Ge Qiao蛤壳

Concha Meretricis/CyclinaeClam Shell

Inne nazwyMeretrex Meretrex

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Clears Lung Heat, transforms Phlegm and descends Lung *Qi*: Cough and wheezing due to Phlegm-Heat or Phlegm-Fire with viscous, yellow, difficult to expectorate sputum with chest and rib pain
Cough, asthma, bronchitis
Softens hardness and dissipates nodules: Phlegm-Fire goiter and scrofula
Promotes urination and expels Dampness: Milky Lin (turbid, painful urinary dysfunction and vaginal discharge) (mild effect)
Superficial edema and urinary dysfunction
Phlegm-Dampness (Tan Yin)
Lingering Phlegm
Persistent Phlegm
Controls acidity and stops pain (calcined and powdered): Acid regurgitation and epigastric pain with Excess stomach acid, hemorrhoids, bloody dysentery and gastric and duodenal ulcers

Phlegm-Heat clogging the Lungs, producing a stifling sensation in the chest, wheezing, and coughing of viscous yellow sputum.
- Gua Lou
- Zhi Mu
- Gua Lou
- Zhi Zi
- Qing Dai
Phlegm-Fire with chest pain, cough, and wheezing.
- Qing Dai
Red eyes, bitter taste, rib pain, paroxysmal cough, and viscous sputum hard to expectorate, all from Lung Heat.
Cough and wheezing from Phlegm-Fire obstructing the Lungs.
- Kun Bu
- Hai Zao
- (Wa Leng Zi)
Goiter and scrofula.
- Dong Kui Zi
- Mu Tong
Painful urinary dysfunction.
- Huang Bai
Vaginal discharge.
Excess stomach acid. Gastric and duodenal ulcers.
Superficial edema accompanied by urinary dysfunction.

In women it quickly reduces clotting, and in men it reduces both fixed and mobile abdominal masses.
It has been shown to inhibit cancer cell growth.
It treats sweating in externally-contracted disease, abdominal Blood Stasis, convulsions, and limb paralysis from apoplexy.
The flesh of this creature treats menoxenia.
Ge Qiao and Pumex Fu Shi are alike in being salty and cold, clearing the Lungs, transforming viscous Phlegm, and softening hardness; both treat cough with Phlegm-Heat sputum that is hard to expectorate, scrofula, and urinary difficulty. They differ in direction: Ge Qiao is heavy and descends Qi, acting to reduce abdominal masses and clear Blood Stagnation, whereas Fu Hai Shi is light and tends to rise into the Lung channel and Upper Jiao.
Ge Qiao and Concha Arcae Wa Leng Zi both transform sticky Phlegm and control gastric acid. Ge Qiao, being cold, is better suited to Lung Heat and Dryness with coughing of blood, and it also aids fluid metabolism and reduces edema. Wa Leng Zi, being neutral, is used more broadly for Phlegm Accumulation, transforms Blood Stagnation, and reduces abdominal and other masses.
Calcined Meretricis/Cyclinae, Duan Hai Ge Qiao, pulverizes more easily into a fine powder for burns and eczema, and is taken internally for Stomach hyperacidity.