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Pin Yin: di long
Common name: earthworm
Botanical family: (animal) Megascolecidae
Botanical name: 1, Pheratima aspergillum (E. Perrier); 2, Allolobophora caliginosa trapezoides (Ant. Duges)
Primary action: Extinguish Wind, Stop Spasm
Secondary actions:
Drain Fire ;
Drain Dampness, Promote Urination
Temperature: cold
Taste: salty
Entering Channel: Lu, Lv, Sp, [St, UB, Kd]
Actions:
Clears Heat and stops spasms; used for convulsions and spasms associated
with the high heat effusion (fever) of Warm Disease.
Expels Wind and Moves Qi in the Channels and relieves Painful Impediments;
used for stiffness of the extremities or for hemiplegia.
Promotes urination and clears Heat from the Bladder; used for Heat Strangury.
Stops wheezing associated with Lung Heat asthma.
(See
Interior Wind
;
Construction Aspect Wind Heat
;
Blood Aspect Repletion Heat
;
Qi Stagnation
;
Damp Heat of Bladder
;
Heat Congested in Lungs
(Repletion Heat of Lungs)
.)
Dosage:
1.5-3 qian.
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