珍珠母为平肝潜阳、定惊明目之常用药材,药用量较大,常有混伪品出现。笔者新近收验了一批珍珠母,其外形与中国药典85版一部所收载的珍珠母差异显著。经鉴定是不等蛤科动物海月Placuna placenta(Linnaeus)的贝壳,别名:窗贝、蚝蚬窗、明瓦。其药用功能与珍珠母不同,不可混用。现将珍珠母与海月壳的鉴别列表比较如下。 Mother of Pearl is a commonly used medicinal material for calming the liver, calming eyesight and eyesight. The amount of medicine is large, and there are often counterfeits. The author has recently received a batch of mother-of-pearl mothers, whose appearance is significantly different from the mother of pearl contained in the first edition of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia 85. The shells of Placuna placenta (Linnaeus), which are identified as different species of sea pupae, are named shells, oyster windows, and Mingwa. Its medicinal function is different from that of mother-of-pearl and cannot be mixed. The comparison of the mother-of-pearl and sea-month shell discrimination tables is as follows.