The effects and functions of centipedes

Diseases need good treatment methods. The choice of methods for treating diseases cannot be arbitrary, otherwise it will not help control the disease. The commonly used method for treating diseases is drug treatment. This treatment method is direct and effective. Therefore, the choice of medicine is very important. Centipede is a very good drug for treating diseases. Its choice can also improve the patient's disease. What are the effects and functions of centipedes?

There are many aspects to the effects and functions of centipedes, and you need to know something about them when using them, especially their effects in traditional Chinese medicine, so that no other problems will arise during use.

The effects and functions of centipede:

The efficacy of Chinese medicine centipede

The relationship with Scorpio is exactly the same. It can calm wind and stop convulsions, and is typically used together with the whole scorpion. Taking anticonvulsant as the main indicator, 1+1 is greater than 2. Using 0.5g of each, the anticonvulsant effect is quite good. It is used to treat various liver wind syndromes, including acute convulsions in children. Although it has a warming effect, it is more effective than the whole scorpion in calming wind and relieving spasms. Attack poison and disperse nodules. Used for sores, carbuncles, swelling and pain, scrofula, phlegm nodules, and goiters. Unblock meridians and relieve pain. It is used for stubborn rheumatic arthralgia, stubborn headache, and to clear the meridians for facial paralysis, numbness and hemiplegia. The only difference compared to the whole scorpion is that the centipede's warm and dry poison is stronger than that of the whole insect or the whole scorpion. You should be careful when using it, and it is suitable for powder form. The quality of scorpion medicinal materials is very poor nowadays. The medicinal preparation method is to scald the scorpion to death with salt water. This way the scorpion can be preserved for a long time. It is also called light whole insect, which has no salty taste. If there is too much salt, remove it. But now some people add a lot of salt into it, which reduces the quality of the medicinal materials. What’s worse is that they starve it for a few days before it dies, and then feed it cement, so its stomach is full of mud when it dies. Almost unusable. Some people like to use the scorpion's tail or tail segment. The active ingredients are strongest here, but it is a waste. The other abdominal segments are also effective, but the effects are slightly milder. This is how many centipedes are commonly used in clinical practice. However, the bamboo strips are not removed when weighing, resulting in a smaller amount and impurities mixed in.

1. Calm wind and stop spasms, used for spasms and convulsions. Centipede is pungent and warm in nature, good at moving around, and can reach inside and outside. It has a stronger effect of calming internal wind and searching for wind and unblocking meridians than the scorpion. The two are often used together to treat spasms and convulsions caused by various reasons, such as Zhijingsan. With proper combination, it can also be used for acute and chronic convulsions, tetanus, stroke, facial paralysis and other symptoms.

2. It can attack toxins and disperse nodules. It is used for sores, swellings, scrofula and tuberculosis. This product uses poison to fight poison, and has a pungent taste and dispels stagnation. This product can be mixed with realgar and pig bile to make a paste, which is very effective for external application on malignant sores and swellings, such as Buer Powder. Grind it into a fine powder with tea leaves and apply it to treat scrofula ulcers. If this product is roasted until yellow, ground into fine powder, and taken with boiled water, or used together with coptis root, rhubarb, raw licorice, etc., it can treat snake bites.

3. It can clear the meridians and relieve pain. It is used for stubborn rheumatism and intractable headaches. This product also has the similar wind-clearing, collateral-draining and analgesic effects as the whole scorpion. It is used for stubborn rheumatism and can be used together with wind-dispelling, dampness-removing and collateral-draining drugs such as Saposhnikovia divaricata, Angelica dahurica and Clematis chinensis. It can be used together with Gastrodia elata, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Bombyx batryticatus, etc. to treat stubborn headaches or migraines that cannot be cured for a long time.

The role of Chinese medicine centipede

In addition to toxic ingredients, centipedes also contain fatty oil, cholesterol, formic acid and various amino acids. Centipedes have anticonvulsant, vasodilator and blood pressure lowering effects. Centipede water extract has different degrees of inhibitory effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis and various skin fungi. It also has the effects of promoting immunity and anti-tumor.

1. Centipedes contain two toxic components similar to bee venom, namely histamine-like substances and hemolytic proteins. Its fat-soluble components contain a variety of unsaturated fatty acids, as well as free amino acids and hydrolyzed amino acids, carbohydrates, proteins and a variety of trace elements. The water extract of centipede has obvious anticonvulsant and analgesic effects, and can resist inflammation, inhibit capillary permeability and reduce swelling; it has inhibitory effects on Mycobacterium tuberculosis and various skin fungi. This product can also enhance the phagocytic ability of macrophages, inhibit antibody production and regulate immune function; its water extract has the effect of preventing free radical chain reactions. Centipede has an inhibitory effect on mouse sarcoma and mouse leukemia models; centipede leech injection has an inhibitory effect on tumor cells.

2. If centipede powder is swallowed, it has a strong odor and often causes nausea in patients. Therefore, it can be dried, ground into powder, sieved, and put into capsules for oral administration. This can not only ensure the therapeutic effect, but also facilitate the control of dosage and avoid poisoning.

3. Centipedes contain toxic components similar to bee venom, which can cause hemolysis and allergic reactions. Large doses can paralyze the myocardium and suppress the respiratory center. Those with hemolytic reactions may have soy sauce-colored urine and symptoms of hemolytic anemia. Allergic reactions may cause systemic allergic rash, itching, and even anaphylactic shock.

4. After baking, the toxic substances in centipedes are destroyed and their toxicity is reduced. Therefore, when taking centipede internally, it is better to use processed form.

It should be used in conjunction with the previous ones: Saposhnikovia divaricata, White Flower Snake, Arisaema consanguineum, Periostracum cicada, Arisaema consanguineum, and Aconitum carmichaelii.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of the efficacy and functions of centipedes. When choosing such medicines to treat diseases, they also need to be used correctly. This requires following the doctor's advice so that the disease can be improved. Otherwise, incorrect treatment will endanger human health.