What are the medicinal values ​​of scorpions?

In daily life, most people must be familiar with Scorpio! Shoes are a kind of scorpion that we see, usually in zoos or on the roadside. The whole scorpion itself contains toxins, and many people dare not touch it. Most people also don’t know the unique and important uses of scorpions. In fact, the medicinal value of scorpions is very wide. It can not only play a good effect on various diseases, but also can be used to detoxify and treat diseases.

Aliases

Snake, Kui, Du Bo, Zhubu insect, scorpion tail insect, whole insect, Fubei insect, scorpion.

Medicinal Parts

It is the dried whole insect of the scorpion of the family Scorpionidae.

Dried whole scorpion of the family Scorpionidae

Ingredients

Contains scorpion venom, a protein similar to the neurotoxin in snake venom. In addition, it contains trimethylamine, betaine, taurine, palmitic acid, stearic acid, cholesterol, lecithin and ammonium salts.

The venom of European and North African scorpions contains neurotoxins I and II, of which neurotoxin II is a peptide chain composed of 64 amino acids.

Function and indications

Dispel wind, stop spasms, dredge meridians, and detoxify. It is used to treat convulsions, epilepsy, stroke, hemiplegia, facial paralysis, migraine, rheumatism, tetanus, lymph node tuberculosis, and rubella sores.

① "Kaibao Materia Medica": "It can treat all kinds of wind urticaria, hemiplegia caused by stroke, crooked mouth and eyes, slurred speech, and convulsions of hands and feet."

② "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can treat convulsions in children."

③"Compendium of Materia Medica": "Tetanus should be treated with scorpion and saposhnikovia divaricata as the main ingredients."

④ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is used to treat malaria, deafness, hernia, various wind sores, leucorrhea and vaginal prolapse in women."

⑤ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can dispel wind and phlegm."

⑥ "Yuchu Yaojie": "It penetrates the tendons and bones, expels dampness and eliminates wind."

⑦ "Shandong Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook": "It calms the wind and dredges the meridians, calms spasms. It treats thromboangiitis obliterans, lymph node tuberculosis, bone and joint tuberculosis, and mumps."

Usage and Dosage

For internal use: decoct in water, 0.8-1.5 qian of whole scorpion, 3-5 fen of scorpion tail

For internal use: decoct in water, 0.8-1.5 qian of whole scorpion, 3-5 fen of scorpion tail; or make into pills or powder. For external use: grind into powder and apply on skin.

Selection

① Treating infantile convulsions: Take a scorpion, leave the head and tail intact, wrap it with four leaves of mint, roast it over fire until the mint is charred, grind it into powder, make four doses, and take with soup. Adults only need one dose of this medicine to treat wind saliva. (Experienced Prescription)

② To treat the disease of wind-shock in the sky, with eyes turning upwards: one dried scorpion (fried on clay), three cinnabar the size of mung beans. Grind it into powder, make into rice pills the size of mung beans, add a little cinnabar on the outside, and dissolve it in wine before taking the pills. (Sheng Hui Fang)

③Treat convulsions caused by Japanese encephalitis: 1 liang of whole scorpion, 1 liang of centipede, 2 liang of dead silkworm, and 1 liang of Gastrodia elata. Grind them into fine powder and take 3 to 5 fen each time. For severe convulsions and spasms, take 1 qian first, and then take 3 to 5 fen every four to six hours. (Hubei "Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine Experience Exchange")

What are the medicinal values ​​of scorpions? I believe everyone has had a detailed understanding of the above article. The whole scorpion itself is a medicinal material. Although the scorpion itself carries toxins, most of the scorpion venom is in the scorpion's tail. As long as the scorpion's tail is removed, the whole scorpion will not be poisonous. After being processed by traditional Chinese medicine, the whole scorpion can have a good effect on children's convulsions, laxatives and urination, prostatitis, and weak constitution.