Soft-shelled Turtle
[Name] Soft-shelled turtle, turtle, common turtle.
[Taste and Nature] Sweet taste, neutral nature.
[Meridian Tropism] Enters the liver meridian.
[Function] Tonifies liver and kidney, cools blood. Used for bone steaming due to exhaustion, coughing from deficiency, menorrhagia and leukorrhea, persistent malaria, chronic dysentery, tuberculosis, rectal prolapse, etc.
[Composition] Flesh contains protein, fat, vitamins (A, B1, B2), calcium, phosphorus, iron, niacin. Shell contains animal gelatin, keratin protein, iodine, vitamin D, etc.
[Note] Studies show that soft-shelled turtle can inhibit tumor cell growth and enhance immune function.