Gui Ban
| Gui Ban in TCM:Explore the properties of Gui Ban according to Chinese Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: testudinis shell (ventral side), tortoise plastron
Pharmacuetical Name: Plastrum Testudinis
Properties: salty, sweet, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: HT, KD, LV
Flavors: sweet, salty Tonifies: blood, yin
Special Properties: disperses wind, stops bleeding, clears deficent heat
Alternate Forms:
- sheng- to nourish yin and anchor yang
- cu zhi- to benefit the KD, cool blood, nourish blood
Actions / Indications:
- Nourishes yin; anchors yang (dizziness, vertigo,
yin deficiency and yang rising with night sweats,tinnitus, steaming
bone disorder; internal wind due to yin deficiency with facial spasms
and tremors of the hands and feet)
- Tonifies KD; Strengthens Bones (soreness and weakness
of low back and legs, slow skeletal development in childre, or failure
of fontanel to close)
- Cools blood; stops uterine bleeding (excessive menstruation
or uterine bleeding due to yin deficiency and deficient heat)
- Nourishes blood; tonifies HT (palpitations, HT yin
and blood deficiency with anxiety, forgetfulness, insomnia)
Special Notes:
- (cooking: CRUSH and cook 30 minutes prior to adding other ingredients)
- Compare to Bie Jia
- Originally only the ventral side was used, but today both ventral and dorsal sides of the shell are used.
Contraindications: - (cc: damp-cold ST or diarrhea due to cold)
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