If it is used to nourish the liver and kidneys, chasteberry can be used instead of tortoise shell. If it is used to nourish the blood and tonify the heart, and to consolidate the menstruation and stop disintegration, chasteberry should not be used instead of tortoise shell.
Tortoise shell is a yin tonic Chinese medicine, the dorsal and ventral nails of the tortoise of the family Tortoisesidae, with the effects of nourishing yin and submerging yang (suppressing too much rising yang by replenishing the yin fluids), benefiting the kidneys and strengthening the bones, nourishing the blood and nourishing the heart, fixing menstruation and stopping disintegration.
It can be used in treating yin deficiency and tidal fever, night sweating with bone vapor (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping after waking up), dizziness and dizziness, internal movement of deficiency wind, impotence and weakness of sinews and bones, heart deficiency and forgetfulness, and menstrual leakage (excessive menstrual flow or spotting) with excessive menstruation. Its adverse effects and contraindications are not clear.
Chasteberry is also a yin tonic, with the effect of nourishing the liver and kidney, brightening the eyes and darkening the hair, it can be used for yin deficiency of the liver and kidney, dizziness, tinnitus, lumbar and knee pain and weakness, premature whitening of hair, darkening of the eyes and uncertainty, internal heat and thirst (internal fever accompanied by symptoms such as eating more, drinking more and urinating more), and tidal fever of the bones (a burst of heat, feeling that the heat is penetrating from the inside of the bones outward), etc. The adverse reactions and contraindications are not clear. Its adverse effects and contraindications are not clear.
If one wants to nourish the liver and kidney, chasteberry can be used instead of tortoise shell, both of which have the effect of nourishing the liver and kidney, but if one wants to nourish the blood and tonify the heart, fix menstruation and stop disintegration, chasteberry cannot replace tortoise shell.
The use of Chinese medicine should be under the guidance of a professional physician, do not use your own medicine, so as not to affect your health.