Clam meat

Clam meat

(Tang materia medica)

[source] it is the flesh of Corbicula fluminea et al. The plant morphology is detailed in "Corbicula shell".

[pharmacological action] when the extract of Corbicula nipponica is injected into the portal vein or femoral vein of dogs, adenoglycosides can appear in the blood stream, and most of them are in the hepatic vein, so the main release site is the liver. Adenosine can promote lymphatic flow.

[flavor] sweet and salty, cold.

① Tang materia medica: "cold, nontoxic. "

② Materia medica: slightly toxic. "

③ "Gangmu": "sweet and salty, cold, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, removing dampness and detoxifying. Treatment of diabetes, yellow eyes, dampness, beriberi, sores, carbuncle swelling.

① Tang materia medica: "it can treat Qi, stimulate the stomach, press Dan, stone medicine and sores, and lower dampness. Under the milk, lees cooked well, raw extract juice, wash sores. "

② "RI Hua Zi Ben Ge" says: "dispel heat, improve eyesight, facilitate urination, lower heat, foot dampness, detoxify wine, eyes yellow, soak juice to take, master thirst. "

③ "Compendium": "soak raw clam, wash acne carbuncle without scar. "

④ "The Yellow clam in the soup is toxic. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 Liang; or cooking. External use: tamping.

[taboo] 1. In the collection of materia medica: "eat more cough and cold air to eliminate kidney. "

② Ben Cao Qiu yuan: "don't eat the turbid food. "

[selected formula] to treat gangrene and maliciousness: clam is rotten with pestle and coated. (Essentials of surgery)