冷，无毒。治酒毒，消渴，酒渴并壅肿。壳，治疮疖肿毒。烧二度，各以醋 ，捣为
末。又，甘草等分，酒服，以醋调敷肿上，妙。车螯是大蛤，一名 。能吐气为楼台，海中
春夏间根据约岛溆，常有此气。〔（新见）陈藏器、日华子。〕
图经文具马刀条下
食疗车螯，蝤蝥类，并不可多食之。
温，主心腹冷气，膝脊冷风，利五脏，健胃，令人能食，每食了，以饭压之，不尔令人
口干。又云∶温中，消食，起阳，时最重，出海中。壳如瓦屋。又云无毒，益血色。壳，烧
以米醋三度淬后，埋令坏，醋膏丸，治一切血气，冷气，症癖。〔（新见）陈藏器、萧炳、孟
诜、日华子。〕
图经文具马刀条下。
味甘，温，无毒。补虚，主冷利。煮食之，主妇人产后虚损。生海泥中，长二、三寸，
大如指，两头开。主胸中邪热，烦闷气。与服丹石人相宜。天行病后不可食，切忌之〔（新
见）陈藏器、萧炳、孟诜。〕
图经文具马刀条下。
温。补五脏，理腰香港脚，益阳事，能消食，除腹中冷气，消 癖气。亦可烧，令汁沸
出食之。多食令头闷目暗，可微利即止。北人多不识，虽形状不典，而甚益人。又云∶温，
无毒。补虚劳损，产后血结，腹内冷痛，治症瘕，腰痛，润毛发，崩中带下。烧一顿令饱，
大效。又名壳菜，常时频烧食即苦，不宜人。与少米先煮熟后，除肉内两边锁及毛了，再入
萝卜，或紫苏、或冬瓜皮同煮，即更妙。〔（新见）孟诜、日华子。〕
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陈藏器∶东海夫人，味甘，温，无毒。主虚羸劳损，因产瘦瘠，血气结积，腹冷，肠鸣，
下
痢，腰疼，带下，疝瘕。久服令人发脱。取肉作 宜人，发石令肠结。生南海，似珠母，一
头
尖，中衔少毛，海人亦名淡菜。新注云∶此名壳菜，大甘美，南人好食，治虚劳伤惫，精血
少者及吐血，妇人带下漏下，丈夫久痢，并煮食之，任意。出江湖。
Nature and flavor: Cold, non-toxic. Indications: Alcohol toxicity, Xiao Ke (Wasting and Thirsting syndrome characterized by polydipsia, polyuria, and emaciation), post-alcohol thirst, and edema with stagnation. Shells: Treat sores, carbuncles, swelling, and toxic heat. Calcined twice, each time quenched in vinegar, then ground into powder. Alternatively, mix equal parts of Licorice Root (Gancao) and this shell; take with wine. For external use, apply mixed with vinegar to the swollen area; highly effective. Che'ao is a large clam, also known as "Shen" (Venus Clam). It can exhale vapor to form mirages resembling towers. In spring and summer, near islands and riverbanks at sea, such vapors are often observed. [Newly seen: Chen Cangqi, Ri Huazi.]
*Tu Jing Ben Cao* has detailed records under the entry for *Madao*.
Dietary therapy: Che'ao belongs to the *Qiumou* (swallow clam) category; both should not be consumed in excess.
Nature: Warm. Indications: Cold qi in the heart and abdomen, cold wind affecting the knees and spine, promoting the free flow of the Five Viscera, strengthening the stomach, and enhancing appetite. After each meal, it is recommended to follow with rice to prevent dry mouth. Another source states: Warms the middle jiao, promotes digestion, stimulates yang function, and is most prized in spring. Shells resemble roof tiles. Another source states: Non-toxic, benefits blood color. Shells: Quenched three times in rice vinegar, buried until decayed, made into vinegar paste pills; treats all kinds of blood and qi disorders, cold qi, and zheng pi (abdominal masses). [Newly seen: Chen Cangqi, Xiao Bing, Meng Shen, Ri Huazi.]
*Tu Jing Ben Cao* has detailed records under the entry for *Madao*.
Flavor: Sweet. Nature: Warm, non-toxic. Actions: Tonifies deficiency, treats cold diarrhea. Boiled and eaten, it treats postpartum deficiency in women. Grows in sea mud, two to three cun long, as thick as a finger, open at both ends. Treats evil heat in the chest, irritability, and stagnant qi. Suitable for those taking Dan Shi (mineral drugs). Contraindicated after epidemic febrile diseases; strictly forbidden. [Newly seen: Chen Cangqi, Xiao Bing, Meng Shen.]
*Tu Jing Ben Cao* has detailed records under the entry for *Madao*.
Nature: Warm. Actions: Tonifies the Five Viscera, regulates waist pain and Hong Jiao (foot disease/gout), enhances yang function, promotes digestion, removes cold qi from the abdomen, and dissipates zha qi (masses). Can also be calcined until juice boils out, then eaten. Excessive consumption causes dizziness and blurred vision; stop if mild diarrhea occurs. People in the North rarely recognize it; although its appearance is unrefined, it is very beneficial to humans. Another source states: Warm, non-toxic. Tonifies deficiency and exhaustion, treats postpartum blood stasis, cold pain in the abdomen, zha jia (masses), waist pain, moistens hair, treats beng lou (metrorrhagia) and dai xia (leukorrhea). Eating a full portion after calcining is highly effective. Also known as Qie Cai (Shell Vegetable). Frequent roasting makes it bitter and unsuitable for people. First boil with a little rice, remove the hinge-like structures and hairs on both sides of the meat, then cook again with radish, or Perilla, or Winter Melon Peel; this method is superior. [Newly seen: Meng Shen, Ri Huazi.]
*Tu Jing Ben Cao* has detailed records under the entry for *Madao*.
Chen Cangqi says: Dong Hai Fu Ren (another name for Dan Cai), flavor sweet, nature warm, non-toxic. Indications: Deficiency wasting and exhaustion, emaciation due to childbirth, blood and qi accumulation, abdominal cold, borborygmus, dysentery, waist pain, leukorrhea, hernia and masses. Long-term use causes hair loss. Preparing the meat as a soup is suitable, but may cause stones leading to intestinal obstruction. Grows in the South Sea, similar to Pearl Oyster, pointed at one end, with some hair in the middle. Sea people also call it Dan Cai. New annotation: This is called Qie Cai, very sweet and delicious, favored by Southerners. Treats deficiency exhaustion, fatigue, scanty essence and blood, hemoptysis, women's leukorrhea and metrorrhagia, men's chronic dysentery; all treated by boiling and eating, as desired. Originates from rivers and lakes.