What are the benefits of water centipedes?

The name of the water centipede may sound scary, but people living in the plains are afraid of it.

The medicinal value of water centipede

This product has the effect of reducing swelling and detoxifying. For dysentery with red and white stools, tenesmus, it can be used together with Purslane, Ixora and other drugs; for skin itching, it can be used with Humulus japonicus, Xanthium sibiricum and other drugs to make a decoction for external washing; for snake and insect bites, it can be used with Wild Chrysanthemum, Scutellaria barbata, etc., which can be decocted for oral administration or mashed for external application.

Efficacy: induce sweating and reduce fever, dispel wind and relieve exterior symptoms, remove blood stasis and dampness, separate and remove turbidity, promote diuresis, and stop malaria. This product has the effects of sweating, reducing fever, reducing swelling and detoxifying.

Effects: Colds, fever and cold headaches, tracheitis, cough, wind-heat cough, whooping cough, malaria, jaundice, dysentery, sore throat, chyluria, leucorrhea, sores and swelling, bruises, itchy skin, urticaria, and jaundice-type infectious hepatitis.

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For the treatment of bacillary dysentery: Take 1 liang each of water centipede and white powder vine (i.e. Sapium wilfordii), decoct in water and take in 2 doses (in severe cases, 2 doses can be taken daily). 70 cases were treated, with an average medication period of about 7 days. 54 cases were cured, 14 cases showed marked effects, and 2 cases were ineffective. The average time for fever to subside was 2.3 days, the average number of days for bowel movement frequency and characteristics to return to normal was about 5 days, and the average time for stool culture to turn negative was 4.08 days. Its therapeutic effect seems to be no less than that of the sulfaguanidine control group.

Dosage and administration: 18.8-75.0 g, decocted in water.

Side effects of water centipede

No side effects.

Medical records and prescriptions of water centipede

1. To treat fever caused by epidemics: decoct water centipede and clematis in water. (Records of Collecting Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan)

2. To treat dysentery: Take one to one and a half qian of fresh water centipede herb, add boiling water and five qian of rock sugar, stew for one hour and drink. (Fujian Folk Herbs)

3. Treat sores, ulcers and swellings: whole plant of water centipede and banana root. Mash it and apply to the affected area. (Hunan Pharmacopoeia)

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4. To treat injuries from falls: one pound of water centipede. Mash it and add 4 liang of wine. Filter out 2 liang of wine and take it orally, fry the residue and apply it to the painful area. (Guangxi Medicinal Plant Atlas)

5. To treat common snake bites: 2 taels of water centipede. Mash it, mix it with 2 liang of wine, take 1 liang internally, and apply 1 liang around the wound. (Guangxi Medicinal Plant Atlas)

6. To treat skin itching: boil water with centipede and use it for external washing. (Guangzhou Army "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines")

7. To treat whooping cough, bronchitis, and sore throat: 1-2 taels of dried water centipede. Decoction in water. (Guangzhou Army's "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines") For treating malaria: one or two ounces of water centipede. Decoction, take 8 to 4 hours before malaria attack

8. To treat malaria: one or two grams of water centipede. Decoction in water, take 8 to 4 hours before the onset of malaria. (Jiangxi Herbal Medicine)

9. To treat stomatitis in children: take 1-2 grams of water centipede rhizome. Decoction in water and drink with honey. (Commonly used herbal medicines among Zhejiang folks)

10. Treat rheumatic bone pain: 1 to 2 taels of water centipede. Decoction. (Commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in Shanghai)

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11. To treat knife wounds and fractures: Crush the wool of fresh centipede and apply it to the affected area. Change the dressing twice a day. (Guizhou Herbal Medicine)

12. Treatment of icteric infectious hepatitis: 1 to 2 taels of fresh whole water centipede grass. Decoction in water. (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine)

13. To treat abdominal pain caused by qi stagnation: take 1 liang of fresh whole herb of water centipede. Decoction in water. (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine)