Hai Ge Ke
| Hai Ge Ke in TCM:Explore the properties of Hai Ge Ke according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: clam shell
Pharmacuetical Name: Concha Meretricis seu Cyclinae
Properties: bitter, salty, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: LU, ST
Flavors: bitter, salty
Special Properties:
clears heat, resolves phlegm, reduces swelling
Actions / Indications:
- Clears heat; transforms phlegm (phlegm fire in the
chest, cough due to lung-heat; difficult to expectorate thick phlegm,
chest and rib pain)
- Softens hardness; dissipates nodules (phlegm-fire
goiter and scrofula)
- Nuetralizes acid; alleviates pain (epgastric pain,
and stomach and duodenal ulcers; use calcined form for acid regurgitation;
external use on damp sores)
Special Notes:
- (cooking: cook first or crush to powder and decoct in cheesecloth)
- For gastric or duodenal ulcers combine it with Hai
Piao Xiao, Gan Cao, and Yan
Hu Suo
Contraindications:
- (cc: qi deficiency and cold)
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