A. Brief history of the development of insect medicine
In ancient times, the word “worm” was used as a general term for animals, such as “Da Dai Li”: “Birds are feathered insects, beasts are caterpillars, it is a beetle, and people are naked insects”. The Zhou Rites” has “five medicines”, Xuan notes “five medicines, grass, wood, insects, stone, human also.” Here it is stated that insects are one of the five medicines, and insect medicine refers to small animal medicine.
Insect medicine includes some insects (Qiangmang insects, ground turtle worms, zebra), mollusks (centipedes), annelids (earthworms, leeches), arthropods (scorpions, centipedes, mole crickets, spiders), and small crawling spines (toads, geckos, herps, seahorses), and so on.
At present, more than 1.5 million species of animals are known in the world, while there are only 300,000 species of plants. Therefore, the resources of insect drugs are very broad and await our further exploration and application.
The world’s three major insect species, all go into the medicine: 1. silkworm recorded nearly 5,000 years. 2. bee in the Western Zhou Dynasty was widely used. 3. purple gum in about the third century AD began to apply.
The earliest medical literature documenting insect drugs is the Shennong Ben Cao Jing in the early Han Dynasty, which recorded 28 kinds of insect drugs, accounting for 43% of animal drugs and 80% of all recorded drugs.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Zhongjing applied worm medicine to treat internal and gynecological diseases, and created famous prescriptions such as Jidang Tang (pill), Dahuang Cane Worm Pill and Haematopoeia Tang, which had a great influence on later generations.
In the following generations, there were great developments, such as in Ge Hong’s “Post-Elbow Formula” in the Jin Dynasty, Sun Simiao’s “Thousand Gold Formula” in the Tang Dynasty, and Wang Tao’s “Secret Essentials of Wai Tai”, which widely applied worm medicine to internal, external, gynecological and pediatric departments. In the Song Dynasty, Xu Shenwei’s “Pu Ji Zhan Fang” also applied more worm medicine. The Jin-Yuan era Cang Ben was inherited from the old method, until the Ming Dynasty Li Shizhen comprehensively summarized the experience of drugs. The “Compendium of Materia Medica” collected 126 kinds of insect drugs, accounting for 24% of animal drugs, so that insect drugs have been greatly developed.
In the Qing Dynasty, warm fever scholars such as Yang Lishan, Ye Tianshi and Wang Mengying dared to innovate and widely used worm medicine to treat various diseases, leaving a lot of valuable experience to future generations. In recent centuries, the main medical doctors who are good at using worm medicine are Yanshan Zhang Xicun, Wujin Hui Tie Jiao and Zhenjiang Zhangji Ma Harmonious Light Sheng, their medical cases and experiments are recorded, which are quite innovative.
Since liberation, many medical doctors attach great importance to the clinical research of worm medicine. And research clarified the active ingredients of a variety of insect drugs, applied to treat a variety of difficult and serious diseases. For example, the use of centipede injection for skin cancer, the treatment of primary liver cancer with zebraxin tablets, and the use of toadflax for heart strengthening and mucosal anesthesia, etc. have greatly developed the application and experience of insect drugs, and it is worthwhile to explore them in depth so that they can play a greater role.
II. The main therapeutic functions of worm medicine
The main therapeutic functions of worm drugs, often vary according to their efficacy, can generally be summarized as follows.
1. Tackling hardness and breaking down accumulation: pathological changes in the organs of the body, forming hard lumps, such as visceral tumors, liver and spleen enlargement, etc.
2. Promoting blood circulation and resolving blood stasis: the circulation stagnation or metabolic disorder of the organism appears in the blood stasis phase, and is used to push out new blood.
3. Relieving wind and spasm: It is used for internal movement of liver wind and a series of neurological symptoms such as spasms and convulsions.
4. Xuanhua drainage of heat: early stage of febrile disease, the evil heat is depressed in the muscular surface, the symptoms are fever, rash is impermeable, etc., to promote penetration, resolve toxicity, drain heat, penetrate evil.
