Tortoise shell 
 
 
Luo Xinghong Nanjing university of Chinese medicine
Zhao Xia Chinese medicine hospital of jiangsu province 
 
 
China's traditional Chinese medicine to 

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        Tortoise shell for testudinidae animal tortoise shell. Agriculture in zhejiang, anhui and other places. With large, meat residue, stench is preferred. The alias names, tortoise plastron, house of god, born of tortoise plastron, fry tortoise plastron, broiled tortoise plastron, vinegar tortoise plastron, crisp tortoise plastron. To dive can nourish Yin Yang, kidney strong bone, nourishing blood bushing. For Yin hot flashes, bone steaming, night sweats, dizzy, within the virtual wind, bones and muscles impotent soft, guilty forgetful. 
 
        Legend story 
 
        Legend turtle's back is smooth in the past, now have the decorative pattern, do you know how is it formed? The tortoise and sika deer turns out to be a pretty good friends, they swear: not contemporaneous, but seek common death, never part. 
 
        One day, it both go to the bottom of the sea crystal palace. The tortoise slowly swim to the bottom of the sea, carrying sika deer underwater world is really fantastic! In front of the palace, see the fish, shrimp, ah wai, it all do not know in what to say, into a look, in front of the old guys are looking at a sign, reading: "besides got a strange disease, headache through healing in many ways, also not better, anyone who can cure the dragon king, as he is great. And gold twelve thousand." Turtle watching the sign, the in the mind manning Angle, later it for sika deer said: "you wait a moment, I'll go to." The tortoise dropped sika deer, eagerly to 'locker. 
 
        The tortoise said to besides: "big king, I have a way to cure your disease, you just eat the sika deer head, headache will soon good. Sika deer I have brought you, just waiting at the door!" So blessed and overjoyed, dragon king a listen to immediately send lieutenants will sika deer brought into his palace. Command the sika deer cut head to honor it. If you listen sika deer is a bad idea, tortoise was in no hurry to besides said: "the king is sick, I naturally should help, but unfortunately, with the sea tortoise. Today what I don't think with brain, to put it in the home, now king is going to use, I'll go to take, please the king to send me the tortoise me ashore!" The tortoise had to carry the sika deer swims out of the water. A ashore, sika deer turtle back in the body, fast ran to the mountains and majestic mountains, ran to the top of the mountain to stop. Sika deer angrily said to the tortoise: "you this cynical guy, I like a brother to you take care of you everywhere, always protect you, but you, in order to promoting to a higher position, treachery, betray a friend, will not have a good end in the future." Say, sika deer tried with the Angle of a roof, the tortoise is rolled into a deep ditch from the top of the mountain. The necessity, the tortoise, although not dashed back shell fell into 13 pieces, until now also not completely fair, left a lot of deep imprint on the back shell. 
 
        Later spotted deer tell people: the tortoise shell can treat many diseases, and the turtle was not in a few days in secure.
 
 
 
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