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Centipede , also known as Tianlong, Hundred feet, Centipede, Millipede, etc., is a typical carnivorous animal. It is fierce and has a wide range of food, especially insects. In the early spring when food is scarce, you can also eat a small amount of green grass and moss shoots. I like to live in a dark, warm, rain-proof and well-ventilated place. In the daytime, it often lurks in the cracks of masonry, the foot of the wall, and in the dark corners of piles of leaves, weeds, and rotten wood, and comes out at night.
Speaking of centipedes, many people feel disgusted unconsciously. In fact, this terrestrial arthropod composed of multiple body segments is also a common Chinese medicinal material, which has very significant effects on dispelling wind and relieving spasm, fighting poison and dispelling masses, and dredging collaterals and pain.
[nature and flavor] pungent, warm; toxic.
[Return to the meridian] to the liver meridian.
【Efficacy】 relieves wind and relieves spasm, detoxifies and clears congestion, clears meridians and activates collaterals. Used for convulsions, convulsions and convulsions in children, crooked stroke, hemiplegia, tetanus, rheumatism, sores, scrofula, snake bites.
[Storage] should be placed in a dry place to prevent mildew and moth.
[Clinical application] 1. Relieving wind and relieving spasm, used for convulsions and convulsions. For use, to treat convulsions caused by various reasons, such as Zhijingsan. With proper compatibility, it can also be used for acute and chronic convulsions, tetanus, stroke, mouth and eye crookedness, etc.
2. Fighting poison and dispelling congestion, used for sore, swollen toxin, scrofula and tuberculosis
This product fights poison with poison to dispel congestion. This product is compatible with realgar and pig bile to prepare an ointment. It is good for external application of malignant sore swelling and poison, such as Buersan. It is fine powder together with tea, and is applied to treat scrofula fester. If this product is used to roast yellow, grind the fines, and take it with boiling water, or use it with Coptis, rhubarb, and raw licorice, it can cure snake bites.
3. Tongluo analgesic, used for rheumatic stubborn numbness and intractable headaches
This product also has the similar effect of searching wind, dredging collaterals and analgesic effect similar to the whole scorpion. , Dehumidification, and collateral relief drugs are used together; to treat persistent headaches or migraines that have not been cured for a long time, it can be used with Gastrodia elata, Chuanxiong and Baiwu silkworm.
[Usage and Dosage] Oral use: decoction, 2-5g; ground powder, 0.5-1g; or into pills or powder; external use: appropriate amount, ground powder, oil immersion or ground powder to adjust and apply.
[Caution] This product is toxic, so the dosage should not be too large. Those with blood deficiency and wind and pregnant women are prohibited from taking it. Through the above introduction,
will give you a good understanding of the effects of centipede. When choosing this type of medicine for disease treatment, it is necessary to use it correctly in accordance with the doctor’s advice, so that the disease can be well improved, otherwise the wrong treatment will endanger human health.
