Bencao Index https://bencaoindex.com/ https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/ge-qiao/ Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice. <a href="https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/ge-qiao/">Bencao Index</a> ge qiao 蛤壳 Concha Meretricis seu Cyclinae Clam Shell kaigokaku hapgok Transform Phlegm Stop Coughing Lung Stomach

Clears Lung Heat, transforms Phlegm and descends Lung Qi

Phlegm-Heat or Phlegm-Fire cough and wheezing: thick yellow sputum that is hard to cough up, with pain in the chest and ribs Cough, asthma, bronchitis

Softens hardness and dissipates nodules

Goiter, thyroid nodules and scrofula from Phlegm-Fire

Promotes urination and drains Damp (mild)

Milky Lin: cloudy, painful urination, with vaginal discharge Superficial edema with difficult urination Phlegm-Damp (Tan Yin), and Phlegm that lingers or persists

Neutralises stomach acid and relieves pain (calcined and powdered)

Acid regurgitation and epigastric pain from too much stomach acid Gastric and duodenal ulcers Hemorrhoids and bloody dysentery