Sepia, Cuttlefish, Cuttlebone, Hai Piao Xiao 海螵蛸
Cuttlefish Bone
Hai Piao Xiao (TCM)
Samandar-Jhag, Samandar-Phen (Unani)
Zabdul Behar (Arabic)
Sepia
Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563
Sepia
Shaw, G. Zoological Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution, 1809
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Zoological name:
Sepia officinalis, S. esculenta; Sepiella maindroni.
Parts used:
White, sun-dried ‘bone’ (internal shell)
Temperature & Taste:
Slightly Cool, Dry. Salty
Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding (West, TCM):
-various types of Bleeding
2. Stops Leakage, Astringes Essence, Benefits the Kidneys:
-all types of Vaginal Discharge.
3. Clears Heat and Phlegm, Resolves Masses:
-Cough, Bronchitis.
4. Clears Heat, Reduces Acid, Alleviates Pain (West, TCM):
-acid reflux
5. Promotes Urine, Clears Stones
6. Externally:
-powder is applied to chronic non-healing Ulcers, Burns and Scalds, and bleeding Wounds (TCM)
Dose:
Purification of Cuttlebone.
Preparation:
Substitute:
Main Combinations:
1. Gastric Ulcers, Cuttlefish bone with … available in PRO version
2. Urinary incontinence, Cuttlefish bone with … available in PRO version
3. Strangury with Hematuria:
i. take Cuttlefish bone powder with … available in PRO version
ii. Cuttlefish bone, … available in PRO version
4. Heavy Menstrual Bleeding:
i. Cuttlefish bone with … available in PRO version
ii. Cuttlefish bone with … available in PRO version
5. As a tonic to the Womb, Cuttlefish bone with … available in PRO version
6. Scrofula, Cuttlefish bone with … available in PRO version
7. Spermatorrhea /Gonorrhea:
i. Amber with … available in PRO version
ii. Cuttlefish bone (2 scruples), … available in PRO version
8. Chronic Asthma in children from Phlegm, of Cuttlefish bone powder with … available in PRO version
9. Night-blindness, Cuttlefish bone powder … available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Powder of Madder and Cuttlebone
Powder of Burnt Sponge (Wirtzung)
Cautions:
1. Used for too long, Cuttlefish bone may result in constipation.
2. Not used for Cold and weak digestion
Main Preparations used:
Levigated Powder
