As a traditional Chinese medicine, centipede has the effects of calming wind and suppressing spasm, clearing channels and relieving pain, and attacking toxins and dispersing knots. It can be used to treat liver wind, rheumatism and paralysis, as well as ulcers, swelling and poison, scrofula (mainly refers to tuberculosis of lymph nodes in the neck), phlegm nuclei (subcutaneous swellings like nuclei of the nodule), and other conditions.
Centipede is pungent in flavor, warm in nature, poisonous, and belongs to the liver meridian. Centipede has a strong power of movement and can be used to treat stroke and epilepsy caused by internal movement of liver wind, and can also be used to treat tetanus. It is poisonous and can be used to treat sores, carbuncles, scrofula, phlegm and nucleus, snake and insect bites and other diseases. Centipede is good at searching for wind, and has a good therapeutic effect on rheumatism and stubborn paralysis, pain and numbness.
Pregnant women should not take centipede. Centipede is poisonous and should not be used in excessive dosage. Clinical application of centipede should follow the doctor’s prescription, and should not be used on its own.