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Earthworm
Earthworm. Class: Liver-Pacifying Wind-Extinguishing Medicinal. Properties: Salty; Cold. Meridians: Liver; Spleen; Bladder
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Di Long
中文名 (Chinese)
地龙
Latin Name
Pheretima
English Name
Earthworm
Alias Names
蚯蚓螼螾丘螾蜿蟺引无附蚓寒蚓曲蟺曲蟮土龙地龙子土蟺虫蟮
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Salty; Cold
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Spleen; Bladder
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Liver-Pacifying Wind-Extinguishing Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
平肝熄风药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
Treatment of high fever with impaired consciousness, convulsions, arthralgia, numbness of the limbs, hemiplegia, cough and asthma due to heat in the lung, edema ano oliguria, hypertension.
Indication (主治)
1. relaxing bronchial spasm in rats or rabbits.2. intravenous injection of alcoholic infusion (0.1g/kg) lowers blood pressure in anesthetized dogs.3. sedative and anticonvulsive.4. lumbrifebrine, one of its active components, is ab antipyretic.
Clinical Manifestations
1. relaxing bronchial spasm in rats or rabbits.2. intravenous injection of alcoholic infusion (0.1g/kg) lowers blood pressure in anesthetized dogs.3. sedative and anticonvulsive.4. lumbrifebrine, one of its active components, is ab antipyretic.
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