Clam Shell
Meretricis Concha Cyclinae Concha, Concha Meretricis seu Cyclinae
Ge Qiao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; salty; cold

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

1. treatment of phlegm-heat cough manifested as cough with thick yellow sputum, asthma, chest pain and hypochondriac pain. sea clam shell (haigeke) is used with costazia bone (haifushi), swallowwort rhizome (baiqian), mulberry bark (sangbaipi), capejasmine (zhizi) and trichosanthes fruit (gualou). 2. treatment of scrofula and goiter. sea clam shell (haigeke) is used with laminaria (kunbu), seaweed (haizao) and ark shell (walengzi) in the formula hanhua wan.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

1. treatment of phlegm-heat cough manifested as cough with thick yellow sputum, asthma, chest pain and hypochondriac pain. sea clam shell (haigeke) is used with costazia bone (haifushi), swallowwort rhizome (baiqian), mulberry bark (sangbaipi), capejasmin