The efficacy and function of centipede powder

I believe everyone has heard of centipedes, and we all know that although centipedes are poisonous, they can fight poison with poison. They have a good regulatory effect on the treatment of many diseases that are difficult to detect clinically. They can also play a role in tumors. In addition to being preserved directly as a whole, centipedes can also be made into centipede powder after drying, which will be easier for people to accept and easier to use as medicine.

The effects, functions and edible methods of centipede Centipede is a commonly used Chinese medicine in clinical practice. It can dispel wind, calm the nerves, attack toxins and disperse knots. It is commonly used clinically to treat stroke, epilepsy, tetanus, whooping cough, scrofula, tuberculosis, tumors, sores, tinea, alopecia, hemorrhoids, burns, etc. Below, Xiangshitan will explain in detail the effects and functions of centipedes. It is the dried body of Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans L. Koch, a centipede of the family Scolopendra. It is mainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Henan, Shaanxi and other places. Catch them in spring and summer, insert bamboo sticks into the head and tail, stretch them straight, and dry them.

【Properties】Pungent, warm. poisonous. It enters the liver meridian.

[Effects] Calming wind and calming spasms, attacking toxins and dispersing nodules, unblocking meridians and relieving pain.

【application】

1. Spasms and convulsions. This product is warm in nature and good at moving around. It can reach inside and outside, and has strong power to search for wind and calm convulsions. It and the whole scorpion are both important drugs for calming wind. The two drugs are often used together to treat spasms and convulsions caused by various reasons, such as Zhijingsan (Experience Prescriptions); if it is used to treat children's mouth tucking, convulsions of hands and feet, this product can be used in combination with the whole scorpion, Uncaria rhynchophylla, Bombyx batryticatus, etc., such as Cufengsan (Zhengzhi Zhunsheng) and Wanjinsan (Shenghui Fang). For the treatment of children's acute fright, this product can be combined with cinnabar and light powder in equal parts, and ground into powder and taken with breast milk; if it is used to treat tetanus and opisthotonos, this product can be used as the main medicine, and it can be used together with Arisaema consanguineum and Saposhnikovia divaricata. Such as Centipede Star Wind Powder (Yi Zong Jin Jian). With proper combination, this product can also be used for epilepsy, wind in the meridians, strabismus of the mouth and eyes, etc.

2. Sores, swellings, scrofula and tuberculosis. This product uses poison to fight poison, and its pungent taste disperses nodules. It can be made into a paste with realgar and pig bile for external application to treat malignant sores and swellings, with good results, such as Buer Powder (Bacui Fang); this product is ground into fine powder with tea leaves and applied to treat scrofula and ulcers, such as the prescription "Zhen Zhong Fang" quoted in "Compendium of Materia Medica", the new prescription "Jingtuo Powder", which is combined with whole scorpion and earthworm, and ground into fine powder for oral administration to treat bone tuberculosis; if this product is roasted until yellow, ground into fine powder, and taken with boiled water, or used together with Coptis chinensis, rhubarb, raw licorice, etc., it can also treat snake bites.

3. Rheumatism and stubborn arthritis. This product has good effects of clearing meridians and relieving pain, and is similar to the whole scorpion. Therefore, the two medicines are often used together with wind-removing, dampness-removing and meridian-clearing medicines such as Saposhnikovia divaricata, Angelica dahurica and Clematis chinensis to treat rheumatic pain, wandering pain and severe pain.