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Scorpion

Scorpion. Class: Liver-Pacifying Wind-Extinguishing Medicinal. Properties: Pungent; Calm; Toxic. Meridians: Liver

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Quan Xie
中文名 (Chinese)
全蝎
Latin Name
Scorpio
English Name
Scorpion
Alias Names
杜伯主簿虫虿尾虫全虫茯背虫蝎子
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Calm; Toxic
Meridians (归经)
Liver
Part Used
Body
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Liver-Pacifying Wind-Extinguishing Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
平肝熄风药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To calm, dispel wind and check tetany, free network vessels and relieve pain, attack toxin and dissipate binds.
Indication (主治)
Infant fright wind, convulsion, spasm, wind stroke with deviated eyes and mouth, hemiplegia, tetanus, wind-damp impediment, migraine, headache, toothache, deafness, hypertension, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, scrofula with phlegm node, snake bite, burns, wind papules, intractable lichen.
Toxicity
Toxic
Clinical Manifestations
1. anti-convulsive and sedative.2. exerting significant and prolong hypotensive effect.3. buthotoxin can induce respiratory paralysis, salivation and convulsion.
🔗 External References
TCMID
7998
TCM-ID
1709
0
Clinical Trials
2
Meta-Analyses
2
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
None linked yet.
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
CRD42018110525
A systematic review and meta-analysis of scorpion envenomation in Saudi Arabia: the protocol
Across various geographical regions, each species of scorpion is distinguished b
CRD42022353937
Clinical manifestations and management of Tityus scorpion envenoming: a systematic review
Outcome measures. Clinical trials. Antivenom. Scorpion envenoming.
📚 Sample References
PMID 34252912
A Buthus martensii Karsch scorpion sting targets Nav1.7 in mice and mimics a phenotype of human chronic pain
Pain · 2021
PMID 35910355
Scorpion Venom Heat-Resistant Synthesized Peptide Increases Stress Resistance and Extends the Lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans via the Insulin/IGF-1-Like Signal Pathway
Front Pharmacol · 2022