Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Yin-Nourishing Decoction

Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Yin-Nourishing Decoction,Amenorrhea due to overwork, yin deficiency and blood deficiency, redness of the cheekbones, hot flashes and night sweats, restlessness and insomnia, heat in the palms, dry mouth and red lips, thin yellow tongue coating, and a fine, rapid pulse.

Formulas Name : Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Yin-Nourishing Decoction

Chinese Name : 鳖甲养阴煎

Drug Formulation

3 qian of softshell turtle shell, 3 qian of turtle carapace, 3 qian of dried rehmannia root, 3 qian of goji berries, 3 qian of ophiopogon tuber, 3 qian of Hangzhou peony root, 5 qian of polygonum multiflorum vine, 3 qian of lycium bark, 3 qian of poria cocos, and 2 qian of moutan bark.

Source

*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.

Benefits

Amenorrhea due to overwork, yin deficiency and blood deficiency, redness of the cheekbones, hot flashes and night sweats, restlessness and insomnia, heat in the palms, dry mouth and red lips, thin yellow tongue coating, and a fine, rapid pulse.

Instructions for Use

Decoct in water and take while warm.

Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Yin-Nourishing Decoction,*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.,Amenorrhea due to overwork, yin deficiency and blood deficiency, redness of the cheekbones, hot flashes and night sweats, restlessness and insomnia, heat in the palms, dry mouth and red lips, thin yellow tongue coating, and a fine, rapid pulse.

More Herbs Formulas

Universal Relief and Disinfection Powder

Universal Relief and Disinfection Powder,From *Hui Chun*, Volume 2.,For “Big-Head Plague.”

Bao Chi Dan

Bao Chi Dan,*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Shenyang Formula).,For children suffering from seasonal colds, headache, and fever; indigestion caused by food or water; diarrhea and dysentery; food stagnation and abdominal masses; various types of malnutrition; vomiting and abdominal distension; cough due to food stagnation; abdominal pain, bloating, and oppression; and emaciation.

Ginseng Clearing the Muscles Powder

Ginseng Clearing the Muscles Powder,From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.,For men and women with qi deficiency, characterized by absence of sweat and tidal fever.

Formula for Harmonizing Injuries

Formula for Harmonizing Injuries,*Zongfutang Formulas*, Volume 4.,Traumatic injuries; all forms of consumptive diseases accompanied by hemoptysis and fever; all cases of blood stasis in women; and dry blood consumption.

Jade Dew Lung-Nourishing Pills

Jade Dew Lung-Nourishing Pills,*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.,For lung qi deficiency with heat, manifested as coughing, phlegm, and wheezing; symptoms flare up in spring and autumn; and a persistent cough that will not subside.

Skin-Soothing Powder

Skin-Soothing Powder,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 353.,Persistent sweating.

One Grain of Gold

One Grain of Gold,From *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 4.,For hemiplegic headache, tinnitus, deafness, or sores in the ear.

Red Medicinal Pills

Red Medicinal Pills,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 313.,Boils, back abscesses, toxic swellings, and malignant sores.

Clam Juice Powder

Clam Juice Powder,*The Profound Secrets of the Cave Heaven*, Volume 16.,Soak in Soup and Treat with Heat.

Dried Jujube Paste

Dried Jujube Paste,From *Puji Fang*, Volume 53.,Deafness.

Areca Nut Decoction Pills

Areca Nut Decoction Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 136.,For wind-toxin sores and scabies, and all types of wind-obstruction.

Barley Cake

Barley Cake,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 131.,Boil on the back.

Yinchen-Zhi-Bai Decoction

Yinchen-Zhi-Bai Decoction,From *The Four Essentials of Medicine*, Volume 3.,Jaundice caused by damp-heat.

Pills for Eliminating Milk-Induced Phlegm

Pills for Eliminating Milk-Induced Phlegm,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.,For children with undigested milk and food and excessive phlegm.

Nine-Two Elixir

Nine-Two Elixir,From *Secret Formulas for Immediate Relief from the Blue Sack*, Volume 1.,For abscesses, boils, and sores where the necrotic tissue has sloughed off and the pus has been completely drained.

Dusheng Powder for Lung Atrophy

Dusheng Powder for Lung Atrophy,From *Ji Ren Ji Yan Fang*.,Chronic cough, lung atrophy, and hemoptysis with red sputum.

Great Penetrating Muscle Powder

Great Penetrating Muscle Powder,Quoted from *Shi’s Secret Transmission* in *Supplement to the Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.,

Aconite and Alum Pills

Aconite and Alum Pills,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 33.,Excessive leukorrhea.

Jingjie and Soybean Wine

Jingjie and Soybean Wine,*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 16.,Wind-spasm. In a person who is inherently deficient, wind-pathogen invades the Foot-Taiyang meridian, causing sudden head-shaking, clenched jaw, and a stiff back resembling an epileptic seizure, with a pulse that is slow, scattered, and sluggish; or, if latent heat accumulates in the various Yang meridians, the … Read more

Sixian Pills

Sixian Pills,From *Ji Feng*, Volume 4.,For wind-deficiency of the liver and kidneys, soreness and pain in the legs and knees making it impossible to walk; rheumatic toxins causing beriberi and inability to move; dribbling urine; and tenesmus with a sensation of incomplete evacuation.

Divine Rhinoceros Decoction

Divine Rhinoceros Decoction,*Essentials of Infectious Diseases*, Volume 4.,When the heat-toxin of cholera rages intensely, it disturbs the mind, causing delirium, mania, and restlessness, with the patient flailing their arms and kicking their legs; in severe cases, they may grasp at the air while clutching their clothes.

Huanglian Kushen Decoction

Huanglian Kushen Decoction,From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 212.,For patients who are emaciated and weak, whose condition has not improved despite medication, and who subsequently develop loose stools and bloody diarrhea—passing stool dozens of times a day—accompanied by severe abdominal cramping, a fever as intense as fire, a splitting headache, and a pulse that feels涩 (thready).

Yellow Emperor’s Four-Fan Powder

Yellow Emperor’s Four-Fan Powder,From *The Great Clear Classic*, cited in Volume 26 of *The Prescriptions from the Heart of Medicine*.,

Phlegm-Clearing and Qi-Regulating Decoction

Phlegm-Clearing and Qi-Regulating Decoction,From *Huichun*, Volume 2.,Facial paralysis.

Decoction for Relieving Masses

Decoction for Relieving Masses,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 25.,For fullness and distension due to cold damage, with oppression and discomfort in the chest and abdomen, and inability to eat.