Cuttlebone has the efficacy of astringency to stop bleeding (treating bleeding disorders with medicines that have astringent effects), astringency to stop the bandage, acidity to stop pain (inhibiting stomach acid and relieving pain), and dampness to astringent sores. It can be used for treating spermatorrhea and slippery spermatozoa, scanty and thick blood, metrorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow or dribbling), stomach ache and acid vomiting, wet sores, and spleen and stomach deficiency (weakness and coldness of the spleen and stomach) and other disorders.
Cuttlebone is the inner shell of squid, which has the function of fixing essence and stopping leucorrhea, astringent and stopping bleeding. Cuttlebone can be used to treat spermatorrhea due to loss of kidney retention and spermatorrhea, and excessive discharge due to damage of the Ren Vessel, together with Wu Bei Zi (five times as much as the seed of the seed) and Chi Shi Yi (red stone resin).
In addition, cuttlebone also has the effect of suppressing acidity, relieving pain, and collecting dampness and astringing sores, so it can be used to treat skin diseases such as wet sores and eczema, as well as diseases of the spleen and stomach system such as coldness of the spleen and stomach and stomach pain and vomiting of acid.
However, the use of cuttlebone should be guided by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, and cuttlebone should not be used in combination with epiphyllum, Ampelopsis, honeysuckle, and so on.