Gui Ban
Name: Fresh Water Turtle Shell (龜板)
Pinyin: Gui Ban
Pharm. Name: Plastrum Testudinis
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
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Salty Sweet |
Nourish yin of liver and kidney, subdue yang, strengthen bone, stop bleeding, nourish the blood, and tonify heart. |
Heart, Kidney, Liver, Lung |
9-45g |
Description:
It is indicated for yin deficiency with yang hyperactivity, endogenous wind, and yin deficiency with internal heat due to the liver and kidney yin deficiency, because it can nourish the yin of liver and kidney, suppress floating yang which moves upwards. For dizziness, blurred vision, flushing with blood-shot eyes, impatience and temper loss easily due to the liver and kidney yin deficiency, and liver yang flaming upwards, it is combined with yin-nourishing and yang-subduing herbs, for instance, it is used with Dai Zhe Shi, Tian Dong, and Long Gu in Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang from Yi Xue Zhong Zhong Can Xi Lu. It can tonify and nourish liver and kidney, strengthen tendon and bone, can tonify liver and kidney, strengthen thoroughfare and conception vessels, and It can nourish yin and blood, tonify heart to induce tranquilization.