5. Strengthening the Yang and warming the kidneys: the kidneys are obstructed and weakened, and the symptoms are impotence, incontinence, urination, incontinence of urine, etc.
6. Dispersing canker sores and swellings: congestion of poisonous evil, leading to canker sores, gangrene and ringworm.
The use of worm medicine should be: 1. accurate dialectical evidence, accurate selection of drugs, strict control of the dose, so that the evil does not hurt the right, the effect is not crazy. 2. starting from a small dose, and gradually increase the dose. 3. worm medicine is mostly warm and dry, pay attention to the use of drugs to nourish Yin and blood. 4. as far as possible to reform the form of worm medicine, in order to avoid adverse stimulation.
Third, the clinical application of insect drugs.
(a), the whole scorpion: the scorpion to the scorpion family, also known as the “whole worm”.
Functions: 1.
1, dispel wind and spasm: for convulsions, stroke paralysis, etc..
2.Examine tendons and expel dampness: good at running away, used for rheumatism and paralysis.
3, resolve blood stasis and detoxification: used for stubborn gangrene and malignant sores, anti-cancer and anti-tumor, etc.
This product contains scorpion toxin, which has a paralyzing effect on the respiratory center, and an excitatory effect on the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular. Its pharmacological study has obvious anticonvulsant effect, as well as vasodilatation and lowering the ascending effect of adrenaline.
Dosage: 3g daily, grinded and swallowed in three doses, with better effect, worse effect as a soup.
Clinical Applications: 1. Migraine: “Hook and Scorpion San” can calm the liver, quench the wind and cultivate the root. Roasted whole scorpion 3g, hooked vine 10g, purple river carp 5g, finely grinded, three times a day, 5g each time, the above is the amount of a day, 5-7 days for a course of treatment.
2.Extreme stage of B encephalitis: “Phlegm-removing and Frightening San” is suitable for the symptoms of high fever and coma, frequent convulsions, phlegm and saliva congestion, internal closure and defeat caused by phlegm blocking the qi flow and obscuring the heart orifices. It consists of 20g of scorpion, 50g of water hyacinth, 30g of bile, 30g of geranium, 10g of artificial musk and 30g of Chuanbei, finely powdered and taken orally three times a day at 4g each time for two weeks. The above is the amount for two weeks. After use, the disease can be eliminated and prolonged.
3, scrofula: “Dissolve Scrofula”, good at opening silt and dispersing knots, softening and eliminating scrofula, sizzling whole scorpion 20g, sizzling centipede 10g, piercing centipede 20 pieces, walnuts 50g, researching and researching well, twice a day, 5g each time, orally, the above is the amount of 10 days.
4, pulmonary tuberculosis: “Anti-Tuberculosis” can open the silt and detoxify the lung, and cultivate the lung, roasted whole scorpion 30g, placenta 30g, Bletilla 30g, roasted centipede 15g, ground turtle worm 15g, licorice g, research fine powder, twice a day, 4g each time, orally, the above is the amount of half a month.
In addition, it can be used to treat tetanus, carbuncle, carbuncle, tumor, leukemia, eczema, nervous system and bone and joint disorders.
(B) Centipede: Centipede family, less spiny centipede, pungent and slightly warm, into the liver meridian, this product contains histamine-like substances similar to bee venom and hemolytic proteins. It has an inhibitory effect on skin fungi and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and is anti-cancer.
Functions.
1, quenching the wind and stabilizing the panic: the wind moves to draw the tsubaki consultation Bent Bent mountain peak to protect the swollen rip-off
2, open scabies and detoxification: can be applied to swelling and sores and canker sores.
3, Shu Li joint: for rheumatoid and other joint deformation, spasms and detention.
4.Killing the pregnant egg: Effective for ectopic pregnancy where the pregnant egg has not been terminated. Pregnant women should use with caution.
