Pearl, Margarita, Zhen Zhu 珍珠

Zhen Zhu (TCM)
Mukta (Ayurveda.)
Mu Tig  མུ་ཏིག  (Tibetan)
Marwarid (Unani)

Mother of Pearl, Zhen Zhu Mu 珍珠母

Zhen Zhu Mu (TCM)
Mukta Shukti (Ayurveda.)
Nya phyis  ཉ་ཕྱིས  (Tibetan)
Sadaf (Unani)
 Picture
Picture Ortus Sanitatis, 1491

Picture Pearl and Pearl hunters
Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704

Picture Picture
Mother of Pearl
Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578

  Pearl at the Chengdu Medicine Market
(Adam, 2012)
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Zoological Name:
The shellfish in which Pearls are found are primarily:
  1. Pteria martensii
  2. Hyriopsis cumingii
  3. Cristaria plicata

Temperature & Taste:


Cool, dry. Sweet

Parts Used:
1. Natural Sea Pearl (rare)
2. Cultured Pearl–Salt Water or Fresh Water
3. Shell (‘Mother of Pearl’)
Natural Pearl is regarded as best; next cultured Sea Pearl. Freshwater cultured Pearl is lowest ranked.

Classifications:


2I. ANTISPASMODICS     2O. ASTRINGENTS     2S. STRENGTHENING MEDICINES
3B. FEBRIFUGE & ANTIPYRETIC    3C. ALEXIPHARMICS    3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS
4a. CEPHALIC     4c. CARDIAC    4e. STOMACHIC    4i. UTERINE    4j. NERVINES
TCM:
B. Clear Heat      B. Clears Deficient Heat     G. Sedate the Heart, Mind and Spirit    I. Medicines for Internal Wind   
L. Stop Bleeding    N. Yin Tonic    R. Astringents     T. External Medicines

Uses:


1. Calms the Liver, Clears Heat, Settles Wind, Stops Convulsions (TCM, West, Tibetan, Ayurveda):
-Convulsions and Seizures, especially in children

2. Calms the Spirit, Settles the Heart, Clears Heat (TCM, West, Tibetan, Ayurveda):
-Insomnia, Anxiety

3. Clears Heat and Toxins (TCM, West, Tibetan, Ayurveda):
-Fever

4. Benefits the Yin (TCM, West, Tibetan, Ayurveda):
    
5. Clears the Eyesight, Improves Vision (TCM, West, Tibetan, Ayurveda):
-Pterygium, Cataracts, growths and films.

6. Externally:
-Cleanses and Improves the Skin

Dose:


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Comment:


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Corrective:


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Substitutes:


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Preparation:


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Main Combinations:



Fever, Heat:
1. For Fevers, Heart Fire, for Palpitations, as a restorative, … available in PRO version
2. Severe Heat and Toxin of the Throat such as severe Sore Throat, Tonsillitis, Pearl with … available in PRO version
3. Febrile Infantile Convulsions:
i. Pearl with … available in PRO version
ii. Pearl with … available in PRO version
iii. Pearl, … available in PRO version

Mind, Head, Wind disease
4. To calm the Mind and Spirit:
i. Pearl powder … available in PRO version
ii. Pearl, … available in PRO version
iii. Pearl, … available in PRO version
iv. Pearl, … available in PRO version
5. Epilepsy and Convulsions in Children:
i. Pearl, … available in PRO version
ii. from Heat, Pearl powder … available in PRO version
iii. from Heat, and Convulsions from Fright, Pearl, … available in PRO version
6. Infantile convulsions due to Fright, Pearl powder … available in PRO version
7. Melancholy:
i. Pearl, … available in PRO version
ii. Pearl with … available in PRO version
8. Headache from Heat, Pearl with … available in PRO version
9. Irritability, Restlessness, Palpitations, Pearl with … available in PRO version
10. Anxiety irritation, insomnia from Heat Blood deficiency, … available in PRO version
11. Insomnia:
i. Pearl, … available in PRO version
ii. Pearl, … available in PRO version
12. Paralysis, calcined Mother of Pearl, … available in PRO version

Heart:
13. Heart Fire:
i. Pearl, … available in PRO version
ii. Pearl, … available in PRO version
iii. Pearl, … available in PRO version
14. Palpitations:
i. Pearl with … available in PRO version
ii. Pearl, … available in PRO version
iii. with Insomnia, Pearl, … available in PRO version

Yin Tonic
15. Consumption, Wasting and Chronic Disease:
i. Pearl with … available in PRO version
ii. Pearl with … available in PRO version
iii, Pearl with … available in PRO version
16. Thirst from Diabetes, Pearl with … available in PRO version
17. Longevity, and to benefit Memory, Pearl with … available in PRO version

Obstetrics
18. To prevent Miscarriage, Pearl with … available in PRO version
19. Difficult Labor, take 30 grams (1 liang) of Pearl powder with … available in PRO version
20. To abort a Dead Fetus, 60 grams (2 liang) of Pearl powder … available in PRO version
21. Bleeding after Birth, add powders of Pearl, … available in PRO version

