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🌿 Herb

Centipede

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🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Wu Gong
中文名 (Chinese)
蜈蚣
Latin Name
Scolopendra
English Name
Centipede
Alias Names
蝍蛆; 吴公; 天龙; 百脚; 百足虫; 千足虫
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Warm; Toxic
Meridians (归经)
Liver
Part Used
Dried 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, lower blood pressure, extinguish wind and check tetany, resolve toxin and dissipate binds, free network vessels and relieve pain.
Indication (主治)
Acute fright wind, chronic fright wind, tetanus, spasm, convulsion, toxin swelling of sores and open sores, scrofula with ulceration, intractable headache with pulling sensation, wind-damp impediment pain, hypertension.
Toxicity
Extremely toxic
Clinical Manifestations
1. anti-convulsive. 2. inhibiting the growth of dermatomyces in vitro. 3. bacteriostatic and bacteriocidal, especially for bacillus tuberculosis.
🔗 External References
TCMID
3900
TCM-ID
2176
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (30 fields)
name
Centipede
chinese name
蜈蚣
pinyin name
Wu Gong
latin name
Scolopendra
english name
Centipede
properties english
Pungent; Warm; Toxic
meridians english
Liver
use part
Dried body
tcmid id
3900
herb id str
HERB005706
function text
To calm, lower blood pressure, extinguish wind and check tetany, resolve toxin and dissipate binds, free network vessels and relieve pain.
indication
Acute fright wind, chronic fright wind, tetanus, spasm, convulsion, toxin swelling of sores and open sores, scrofula with ulceration, intractable headache with pulling sensation, wind-damp impediment pain, hypertension.
toxicity
Extremely toxic
clinical manifestations
1. anti-convulsive. 2. inhibiting the growth of dermatomyces in vitro. 3. bacteriostatic and bacteriocidal, especially for bacillus tuberculosis.
therapeutic en class
Liver-Pacifying Wind-Extinguishing Medicinal
therapeutic cn class
平肝熄风药
tcm id id
2176
alias name
蝍蛆; 吴公; 天龙; 百脚; 百足虫; 千足虫
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