Gejie (Tokay Gecko)---蛤蚧

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Gejie (Tokay Gecko)---蛤蚧

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This medicinal is the dried body of Gekko gecko Linnaeus (Fam. Gekkonidae)with its internal organs removed and captured all year around. After removal its internal organs, or blood(being unable to wash with water), its body is kept flat straightened with bamboo pieces( with two pieces forming a pair) and baked to dry with mild fire. When using, remove its head (having little poison), feet and scales. Sometimes its tail is used alone or baked crisp and ground into powder for use.

[ Medicinal Properties ]: Salt, neutral; relate to lung and kidney meridians.

[ Medicinal Efficacies ]: Nourish lung and replenish kidney; improve qi reception to relieve dyspnea; supplement yang and replenish essence.

Clinical Applications ]: 1. Cough due to lung insufficiency, dyspnea due to kidney insufficiency, cough and dyspnea due to consumptive disease It is the most effective medicinal for cough and dyspnea of deficiency type. For cough and dyspnea due to consumptive disease, it is combined with Beimu and Ziyuan. For dyspnea due to insufficiency of lung and kidney, it is prescribed with Renshen and Beimu, in Renshen Gejie Powder.

2. Impotence due to kidney insufficiency In this case , it is used alone in form of wine infusion or in cobination with Yizhi, Bajitian and Buguzhi.

[ Usage and Dosage ]: 5-10g. When used in the form of powder, 1-2g each time, three times per day. 1-2 pairs , for wine infusion.

[ Precautions ]: It is contraindicated in patients with cough and dyspnea due to wind-coldor excess-heat.

蛤蚧为脊椎动物壁虎科动物蛤蚧Ｇckko gecko L.除去内脏的干燥体。主产于广西，广东、云南等省亦产。全年均可捕捉。剖开除去内脏，或去血液（不可用水洗），以竹片先从横面撑开，再用长竹一条撑着下胯延至尾末端．用微火焙干，两支合成一对。用时去头（有小毒）、足和鳞片，也有单取其尾，或炒酥研末。

【药性】咸，平。归肺、肾经。【功效】补肺益肾，纳气平喘，助阳益精。

【应用】 1．肺虚咳嗽、肾虚作喘、虚劳喘咳。本品兼入肺肾二经，长于补肺气、助肾阳、定喘咳，为治多种虚证喘咳之佳品。常与贝母、紫菀、杏仁等同用，治虚劳咳嗽，如蛤蚧丸（《圣惠方》）；或与人参、贝母、杏仁等同用，治肺肾虚喘，如人参蛤蚧散（《卫生宝鉴》）。

2．肾虚阳痿。本品质润不燥，补肾助阳兼能益精养血，有固本培元之功。可单用浸酒服即效；或与益智仁、巴戟天、补骨脂等同用，如养真丹（《御院药方》）。

【用法用量】煎服，5～1０g；研末每次 1～2g，日三次；浸酒服用 1～2对。

【使用注意】风寒或实热咳喘忌服。

【古籍摘要】 1．《海药本草》：“疗折伤，主肺痿上气，咯血咳嗽。”

2．《本草纲目》：“补肺气，益精血，定喘止嗽，疗肺痈，消渴，助阳道。”

3．《本草经疏》：“蛤蚧，其主久肺劳咳嗽、淋沥者，皆肺肾为病，劳极则肺肾虚而生热，故外邪易侵，内证兼发也。蛤蚧属阴，能补水之上源，则肺肾皆得所养，而劳热咳嗽自除。肺朝百脉，通调水道，下输膀胱；肺气清，故淋沥水道自通也。”

【现代研究】 1．化学成分：含有胆固醇、脂肪酸、，磷脂成分为磷脂酸，还含有18种游离氨基酸及12种元素。

2．药理作用：蛤蚧的水溶性部分能使雄性小鼠睾丸增重，表现出雄性激素样作用，可使动物阴道开放时间提前，认为具有双向性激素作用。提取物小鼠腹腔注射能明显增强脾重，能对抗强的松龙和环磷酰胺的免疫抑制作用，提取物对小鼠遭受低温、高温、缺氧等应激刺激有明显保护作用，认为有“适应原”样作用。

3．临床研究：用复方蛤蚧散治疗老年性慢性喘息性支气管炎有效（中医药研究，1990，（2）：36）；蛤蚧粉患处敷贴治疗宫颈糜烂有效（山东医药，1993，33（2）：封三）；海马蛤蚧散治疗男性不育症，疗效满意（国医论坛，1995，10（4）：29）。