Oyster Shell, Mu Li 牡蛎
Testa Ostrearum, Concha Ostrearum
Mu Li (TCM)
Mu Li (TCM)
Zoological name:
Ostrea spp. including O. edulis
Parts used:
Shell
Temperature & Taste:
Cold (balanced in old TCM texts), dry. Salty
Ostrea spp. including O. edulis
Parts used:
Shell
Temperature & Taste:
Cold (balanced in old TCM texts), dry. Salty
Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Calms the Heart and Spirit, Stops Wind:
-Headache, Dizziness, Insomnia
2. Clears Phlegm-Heat, Disperses Nodes and Swellings
-Scrofula, Goiter, and Lymphadenitis.
3. Astringes to Stop Leakage:
-continuous and spontaneous Sweating
4. Clears Stomach Heat:
-Antacid
5. Benefits Yin, Astringes Essence:
6. Externally:
-used in Tooth powders
Dose:
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Preparation:
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Substitutes:
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Preparation:
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Substitutes:
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Main Combinations:
1. Sweating due to Qi deficiency, Oyster shell with ... available in PRO version
2. Night Sweats due to Yin deficient-heat, Oyster shell with ... available in PRO version
3. Lumps or Nodes of the Neck, Scrofula, Goiter:
i. Oyster shell with ... available in PRO version
ii. Oyster shell with ... available in PRO version
iii. Oyster shell with ... available in PRO version
4. Internal Wind, Oyster shell with ... available in PRO version
5. Kidney and Essence deficiency, Seminal Emission, Premature Ejaculation, Oyster shell with ... available in PRO version
6. Bleeding from the Stomach, burnt Oyster shell with ... available in PRO version
7. Intestinal Ulcers (acute not chronic): burnt Oyster shell with ... available in PRO version
8. Excess Menstruation, Oyster shell with ... available in PRO version
9. Moist Sores that are hard to heal, Oyster shell with ... available in PRO version
10. Eye diseases:Oyster shell with ... available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Powder for Menstrual Flux (Isaac)
Powder for Bleeding from the Stomach (Nicolas)
Chai Hu Long Gu Mu Li Wan
Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan
Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang
Cautions:
1. Not used in cold and weakness of the Stomach.
2. Not used in cases of High Fever without Sweating
3. According to TCM texts it is adverse to Ephedra and Praying Mantis Egg Cases (Sang Piao Xiao) and the flower of Elecampane.
Main Preparations used:
Powder, Calcined Powder
1. Not used in cold and weakness of the Stomach.
2. Not used in cases of High Fever without Sweating
3. According to TCM texts it is adverse to Ephedra and Praying Mantis Egg Cases (Sang Piao Xiao) and the flower of Elecampane.
Main Preparations used:
Powder, Calcined Powder