bubble_chart Source This product is the dried whole body of the pillbug species (Armadillidium vulgare Latreille), commonly known as the woodlouse. It is distributed throughout the country. The term "pillbug" is also written as "pillbug," referring to the fact that mice often carry them on their backs in burrows, hence the name.
bubble_chart Properties and Meridians
Sour, warm, nontoxic.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Dispelling blood stasis, eliminating abdominal masses, and promoting diuresis.
bubble_chart Indications
- Postpartum urinary retention. Take seven pillbugs, boil them, grind into powder, and take with wine.
- Lockjaw neonatal tetanus. Crush pillbugs, extract a small amount of juice, and administer it.
- Wind-induced tooth pain. Take one pillbug, Croton Fruit seed, and Pepper Fruit, grind them together into powder, mix with rice to form a pill the size of a Mung Bean. Wrap one pill in cotton and bite on it, spit out the saliva. It has remarkable effects.
