咸，寒。主妇人生产，劳损血凝，小儿火瘭丹毒。配荸荠，煎汁，治肝气郁结，小腹疼
痛，
一切痞块虫积。
漂去锻石、矾性用。
甘，温。补胃益精，壮阳疗痿。
（龟鳖类三种）
畏狗胆。恶沙参、蜚蠊。
甘、微咸、平。入足少阴经血分。通血脉，疗蒸热。治腰脚血结，及疟邪成痞。得妇人
头发、芎、归，治难产。得
枳壳，开产门。配杜仲，止泻痢。配鳖板，烧研，治人咬伤疮。
酒、醋、猪脂，随症炙用。阴虚燥热者禁用。
血虚滞于经络，得此可解。其结邪气郁于隧道，得此可通其塞。开骨节，辟阴窍，是其
所能。如谓滋阴补血，则未之有得。
肉
温。止寒嗽，疗血痢，除筋骨痛。
胶
甘，平。入足少阴经。镇肾中之火，收孤阳之汗，安欲脱之阴，伏冲任之气。得丹皮、
地肤，止淋沥。佐北沙参、元参，止燥咳。
止嗽，牡蛎粉炒。养血，酒蒸化。脾胃虚寒，真精冷滑，二者禁用。
恶矾石、理石。忌薄荷。
咸，平。入足厥阴经血分。治劳疟，除胁坚，祛腰痛，疗斑痘。凡暑邪中于阴分，出并
于阳
而热，入并于阴而寒者，得此治之，自无不愈。得青蒿，治骨蒸。配牡蛎，消积块。佐桃仁
、三棱，治奔豚气痛。调鸡子白，敷阴疮。消积，醋炙。治骨蒸劳热，童便炙。治热邪，酒
炙。宜煎服，不宜入丸。冷劳症瘕人不宜服。其性燥，血燥者禁用。
肉 凉血补阴，亦治疟痢。（不用盐、酱，加生姜、沙糖，名鳖糖汤，作羹食之，痢自
止。）
头
治妇人阴坠，小儿脱肛。
Abalone (i.e., dried fish): Pungent, foul-smelling, warm. Treats traumatic injuries and amenorrhea in women.
Turtle Shell: Salty, cold. Primarily treats blood stasis due to labor damage after childbirth in women; and erysipelas (a type of acute skin infection) in children. When combined with Water Chestnut (*Eleocharis tuberosa*), decocted for juice, it treats lower abdominal pain caused by Liver Qi stagnation, as well as various masses and intestinal parasites. It should be rinsed to remove the properties of lime and alum.
Turtle Meat: Sweet, warm. Tonifies Stomach Qi, benefits essence, strengthens Yang, and treats impotence.
(Note: This refers to three types within the Testudines family.)
Turtle Shell is averse to Dog Gallbladder. It dislikes *Ginseng Radix* (Sha Shen) and Cockroach (*Blatta orientalis*). Sweet, slightly salty, neutral. Enters the Blood aspect of the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Unblocks blood vessels, treats steaming bone fever. Treats blood stasis in the waist and legs, and masses formed by Malaria pathogens. Combined with human hair, *Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome* (Chuanxiong), and *Angelica Sinensis Radix* (Danggui), it treats difficult labor. Combined with *Aurantii Fructus Immaturus* (Zhi Ke), it opens the birth canal. Combined with *Eucommia Bark* (Duzhong), it stops diarrhea and dysentery. Combined with Turtle Plastron (Bie Ban), calcined and ground into powder, it treats wounds from human bites. Can be stir-fried with wine, vinegar, or lard according to symptoms. Contraindicated in Yin deficiency with dryness-heat.
For blood deficiency causing obstruction in meridians, this herb can resolve it. For pathogenic factors knotting and stagnating in the collaterals, this herb can unblock the obstruction. It opens joint spaces and unblocks yin orifices, which are its capabilities. To claim it nourishes Yin and tonifies blood is inaccurate.
Turtle Meat: Warm. Stops cold cough, treats bloody dysentery, removes bone and tendon pain.
Turtle Glue: Sweet, neutral. Enters the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Anchors fire in the Kidney, consolidates sweat from floating Yang, stabilizes impending Yin collapse, and secures Qi in the Chong and Ren vessels. Combined with *Moutan Cortex* (Danpi) and *Kochia Scoparia Herb* (Difu Zi), it stops dribbling urination. Assisted by *Glehniae Radix* (Beisha Shen) and *Scrophulariae Radix* (Yuanshen), it stops dry cough. To stop cough, stir-fry with *Ostreae Concha* (Muli) powder. To nourish blood, steam with wine until dissolved. Contraindicated in Spleen-Stomach deficiency-cold and cold-slippery seminal emission for both methods.
Turtle Shell is averse to Alum Stone and Calcite. Avoids Mint. Salty, neutral. Enters the Blood aspect of the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Treats chronic malaria, removes hypochondriac hardness, dispels lower back pain, treats macules and pustules. Whenever summerheat-pathogen enters the Yin aspect, emerging to combine with Yang causing heat, or entering to combine with Yin causing cold, treatment with this herb will invariably cure. Combined with *Artemisiae Annuae Herba* (Qinghao), it treats bone-steaming. Paired with *Ostreae Concha* (Muli), it dissipates accumulations. Assisted by *Paeonia Lactiflora Root* (Taoren - actually *Paeonia suffruticosa* root bark usually, but here likely referring to Peach Kernel contextually or typo for Taoren/Peach Seed, assuming Peach Kernel based on "Taoren" pinyin usually being Tao Ren, but text says Tao Ren which is Peach Kernel, wait, text says "Tao Ren" 桃仁? No, text says "Tao Ren" 桃仁 is not there, it says "Tao Ren" 桃仁? Let's check source text: "佐桃仁". Yes, Peach Kernel.) ... Assisted by *Peach Kernel* (Taoren) and *Samolus Valerandi Root* (Sanleng - actually *Sparganii Rhizoma*, Sanleng), it treats Ben Tun Qi pain. Mixed with egg white, applied externally to treat yin sores. To dissipate accumulations, stir-fry with vinegar. To treat bone-steaming consumptive fever, process with child's urine. To treat heat pathogens, stir-fry with wine. Suitable for decoction, not suitable for pills. Not suitable for those with cold consumption and mass disorders. Its nature is drying; contraindicated in blood dryness.
Turtle Meat: Cools blood and nourishes Yin, also treats malaria and dysentery. (If salt and soy sauce are not added, but ginger and brown sugar are added, it is called "Bie Tang Soup"; eaten as a soup, dysentery stops naturally.)
Turtle Head: Treats uterine prolapse in women and rectal prolapse in children.