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﹕ | nga leng tse |
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 alleviates pain due to ulcer
- dissolves phlegm, dissipates nodules
- ricket in children
- lung TB
- scrofula
- 胃，十二指腸潰瘍病
(鍛 用中和胃酸)。 - 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 amount 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， 宜先煎；研末。 |
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﹕ | 個別病例有顏面浮腫、尿血、尿混濁和泌尿系感染復發等. |