Clam tears

Clam tears

(collection of compendium)

[synonym] live clam water (Ben Jing Feng Yuan), clam water (Quanzhou materia medica).

[source] it is the internal secretion of Anodonta dorsalis, crista plicata or Hyriopsis cumingii. For animal morphology, please refer to "mussel meat".

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, improving eyesight and detoxifying. Treatment of diabetes, red eye, burns.

① Rihuazi materia medica: "take the end of Rhizoma Coptidis into (mussel) to get juice, and point the red eye and (eye) dark. "

② "Ben Jing Feng Yuan" says: "for the treatment of dumb and frightened newborn children, the living clam is used to grind ink. In the mouth, it drips black manure and heals. Raw clam fried water, soup fire treatment. "

③ "Compendium of selected materials": "clearing heat and stabilizing fetus, eliminating phlegm and dampness, detoxifying wine and accumulating elixir and stone poison. "

④ "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "to cure thirst, to drink, to stew mussels with water. "

[usage and dosage] inner eye: boiling. External use: coating or eyedrops.