鳖甲、龟板必须经过炮制后方可入药,炮制方法大致可归纳如下。烂法用水浸泡,至黑鳞皮脱落,倾去水,反复冲洗干净,日晒夜露半个月,簸去鳞皮,敲成小块。埋法先在地上挖4～5尺深坑,将原药材放入,盖好土,每隔4天灌水一次。1个月后至皮骨分离为度,取出用水冲去 Armor and turtle shells must be processed before being used as medicine. The processing methods can be summarized as follows. Rotten method soaked in water, to the black scales peel off, dumped the water, washed repeatedly, the sun and night exposed for half a month, remove the scales, knocked into small pieces. The method of burial is to dig a 4 to 5 foot deep pit on the ground first, put the original medicinal material into it, cover the soil, and water once every 4 days. One month later, the degree of separation from the skin was removed and the water was taken out.