The entire body or meat of various freshwater shrimps, such as the green shrimp, belonging to the long-armed shrimp family. They are distributed throughout the northern and southern regions of mainland China.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Sweet, warm.

1. Shiliao Bencao: neutral.
2. Gangmu: sweet, warm, slightly toxic.
3. Yilin Zuanyao Tanyuan: sweet and salty, warm.

1. Bencao Qiuzhen: act on heart, liver and lung meridians.
2. " Materia Medica Summary": act on foot taiyin, shaoyin and jueyin meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Warming and tonifying kidney yang, promoting lactation, and expelling toxins.

bubble_chart Indications

Treats impotence, insufficient lactation, erysipelas, abscesses, and chronic leg ulcers.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Meng Shen: For children suffering from red and white wandering swelling, crush and apply it.
2. Bencao Shiyi: Mainly treats five types of wild chicken disease.
3. Gangmu: Make a soup to treat turtle-like masses, support smallpox, promote lactation, prepare according to method to tonify yang, boil the juice to expel wind phlegm, crush into a paste to apply for insect-induced ulcers.
4. 《Foods Suitable and Avoided》: Treats warts and removes ringworm.

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

For internal use: decoct in water or cook for consumption. For external use: pound and apply as a poultice or dry, roast, and grind into powder for sprinkling.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Shiliao Bencao: "Causes wind movement and triggers sores and scabies."

bubble_chart Selected Prescriptions

1. Tonify the Kidney and Invigorate Yang: One jin of shrimp rice, two Tokay Geckos, four taels each of fennel fruit and Pricklyash Peel, all stir-fried with green salt and wine, mixed with one tael of crude Aucklandia Root powder, and while hot, sealed in a new bottle. Take one spoonful on an empty stomach with salt and wine. (Gangmu)
2. Induce Vomiting to Expel Wind Phlegm: Half a jin of shrimp with shells, cooked with scallions, ginger, and soy sauce. Eat the shrimp first, then the broth, tighten the abdomen, and use a feather to induce vomiting. (Gangmu)
3. Treat Lack of Milk and Breast Diseases: One jin of fresh shrimp rice, extract the meat, mash it, and take it with warm yellow wine. Milk will come soon after, then drink Pig Hoof Decoction several times a day, and milk will flow like a spring. (Bencao Gangmu Shiyi shrimp rice wine)
4. Treat Yongju Swelling and Toxins: Shrimp, dried on a new tile, ground into powder, and applied to the affected area. ("Quanzhou Materia Medica")
5. Treat Blood Wind Chronic Shank Ulcer: Raw shrimp and red lead, mashed together and applied daily. ("Binhu Collection of Simple Formulas")