The efficacy and function of oyster shell

After eating oysters, a very hard shell will be left behind. Some people will use this shell to make handicrafts, while others will simply throw it away. But in fact, oyster shells should not be thrown away. This is a kind of medicinal material and has a very obvious effect when placed in traditional Chinese medicine. After being ground into powder, it can help heal ulcers in the stomach and intestines, and it can also calm and relieve weak spleen and stomach. It is also very popular and can benefit the kidneys and liver.

Oyster shells can be used as medicine

Pharmacological action:

1. Effect on gastric and duodenal ulcers The calcium carbonate contained in oysters has astringent, acid-reducing and analgesic effects, which are beneficial to the healing of gastric and duodenal ulcers. Animal experiments have shown that oyster preparations, such as white oyster tablets, can treat experimental ulcers in guinea pigs and prevent the occurrence of experimental gastric ulcers in rats, and can inhibit the secretion of free acid and total acid in rats.

2. Other effects Oysters may have the function of regulating the entire cerebral cortex. Raw oysters have good effects of calming, softening and relieving fever; calcined oysters have astringent and dry effects, and have a stronger astringent and astringent effect.

Oyster shell tastes salty and astringent, and is slightly cold in nature; it enters the liver, heart, and kidney meridians; it is heavy in texture and can calm and suppress yang, and can be dispersed or collected; it is the only shellfish that can be eaten raw, and has the effects of calming the liver and suppressing yang, calming the nerves and tranquilizing the mind, softening and dispersing lumps, and astringing and consolidating. It is mainly used to treat vertigo and tinnitus, tremors in the hands and feet, palpitations and insomnia, irritability, epilepsy, scrofula, goiters, breast lumps, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, spermatorrhea and frequent urination, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, acid regurgitation and stomach pain, eczema and sores.

How to consume oyster shell powder

1. Brief description :

Although oyster meat is precious, oyster shells cannot be discarded. After oyster shells are ground into powder, they have a certain water solubility. They are not only used as additives in many foods, but also make up for the shortcomings of industrial additives and have no harm to the human body.

Oyster shell powder can supplement organic acid calcium salts through chemical reactions with food. It is also rich in calcium and has a calcium supplement effect. It is beneficial to bone growth and strengthening of bone tissue function. Many patients with osteoporosis, hyperplasia or people who have undergone bone surgery can eat oyster shell powder. Moreover, calcium carbonate, the main component of oyster shells, is also widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. Studies have shown that active calcium powder made from oyster shells also has anti-cancer effects.

2. How to eat :

1. Oyster shell powder itself is calcium carbonate. After being ground into powder, it becomes insoluble in water and the fishy smell is difficult to remove. It can be paired with something with a longer lasting scent, such as mint. Add a little sugar in it. It can also be made into small granules, such as the small granules in amoxicillin capsules. This way you can take it orally without chewing.

2. For decoction of traditional Chinese medicine, dosage: 9~30g.

3. I am currently making a chewable tablet. The main ingredient is oyster shell powder. I have tried sweet orange and lemon flavors, but the taste is not very good. They both have the fishy smell of oyster shell, mainly the fishy aftertaste. I feel that there is the taste of flavors when I start chewing, but once this taste is gone, all that is left in my mouth is the fishy and astringent feeling of oyster shell. The aftertaste is very bad. I am trying to use flavors of other flavors to cover up the taste.

3. Efficacy :

Nature and flavor and meridians: salty, slightly cold. It enters the liver, gallbladder and kidney meridians.

Functions and indications: Tranquilizes the mind, replenishes yin and softens hard masses. It is used for palpitations, insomnia, dizziness, tinnitus, scrofula, phlegm nodules, and abdominal masses. Calcined oyster has astringent and firming effect. Used for spontaneous sweating, night sweats, spermatorrhea, metrorrhagia, stomach pain and acid reflux.