The efficacy and effects of calcined oyster

Calcined oyster is a shellfish oyster after calcination of the ash after grinding made of powdered Chinese medicine, slightly cold, slightly salty taste, often used in clinical treatment of hyperacidity, so what are the efficacy and effects of this calcined oyster?

Astringent Yin to stop sweating

Calcined oyster has a certain astringent about, mainly related to the calcium carbonate composition, weak alkaline components have astringent. Therefore, in clinical calcined oyster is commonly used to treat all deficiencies, night sweats, spontaneous sweating, palpitations, spermatorrhea, etc., suitable for post-illness, post-operative and postpartum spontaneous sweating, night sweats, which belong to the outside of the guard is not solid, yin fluids caused by external diarrhea, calcined oyster treatment effect is obvious.

Clearing heat and resolving phlegm

Calcined oyster is slightly cold in nature and can clear heat and remove fire. It is more effective when ground into powder with Xuan Shen and Bei Mu, etc. It is used in the treatment of: gall tumor, phlegm nucleus, etc. It is commonly used in modern medicine for lymphadenitis, simple goiter, hyperthyroidism, thyroiditis and lymphatic tuberculosis, etc.

Nourishing yin and generating body fluid

Calcined oyster can benefit yin and submerge yang, produce fluid and quench thirst. In Chinese medicine, it is used to treat lily disease and thirst. In modern medicine, it is often used to treat neurasthenia, neurosis and thirst caused by internal disturbance of deficiency heat and fluid injury in the lung after fever, and is better when ground into powder with equal parts of raspberry root and served with boiling water.

Suppressing acid and nourishing the stomach

The main chemical composition of calcined oyster is calcium carbonate, in the properties of calcium carbonate is weak alkaline, can react with stomach acid, neutralize stomach acid, can reduce the concentration of stomach acid in the stomach, alleviate the excessive secretion of stomach acid, strengthen the stomach and nourish the stomach. It has good therapeutic effect on duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis and other inflammatory diseases.

Sedative and tranquilizing

Calcined oyster contains a lot of calcium ions, calcium ions belong to the signal factor between neurons, can relieve neural fatigue, and also has a certain regulatory effect on sleep, can play a sedative and hypnotic effect.

Calcined oyster contraindications to consumption

1. Calcined oyster contains a lot of calcium carbonate, therefore, the stomach acid secretion is not enough for the use of people. 2. Calcined oyster is a cold food, cold body and menstruating women are not suitable for the use of calcined oyster. 3. In the consumption of calcined oyster after the consumption of milk, eggs, soy milk and other high-protein food, calcined oyster has a neutralizing effect on gastric acid, but also on the activity of pepsin has a reducing effect, when the consumption of high-protein food is not easy to digest, easy to bloat.