The efficacy and dosage of Bombyx batryticatus

From ancient times to the present, traditional Chinese medicine has occupied an irreplaceable and important position in Chinese medicine. Bombyx batryticatus is a traditional Chinese medicine that has been recorded in traditional Chinese medicine books. It is mainly used to treat stroke, infantile convulsions, headache, intestinal bleeding, closed throat and unable to open teeth, metrorrhagia and continuous bleeding in women, etc. During these treatments, the effect is often immediate. Next, we will introduce the effects and dosage of Bombyx Batryticatus.

The efficacy and function of silkworm

Dispel wind and relieve spasms, resolve phlegm and disperse stagnation. Treat aphonia caused by stroke, epilepsy, headache and throat wind. Laryngeal congestion, scrofula and tuberculosis. Rash, erysipelas, mastitis.

1. Ben Jing: It is used to treat children's epilepsy, night crying, three kinds of worms, blackheads, and male genital ulcers.

2. "Bie Lu": It can cure red and white discharge during metrorrhagia in women, lingering pain after childbirth, and eliminate all kinds of sores and scars. If not, the carbuncle will be sealed and the root will come out on its own.

3. Materia Medica: Treats lockjaw, sweating, and metrorrhagia in women.

4. "Bencao Gangmu" (Bencao Gangmu): It is used to treat aphonia caused by stroke, all kinds of wind diseases, obstruction of the spleen in children, itching and pain in the genitals in men, and leucorrhea in women.

5. "Compendium of Materia Medica": For treating stroke and acute throat paralysis, pound and sieve the powder into fine powder, mix with natural ginger juice and drink it.

6. "The Origin of Medicine": Removes all kinds of wind from the skin.

7. Compendium of Materia Medica: It can dispel wind-phlegm tuberculosis, scrofula, headache, toothache caused by windworms, skin sores, itching caused by erysipelas, phlegm-malaria syndrome, milk obstruction in women, metrorrhagia, scaly erosion in children, all kinds of wounds, carbuncle, wind and hemorrhoids.

8. "Bencao Zheng": Treats infantile malnutrition, gum ulcers, heavy tongue and wooden tongue.

9. "Yuzhuo Yaojie" (Medicine Explanation): It activates meridians and dredges the menstruation, dispels wind and relieves numbness. It is used to treat headache, chest pain, lockjaw, toothache, urticaria and itching; if it is burned and ground into powder and taken with wine, it can rupture carbuncles and top of the head, and also treat hematuria and metrorrhagia.

Medicinal value of silkworm

1. To treat facial paralysis and hemiplegia caused by stroke: take equal parts of white aconite root, white silkworm and whole scorpion (all used raw). Grind into fine powder. Take one coin each time, mixed with hot wine, at any time. (Qianzheng San from Yang's Family Collection)

2. To treat infantile convulsions: take equal parts of Bombyx Batryticatus and Scorpion Tripod, and one qian of Tianxiong Tip and Aconite Tip (slightly roasted). Grind into fine powder. Take one word or half a penny each time, mix with ginger and warm water, and drink it. ("Compendium of Materia Medica")

3. To treat headache: white silkworm pupa (remove the silk and mouth) and ginger in equal parts. Grind into fine powder. Take half a penny each time, with clear white plum tea, and drink when the disease is about to break out. ("One Hundred and One Prescriptions")

4. To treat closed throat and unable to open teeth: stir-fry white silkworm pupa into powder, add one qian of natural ginger juice. (Zhongzang Sutra)

5. To treat wind, rashes all over the body, and painful sores: roast white silkworm until it turns yellow, grind it into powder, and take it with wine. (Sheng Hui Fang)

6. To treat wild fire lesions on both sides of the back: mash 27 silkworm pupae and mix with fire grass to apply on the affected area. (Collection of proven recipes for lactation)

7. To treat women’s metrorrhagia and persistent bleeding: Take equal parts of white fish and silkworm. For the end. Take it with well flower water, three times a day. (Qianjin Fang)

8. To treat intestinal wind and bleeding: 1 liang each of Bombyx batryticatus (fried, remove the mouth and feet) and black plum meat (roasted). Grind into powder and make into rice paste pills the size of walnuts. Take 100 pills each time, with white soup before meals, three times a day. (Miscellaneous Notes on Health)

9. To treat heavy tongue and wooden tongue: one qian of Bombyx Batryticatus and two qian of Coptis chinensis (fried with honey). Grind it into powder, mix it with other ingredients, and it will be best if it comes out right away. (Jidetang Experience Prescription)

10. To increase lactation: 2 qian of white silkworm powder. After mixing with wine, add one qian of hot hemp tea after a while. ("Experience Behind")

Processing method of silkworm

1. Bombyx mori: wash and dry to remove impurities.

2. Stir-fry the silkworm pupae: Take the clean silkworm pupae and fry them according to the bran frying method until the surface turns yellow.

Dosage and Usage of Bombyx Batryticatus

For internal use: decoct in water, 1.5-3 qian; or make into pills or powder. For external use: grind into powder and sprinkle or apply on affected area.

Side effects of silkworm

1. Oral administration of Bombyx batryticatus may cause allergic reactions, resulting in acne-like rashes and allergic rashes, which will disappear after stopping the medication.

2. A small number of patients experience dry oropharynx, nausea, decreased appetite, drowsiness, etc.

3. Because Bombyx Batryticatus has an anticoagulant effect, it should be used with caution in patients with thrombocytopenia, coagulation disorder and bleeding tendency. Both silkworm pupa and dead silkworm pupa contain ammonium oxalate, which can be decomposed into ammonia after entering the body. It should be used with caution in patients with hepatic coma.