Eye diseases
22. Poor vision and Optic atrophy from Liver deficiency:
i. Pearl taken with … available in PRO version
ii. Pearl powder … available in PRO version
23. Night-blindness, decoct Mother of Pearl shell with … available in PRO version
24. Heat-type Eye diseases, Pearl, … available in PRO version
25. To remove films from the Eyes, prepare a finely levigated powder of Pearl and … available in PRO version
26. Keratitis, Pearl, … available in PRO version

Other:
27. Mouth Ulcers and Sores from Heat and Toxin:
i. Pearl, … available in PRO version
ii. Pearl, … available in PRO version
iii. Pearl, … available in PRO version
28. Chronic non-healing Ulcers, Pearl, … available in PRO version

Major Formulas:


Cooling Pearl Powder (Diamargariton Frigidum) (Nicholas)
Warming Pearl Powder (Diamargariton Calidum) (Mesue)
Warming Pearl Powder (Diamargariton Calidum) (Avicenna)
Electuary of Pearl (Avicenna)
Cooling Powder of Gems
Warming Powder of Gems (Mesue)
The White Powder
Powder of Crabs Claws Compound
Red Hungarian Powder
Powder of Coral and Mother-of-Pearl (Gabelhover)
Powder for Childhood Convulsions
Marvelous Powder Against Scrofula (Arnold de Villa Nova)
Vigorous Cakes
Powder Against Abortion (France)
Electuary Against Miscarriage

Liu Shen Wan (TCM)
Zhen Xiang Jiao Nag (Precious Aromatic Capsules) (TCM)
An Gong Niu Huang Wan
Zhen Zhu Wan
Zhen Bao San
Zhu Huang Chui Hou San
Jin Bo Zhen Xin Wan
Pearl 25 (Mu tig nyer lnga) (Tibetan Medicine)

Cautions:


Generally Safe.
1. According to some Chinese sources, it should not be given during pregnancy. However, it has been used for threatened miscarriage when caused by Heat.
2. Generally only used in Heat conditions (unless corrected) as it is cooling.

Main Preparations used:


Manus Christi with Pearl, Compound Cooling Pearl Powder (Diamargaritum Frigidum)
GENERAL / REVIEW:
–A history of the cultured pearl industry.
–Pearl powder—an emerging material for biomedical applications: A review
–Ultra-performance liquid chromatography of amino acids for the quality assessment of pearl powder.
–Pearl and mother-of-pearl powder in health-care.
–Calcium bioavailability of nanonized pearl powder for adults.
–Extraction, purification, bioactivities and application of matrix proteins from pearl powder and nacre powder: A review
–Mother of pearl: The power of pearl powder
–The Health Benefits of Pearl Powder: Superfood From the Sea
–The influence of calcination temperature on the physicochemical characteristics of Pteria martensii
–The proteomics of the freshwater pearl powder: Insights from biomineralization to biomedical application
–Pearl powder-an innovation in medicine and dermatocosmetics

SEDATIVE / ANTICONVULSANT
–Anticonvulsant and sedative-hypnotic activity screening of pearl and nacre (mother of pearl).

SLEEP
–Pearl powder reduces sleep disturbance stress response through regulating proteomics in a rat model of sleep deprivation.

MEMORY
–Sulfated Polysaccharide Isolated from the Nacre of Pearl Oyster Improves Scopolamine-Induced Memory Impairment.
–Nacre extract from pearl oyster attenuates amyloid beta-induced memory impairment
–Nacre extract prevents scopolamine-induced memory deficits in rodents
 ANTIOXIDANT:
–Efficacy of protein rich pearl powder on antioxidant status in a randomized placebo-controlled trial.
–Antihemolytic and antioxidant properties of pearl powder against 2,’-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride-induced hemolysis and oxidative damage to erythrocyte membrane lipids and proteins.

IMMUNOMODULATORY:
–Immunomodulatory Effects of Hydrolyzed Seawater Pearl Tablet (HSPT) on Th1/Th2 Functionality in a Mice Model of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Induced by Cigarette Smoke.

REDUCES ORGAN FAT
–Reducing Effect of Feeding Powdered Nacre of Pinctada maxima on the Visceral Fat of Rats

MYOPIA
– A study on the prevention and treatment of myopia with nacre on chicks.

ANTIHEMOLYTIC:
–Antihemolytic and antioxidant properties of pearl powder against 2,’-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride-induced hemolysis and oxidative damage to erythrocyte membrane lipids and proteins.

BONES
–N16, a Nacreous Protein, Inhibits Osteoclast Differentiation and Enhances Osteogenesis.

WOUND-HEALING:
–Nanoscaled pearl powder accelerates wound repair and regeneration in vitro and in vivo.
–Pearl extract enhances the migratory ability of fibroblasts in a wound healing model.
–Effects of pearl powder extract and its fractions on fibroblast function relevant to wound repair.