Blood Tonics
Gui Rou (龟肉)
Gui Rou
Turtle meat
龜肉
Name
Gui Rou (Turtle meat)
The Effect of 龟肉
Property
Sweet, salt, neutral; liver, kidney and large intestine meridians entered.
Actions
Replenish yin, tonify blood.
Indications
Chronic cough, hematemesis, hematochezia, chronic malaria, arthralgia and myalgia, dysentery with bloody stool, consumptive disease, hectic fever due to yin – deficiency.
Dosage and Administrations
Cook it for eating, or made into pills and powder.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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