Harvesting and processing of tortoise plate

The tortoise plate, also known as the tortoise shell, is the dry abdominal shell of the turtle family. The product has the function of nourishing yin and latent yang, tonifying kidney, nourishing blood and tonifying heart. It is used for hot flashes of yin deficiency, night sweats, convulsions of vulva injuries in the later stage of fever, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, collapse and leakage, hemorrhoids and other diseases.

Turtles are produced in most parts of China, especially in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Anhui, Hubei and Henan. The wild animal lives in many groups in rivers, lakes, lakes and ponds, and can be caught all year round. The tortoise caught is dug from the tail to the head with a sharp knife, and then from the other side of the head to the tail to remove the tortoise head, tail, limbs and internal organs, scrape off the muscles on the carapace, wash and dry it with clean water, which is called "blood armour", which is of the best quality; boil it with boiling water, and then remove the belly armour and remove the muscle tendons to dry, which is called "soup nail". Goods with dry feet, with blood spots, integrity, no meat, no broken, hard quality, no back shell, no mildew, fishy, slightly salty taste is preferred.

The solid glue block made from the tortoise plate after boiling and concentration is called "tortoise glue" (tortoise plate glue). The production method is as follows: in the hot summer, the tortoise plate is immersed in water to make the remnant rotten, the bone shell is separated, the surface membrane falls off, bleached with clean water to odorless, sun-dried, and then boiled several times in the pan until the tortoise plate becomes completely crisp (crushed by hand), the filtrate is filtered, and a small amount of alum is added to the filtrate, stirring and standing. Concentrate the supernatant over low heat, add appropriate amount of yellow rice wine and rock sugar, boil it into a thick shape, cool into the mold, and then cut it into pieces: about 2.6cm in length, 2.5cm in width and 0.8cm in thickness. After drying, pack it in a carton, put it in an ashtray and store it in a cool place. The goods are transparent, clean and hard to see.