鳖甲·Carapax Trionycis
Chinese Soft Shelled Turtle Shel
Bie Jia (鳖甲) is the carapace of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle, recorded as Carapax Trionycis. It is salty in flavour and slightly cold, enters the Liver and Spleen channels, and is filed among the substances that tonify Yin.
| Pinyin | bie jia |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 鳖甲·鱉甲·鱉甲(醋) |
| Latin Name | Carapax Trionycis |
| English Name | Chinese Soft Shelled Turtle Shel·Chinese Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell·turtle carapace |
| Japanese | bekko |
| Korean | byeolgap |
Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with rising Heat, causing steaming bone and night sweats; vertigo and tinnitus in Yin Deficiency with rising Yang and deficient Wind stirring internally, by calming the Liver, subduing Yang and extinguishing Wind
gui ban + sheng di huang + bai shao
Severe damage to Yin with tremors and Liver Wind stirring internally
sheng di huang + zhi mu + qing hao + mu dan pi
Yin damaged following febrile illness, with fever and night sweats giving way to a feeling of coolness by morning
di gu pi + qing hao + yin chai hu
Yin Deficiency with steaming bone, night sweats and afternoon fever
di gu pi + huang bai + ren shen
Childhood steaming bone disorder with palpitations and irritability about the diaphragm
Yin Deficiency with Wind moving internally, showing as localized or generalized tremors
Hard, fixed masses in the abdomen and epigastrium
Amenorrhea with abdominal masses.
Uterine bleeding and heavy menstruation
Chronic malaria with enlarged organs and hypochondriac pain
Exterior not released, with constrained Interior Fire, fever that rises in the afternoon and incomplete bowel movements
Long-standing alternating fever and chills from accumulated Food Stagnation and built-up Blood
Ulcers and sores that are chronic and will not heal
bai shao + sheng di huang + e jiao + mai men dong
Liver Wind.
qin jiao + di gu pi + chai hu + zhi mu
Night sweats, night fever, steaming bone, cough, fatigue and weight loss
yin chai hu + qin jiao + qing hao + di gu p + zhi mu + dang gui + wu mei + bai shao + sheng di huang + xuan shen
Tuberculosis with blood-streaked sputum and a chronic dry cough of consumption
da huang + tao ren + hong hua + dang gui wei + chi shao + san leng + e zhu + gui zhi + chuan shan jia
Blood Stagnation with masses or amenorrhea
she gan + meng chong + tao ren + da huang
Abdominal masses from malaria.
chang shan + sheng ma + zhi fu zi + hai piao xiao
Chronic malarial disorders.
chang shan + zhi mu + di gu pi + zhu ye (dan) + shi gao
Warm malarial disorders.
dan shen + hu zhang + yu jin + xuan shen + bai shao
Hepatomegaly or splenomegaly.
xuan shen + zhi mu + zhi zi + xia ku cao + chuan niu xi + mu li
Goiter.
| Age | Raw | Granule | Tincture | Concentrate | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any | 9-30 g | — | — | — | — |
醋鳖甲·Carapax Trionycis Preparatum
Cu chao bie jia (醋鳖甲) is the carapace of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle, supplied in prepared form as Carapax Trionycis Preparatum. The catalogue files it among the substances that tonify Yin, and records it as entering the Liver and Spleen channels.
The catalogue records no separate actions, dose or cautions for this preparation. Unless noted above it follows bie jia.
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