This product is giant earthworm (Pheretima aspergillum (Perrier)) or earthworm (Allolobophora caliginosa (Savigny) Trapezoides (Ant. Duges)) of the entire insect body. The former is mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places, and its medicinal material is called "Earthworm". The latter is distributed throughout the country, and its medicinal material is called "Earthworm". Summer and autumn capture. After catching the earthworm, cut open the abdomen in time, wash away the internal organs and sediment, and dry it in the sun or low temperature; after catching the earthworm, choke it with plant ash, remove the ash and dry it in the sun or dry it at a low temperature. Use raw or fresh.

Treatment of influenza, enterovirus, and various viral colds, Chinese medicine is more refined, non-toxic, and effective than Western medicine

salty, cold. act on liver, spleen and bladder channels.

[Efficacy]

Clears away heat, relieves wind, unblocks collaterals, relieves asthma, and is a diuretic.

[Indications]

1. It is used for high fever, fright epilepsy and madness. Earthworm has the effects of clearing away heat, calming wind, and calming convulsions. To treat warm disease, extreme heat producing wind, unconsciousness, delirious speech, and convulsion, this product can be used alone to get the effect; or it can be combined with Uncaria, Cow-Bezoar, Stiff Silkworm and other wind-relieving and antispasmodic drugs can be used together. To treat infantile convulsion, high fever and convulsions, this product can be crushed and taken as a pill together with Cinnabar. To treat high fever, mania or epilepsy, fresh product is often used alone, mixed with salt into water and drank.
2. For qi deficiency blood stagnation, hemiplegia. Earthworm grows in the meridians and is often combined with medicinals such as Astragalus Root, Chinese Angelica, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, etc. to treat unfavorable meridians after apoplexy , hemiplegia, deviation of mouth and eyes, etc., such as Yang-Tonifying Five-Returning Decoction.
3. For impaired diseases. This product dredging meridians and activating collaterals is cold in nature and clears away heat, so it is suitable for treating heat arthralgia with red, swollen and painful joints and difficulty in flexion and extension. It is often used with Stephania Tetrandra, Gentian, Honeysuckle Stem is a combination of medicinals in addition to dampness-heat and meridians. It is also used to treat wind-cold-dampness impediment, numbness, pain, and difficulty in flexion and extension of limb joints. It can be used with Aconite Mother Root, Arisaema, and frankincense and other combinations of medicinals, such as small harmonizing collaterals Dan.
4. For lung heat asthma. This product also clears lung heat and relieves asthma. Used to treat evil heat obstructing the lungs, insufficiency of the lungs, shortness of breath, wheezing and wheezing in the throat. Grind it into powder and take it orally for immediate effect; it can also be combined with Ephedra and Gypsum, Bitter Apricot Seed and the like are used. In recent years, Earthworm injection, compound Earthworm injection and oral Earthworm powder have been made to treat bronchial asthma and asthmatic bronchitis, and have certain antispasmodic and antiasthmatic effects.
5. Used for heat accumulation in bladder, difficulty in urination or urinary obstruction. This product has the effect of clearing heat accumulation and diluting water channels. It can be mashed fresh, soaked in water, and filtered to extract the thick juice. It can also be mixed with Plantain Seed, Akebia Stem, Alisma, etc. Same as -draining diuretic. In addition, in recent years, it has been used to treat essential hypertension, mumps, erysipelas, and mental illness, etc., and has certain curative effects.

[Documentation]

1. Bielu: "Cure disease caused by cold, latent heat, madness, big belly, jaundice."
2. Bencao Shiyi: "Cure warm disease Severe fever, manic raving, dominates all kinds of heat, and children Rebing have epilepsy."
3. Bencao Gangmu: "It is cold in nature and goes down, so it can relieve all kinds of heat. "Diseases caused by cold malaria, fever and irritability, chronic infantile convulsion and multiple arthralgia pain in adults and children."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 5~15g. Fresh product 10~20g. Grind into powder and swallow, 1 to 2g each time.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains earthworm antipyretic base, earthworm hormone, earthworm toxin, nitrogen-containing substances, xanthine, adenine, guanine, choline, etc.

• Earthworm tincture, dry powder suspension, hot infusion, decoction, etc. all have a slow and lasting hypotensive effect.
• Earthworm hypoxanthine has a significant bronchial dilation effect and antagonizes the constrictive effects of histamine and pilocarpine on the bronchi;
• A hygroscopic light yellow needle-shaped crystal is proposed from Earthworm. It has a stimulant effect on uterus in vitro and in vivo.
• decocted with water agent and earthworm antipyretic base have good antipyretic effects.
• Hot infusion and alcohol extraction solution have sedative and anticonvulsant effects.