Dai Mao - 玳瑁 - Carapax Eretmochelydis
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Carapax Eretmochelydis |
| Common English: | Hawksbill Turtle Shell Tortoise Shell |
Category
Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors: Obsolete SubstancesProperties
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
| Sweet Salty | Cold | Heart Liver | Decoction: 3-15g Pills or powders: 3-7g |
Actions And Indications
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Calms the Liver, Clears Heat, Extinguishes Wind, Quiets the Spirit, Resolves toxicity, Sedates the Heart, Settles convulsions, Stops spasms | High fevers, impaired consciousness, incoherent speech, mania, infantile convulsions, twitching, delirium and collapse from Warm pathogen diseases, Liver Yang Rising, or Phlegm-Heat Obstructing the Orifices Wind-Stroke |
Calms and anchors Liver Yang | Dizziness from Liver Yang Rising Recently used for hypertension from Liver Yang Rising or Liver Fire |
Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions
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Major Combinations
| Cornu Bubali | Rx. Curcumae | Sm. Sinapis |
Fever, irritability, restlessness and impaired consciousness to the point of coma from pathogenic Heat. | Heat pathogen attacking the Pericardium with impaired consciousness, wild talk, hallucinations, irritability and restlessness. | Aphasic strokes. |
| Cornu Saigae Tataricae | Concha Haliotidis | Cornu Bubali |
Stroke or seizures from Liver Yang rising Generating Wind. | Dizziness from Liver Yang Rising. | An enhanced ability to clear Heat, cool the Blood, resolve toxicity and sedate convulsions, to treat Warm pathogen diseases entering the Ying and Xue levels with mania and convulsions. Treats pox toxins and sedates the Spirit. |
Notes
- Carbuncles are another indication for this herb.
- Dai Mao and Cornu Bubali Shui Niu Jiao both enter the Heart and Liver channels, cool Heat, resolve toxicity, sedate convulsions and relieve spasms. Dai Mao is sweet, salty and cold and is stronger at extinguishing Wind and sedating the Liver and convulsions. Shui Niu Jiao is bitter and mainly cools Heat at the Blood level, clearing Heart Heat, cooling the Blood and dispersing Stagnation.
- Dai Mao and Cornu Saigae Tataricae Ling Yang Jiao both calm the Liver, extinguish Wind, clear Heat and resolve toxicity, and they treat Wind from extreme Heat with spasms, convulsions and seizures. Either may also be used for maculae and rashes in febrile disease. Ling Yang Jiao concentrates on the Liver channel, has a powerful Wind-extinguishing action and can also clear the eyes. Dai Mao concentrates on the Heart channel; it opens the orifices and calms the Spirit, settles jitteriness and anxiety and improves impaired consciousness. In addition it nourishes the Liver and Kidneys to anchor the Yang.