; 3. Arca inflata Reeve
Common Name: Ark shell
Source of Earliest Record: Mingyi Bielu
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The shells are collected from
the sea when the tide is out. After the flesh
is removed, the shell is dried and ground
into powder.
Properties & Taste: Salty and neutral
Meridians: Lung, stomach and liver
Functions: 1. To resolve phlegm and stagnation;
2. To soften hardness and disperse nodules
Indications & Combinations:
1. Scrofula and goiter. Ark shell (Walengzi)
is used with Seaweed (Haizao) and Laminaria
(Kunbu).
2. Stomach pain and acid regurgitation.
Ark shell (Walengzi) is used with Cuttlefish
bone (Wuzeigu).
3. Subcutaneous nodules. Ark shell (Walengzi)
is used with Burreed tuber (Sanleng), Zedoary
(Ezhu) and Turtle shell (Biejia).
Dosage: 10-30 g
Cautions & Contraindications: The raw
substance is used for nodules; the baked substance
is better for treating acid regurgitation
and pain. |
