Gui Ban, Turtle Shell - 4 oz.

Tortoise Shell strongly tonifies the Liver and Kidney yin, subdues the yang, strengthens the bones, unblocks the Conception vessel.* - Bensky Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica

English Name: Tortoise Plastron (processed)
Unit Size: 4 oz.
Potency: 8:1
Taste: Salty, sweet - Bensky
Properties: Cold - Bensky
Channels Entered: Heart, Liver, Kidney - Bensky
Actions: Strongly tonifies the Liver and Kidney yin, subdues the yang, strengthens the bone, unblocks the Conception vessel. - Bensky
Pattern: Yin deficiency with ascendant yang; Yin deficiency of the Liver and Kidneys that generates internal wind; Kidney yin deficiency; Chaotic movement of hot blood; Nonhealing sores and ulcers - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology: Fever, steaming bone disorder, nightsweats, dizziness, tinnitus due to yin deficiency with ascendant yang; Facial spasms and tremors of the hands and feet due to yin deficiency of the Liver and Kidneys that generates internal wind; Soreness of the lower back, weakness of the legs, retarded skeletal development in children, failure of the fontanel to close due to Kidney yin deficiency; Red and/or white vaginal discharge or uterine bleeding; Execssive menstruation or uterine bleeding due to chaotic movement of hot blood; Anxiety, insomnia and forgetfulness due to Heart deficiency; Nonhealing sores and ulcers. - Bensky
Materia Medica: Tonify Yin
Contraindications: Contraindicated during pregnancy and in those with cold-dampness of the Stomach. - Bensky