Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Concha Arcae |
Latin name: 學名﹕ | Arca inflata Reeve （魁 蚶） A. granosa L. （泥 蚶） A. subcrenala Lischke （毛蚶） |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | garyoshi |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | wabansja |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | ngaa5 ling4 zi2 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | han ke 蚶殼 , wa leng 瓦楞 , 瓦蠪子wa long zi, |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | cockle shell, ark shell |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | throughout coastal China and around the world. |
Properties characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet, salty, neutral 甘,鹹, 平。 |
Channels meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | liver spleen, lung. 肝﹐脾﹐ 肺。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | neutralizes acid in the duodenum and stomach, thus alleviating pain due to ulcer dissolves phlegm, dissipates nodules rickets in children lung TB scrofula
胃，十二指腸潰瘍病 癥瘕痞塊，老痰積結。 小兒佝僂病， 肺結核， 淋巴結核
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Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | calcium carbonate and trace amounts of calcium phosphate, salt of magnesium, iron, sodium phosphate. Total calcium is >93%. 碳酸鈣﹐ 與微量之磷酸鈣﹐鎂鹽﹐鐵鹽﹐磷酸鈉。總 鈣量 在93%以 上。 |
Dosage: 用量﹕ | 10-30g. To be boiled longer than other herbs. Can also be used in powder form. 10 - 30 克。 宜先煎；或研末用。 |
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | burnt wa leng zi is being used in neutralizing stomach acid. Usually it is combined with wu zei gu . 鍛用可治胃痛吞酸，每配烏賊骨用。 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | In isolated cases there are swollen faces, hematuria, cloudy urine and infection of the urinary tract. 個別病例有顏面浮腫、尿血、尿混濁和泌尿系感染復發等. |
Note: After burning the shells, they are easier to smash and the main ingredient of calcium carbonate becomes oxidized into calcium oxide. Calcium oxide can neutralize peptic acid better than calcium carbonate.