Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

Other Names (Prescription names):

別名 (處方名) ﹕

mu li 牡蠣、mu li 牡力、sheng (raw) mu li 生牡蠣、sheng (raw) mu li 生牡力、

duan (burnt) mu li 煅牡蠣、duan （burnt) mu li 煅牡力、mu li fen (powder)

牡蠣粉等。
When the prescription is written as mu li 牡蠣、牡力 it is raw mu li. It is the

shells that have been washed and dried under the sun and smashed. Duan (

burnt) mu li 煅牡蠣 also written as 煅牡力 are those have been baked on

smokeless fire till become white and being cooled down and smashed.
 

處方中寫牡蠣、牡力指生牡蠣（或寫作生牡力）。為原藥洗淨晒干，碾碎

入藥者。

煅牡蠣又寫作煅牡力。為淨牡蠣置於無煙火上煅燒至灰白色，取出放涼，

碾碎入藥者。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Distribution:

產地﹕

中國沿海各地。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

味鹹，性平，微寒無毒 。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

肝，腎。

藥理﹕

astringent, sedation, detoxification, analgesia. In vivo the  acidic oyster shell (mu li) extract can inhibit polio virus  infection murines reduces mortality. [1]

anti-tumor

有收斂、鎮靜、解毒、鎮痛的作用；牡蠣的酸性提取物在活體中對脊髓灰質炎病毒抑制作用，使感染的鼠死亡率降低。【1】

抗癌腫

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

1. Liver yang ascending with dizziness and blurry vision.
2. lymphadenitis.
3. organ prolapse
4. neutralizing acid with baked mu li
    

1. 肝 陽 上 亢 ， 頭 暈 目 眩 。
2. 痰核，瘰癧，癥瘕積聚等證 。
3. 滑 脫 諸 證 。
4. 煆 牡 蠣 有 收 斂 制 酸 作 用 ， 可 治 胃 痛 泛 酸 。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

碳酸鈣，磷酸鈣，硫酸鈣，有機化合物， 鎂，鋁，矽，氧化鐵等。

Dosage:

用量﹕

10 to 30 g in decoction.

Smash first before boiling. Use raw mu li except in neutralizing

acid. To neutralizing acid use baked mu li.

10 - 30 克,煎 服。

宜 打 碎 先 煎 ； 除 收 斂 固 澀 煆 用 外 ， 餘 皆 生 用。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

Incompatible with ma huang, xi xin,  wu zhu yu,   Not to use when the body is

weak and with condition of  yangxu (yang deficient), or with condition of shenxu (kidney deficient) without heat. Those with spermatorrhea due to coldness also

should not use.

惡麻 黃、細 辛、吳茱萸，滷砂。凡病虛而  陽虛 者忌。腎虛無火，寒精自出

者亦忌。