Tortoiseshell flower has the effect of regulating qi, relaxing the chest, harmonizing the stomach and stopping vomiting, and can be used clinically for the treatment of chest congestion, epigastric (stomach and abdomen) distension and pain and other conditions.
Tortoiseshell flower is a common Chinese medicine in clinic, which is the flower bud of tortoiseshell flower of Rutaceae family, with the flavor of pungent, sweet, slightly bitter, and the nature of flat, belonging to the spleen and stomach meridian. Tortoiseshell flower can be used clinically to treat a variety of conditions such as dysphagia, vomiting, nausea and other disorders caused by poor qi, spleen and stomach disharmony.
Although tortoiseshell flower can be used to treat a variety of diseases, it must be used on the basis of traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis. Moreover, there may be some differences in the way of administering the drug for different diseases, so it is necessary to strictly follow the doctor’s instructions and use tortoise shell in the correct way in order to make the drug give full play to its due efficacy.