Carapax Trionycis

Yin Tonics

Bie Jia

鱉甲鳖甲 Turtle Shell

NamingBie Jia (Carapax Trionycis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Bie Jia OriginThe back shell of the animal Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann of family Trionychidae.LocationMost areas in the south of China.HarvestWild or cultivated. Captured all the year round, killed, shelled

Yin Tonics

鳖甲

Bie Jia 鱉甲 Turtle Shell

NamingBie Jia (Carapax Trionycis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 鳖甲OriginThe back shell of the animal Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann of family Trionychidae.LocationMost areas in the south of China.HarvestWild or cultivated. Captured all the year round, killed, shelled and s