Turtle head

Turtle head

(Tang materia medica)

[synonym] bieshou (records of traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the head of Trionyx sinensis, which belongs to the family trionyidae. The animal morphology is detailed in the section "Trionyx sinensis".

[collection] when processing soft shelled turtle, the head of soft shelled Turtle was cut off, washed and dried.

[medicinal materials] the dried head of soft shelled turtle is slightly long cylindrical, with a sharp snout and an upward bending neck at an angle of about 90 degrees. The appearance is grayish brown with slight wrinkles. It's hard and smelly.

It is produced in most parts of the country.

[function indications] it is used to treat chronic dysentery, prolapse of anus, postpartum uterine prolapse and vaginal ulcer.

① "Tang Materia Medica": "burning for ashes is the main cause of various diseases in children, and the main cause of Yin falling after childbirth. "

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "burning ash to treat anal prolapse. "

(1) two pieces of Sigui Decoction were used to treat the pain. At the end of the four flavors, honeyballs are like soybeans. The child was three to five years old and took five pills to nineteen. On the third day of the day, the child was very happy. (bietouwan in qianjinfang)

② Treatment of child labor thin, or when cold and heat: a turtle head. Burn to ashes, grind to powder. Each service to new water transfer half money. (Sheng Hui Fang)

③ There were five turtle heads. Burn the powder, take the square inch dagger with Jinghua water, three days a day. (Qian Jin Fang)

④ Treatment of anal prolapse over the years: a dead turtle head. Burn to make smoke shrink, treat as scraps, apply to anus, enter, press it with hand. (Qian Jin Fang)

⑤ For men with vaginal head carbuncle which can not be treated, and for women with vaginal ulcer prolapse from anus: the turtle shell head is burned with ash, and the chicken seed is used to apply it. (Puji Fang)