Turtle
Shell is the carapace of Trionyxsinensis Wiegmann
(Fam. Trionychidae).
Action:
To nourish yin
and subdue exberant yang, to reduce masses and nodulations,
and to relieve consumptive fever.
Indications:
Fever due to daficiency of yin; consumptive fever;
dizziness, tremor or faintiong due to deficiency of yin; amenorrhea,
mass in the abdomen; chronic malaria with splenomegaly.
