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Cockroach; Ground Beetle

Cockroach; Ground Beetle. Class: Blood activation and stasis removal. Properties: Cold; Salty. Meridians: Liver

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Tu Bie Chong
中文名 (Chinese)
土鳖虫
Latin Name
Eupolyphaga Steleophaga; Eupolyphaga seu Steleophaga
English Name
Cockroach; Ground Beetle
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Cold; Salty
Meridians (归经)
Liver
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Blood activation and stasis removal
功效分类 (CN)
活血化淤
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
1.treatment of amenorrhea or postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stagnation. cockroach (chechong) is used with rhubarb (dahuang) and peach seed (taoren) in the formula xia yuxue tang .2. treatment of abdominal or epigastric masses. cockroach (chechong) is used with turtle shell (biejia), rhubarb (dahuang), moutan bark (mudanpi) and peach seed (taoren) in the formula biejia jian wan. 3. treatment of pains caused by external injuries or lumbar pain due to sprain. cockroach (chechong) is used wi
Indication (主治)
1.treatment of amenorrhea or postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stagnation. cockroach (chechong) is used with rhubarb (dahuang) and peach seed (taoren) in the formula xia yuxue tang .2. treatment of abdominal or epigastric masses. cockroach (chechong)
Toxicity
Toxic
🔗 External References
TCMID
3796
TCM-ID
2129