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Clams, commonly known as geckos and fairy toads, are small and medium-sized lizards. There is such a record in the "Dialects": "In Guilin, the guardian of the palace is large and able to sing, commonly known as clams." Li Shizhen also said that "clams are named for their reputations." The clams are particularly crisp and bright, pleasant to the ear and non-stop.
Clams are the dry bodies of vertebrate geckos clams that remove internal organs. It is mainly produced in Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan and other provinces. Can be captured all year round. Cut open to remove internal organs, or remove blood (can not be washed with water), with bamboo slices first propped open from the cross-side, and then with a long bamboo to support the lower crotch to the end of the tail, baked with a low heat, two into a pair. When used, remove the head (there are small poisons), feet and scales, and also take the tail alone, or sauté the ground. Due to its rare yield and peculiar efficacy, it was listed as a national level II protected animal in 1989.
Sexual taste: salty, flat.
Attribution: Lung, kidney meridian.
Efficacy: Tonify the lungs and benefit the kidneys, absorb breath and asthma, help yang and improve sperm.
Indications: Used for lung and kidney insufficiency, shortness of breath, coughing up blood, impotence, sperm retention. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records clams: "Tonify lung qi, improve sperm and blood, stabilize asthma and stop coughing, cure lung carbuncle, quench thirst, and help yang dao." ”
Clinical application
1. Lung deficiency cough, kidney deficiency wheezing, fatigue wheezing cough. This product is also incorporated into the lung and kidney two meridians, long in tonifying lung qi, helping kidney yang, fixing asthma cough, and is a good product for treating a variety of false evidence of asthma. It is often used with shellfish, aster, almond, etc., to cure fatigue cough, such as clam pills ("Shenghuifang"),or with ginseng, shellfish, almonds, etc., to treat lung and kidney deficiency and asthma, such as ginseng clams and insect dispersion ("Health Treasure Book").
2. Kidney deficiency and impotence. This quality is not dry, tonify the kidneys and help the yang and nourish the blood, and has the ability to consolidate the foundation and cultivate the yuan. It can be effective with soaking wine alone, or with nootropics, bayonne, psoralen, etc., such as Yang Zhen Dan ("Imperial Courtyard Prescription").
Dosage: Decoction, 5 ~ 10g; 1 ~ 2g each time at the end of the study, three times a day; take 1 ~ 2 pairs of wine.
Caution for use: Wind chills or real heat cough and asthma should not be taken.
Cure stubborn asthma: 1 pair of clams, 20 grams of red ginseng, 20 grams of northern sand ginseng, 24 grams of purple river car, 12 grams of mai dong, 12 grams of orange red. Study the fine powder 3 grams each time, 2 to 3 times a day, and when the symptoms are alleviated, once a day.
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