Use 1 for general medicine and 2 for decoction. Clinical application: 1, crooked mouth and eyes: 1 centipede, finely ground, to Fangfeng, Ginseng 10g each decoction to serve. One day amount, divided into three servings.
2, bone consumption, scrofula: “tuberculosis”: 1 centipede, 3g of scorpion, 2g of ground turtle worms, 3g each time, mixed into eggs and stirred, boiled soup to take. The above is a one-day dose, divided into two doses.
3, poisonous snake bite poisoning: centipede fine powder 2g each time, three times a day, orally.
4, canker sores: centipede 1, whole scorpion 3g, finely ground with yellow wine delivery. The above is the amount of a day, divided into two servings.
5, daytime cough: 1 centipede, licorice 10g, finely ground, 1-2 years old, 0.5g each time, 3-4 years old, 0.7g each time, twice a day.
6: ectopic pregnancy pregnancy egg not final extinction, etc.: with “ectopic pregnancy formula”: angelica 8g, danshen 8g, frankincense 8g, myrrh 8g, raw cattail 8g, five lingzhi 8g, trigon 6g, curcuma 6g, cow knee 10g, decoction, centipede 1 research fine powder punch, the above is the amount of 1 day, divided into three servings.
7, lower limb ulcers: the affected area first with silver flower, wild chrysanthemum appropriate amount of decoction rinse, then sprinkled with centipede fine powder, covered with ointment, once a day to change the medicine.
8, chronic osteomyelitis: centipede 10, research fine, packed capsules, divided into ten parts, one serving per day, the external use of Vaseline gauze cover, centipede powder filled into the fistula bone, a daily change of medication.
9, chronic ulcers, boils, traumatic infections: 2 live centipede, soaked in 60 ml of vegetable oil, three days later, using cotton balls dipped in oil to rub the affected area, twice a day, for 7-14 days.
10, acute and chronic nephritis: centipede 1, research fine, put into raw eggs, outside with wet paper and yellow clay paste, put cooked in the stove, eat a daily, can improve the symptoms, eliminate urine protein.
11, chronic bronchitis: 1 centipede, finely ground, put into the egg cooked, eat one daily, for 20 days.
In addition, it can also treat tetanus, dacryocystitis, dermatitis, burns, endolymphoma, rheumatoid, acute leukemia, epilepsy, pediatric dyspepsia, hernia, cervical cancer, etc.
(C), stiff silkworm (with silkworm sand).
For the silkworm moth larvae, infected with white fungus and the whole worm, salty and pungent, into the liver, heart, spleen, lung four meridians. This product mainly contains fat and protein, white stiffener also contains steroid 112-hydroxylated enzymes, used for the synthesis of corticosteroids.
Uses: 1. Drain wind and heat: treating evil and itching of rubella.
2, resolve phlegm and eliminate firmness: tuberculosis, scrofula, laryngeal paralysis, pharyngeal swelling.
3, detoxification and sedation: sores and poison, epilepsy.
4, Promoting the circulation of the meridians: paralysis and carbuncle, amenorrhea.
Clinical Application: 1, Fever at the beginning: Drain wind and heat, clear intestines and detoxify, with the function of cutting off heat energy. 10g of Sclerotium, 10g of Cicada, 12g of Ocimum sanctum, 20g of Slippery Rock, 12g of Patchouli, 10g of Peppermint, 6g of Licorice, decoction in water, one dose daily, divided into three doses.
2, facial paralysis: “pacifying the liver and dispelling wind soup”, 12g stiff silkworm, 3g whole scorpion, (the above research fine powder), 15g chrysanthemum, 12g thornbush, 15g hooked vine, 15g stone cassia, 15g white peony, 12g white mustard seed, 6g licorice, decoction, a daily dose, punch fine powder, divided into three servings.
3, urticaria: for wind-heat type, etc., 12g of stiff silkworm, 10g of cicada, 12g of windbreak, 10g of peppermint, 30g of dandelion, 6g of licorice, decoction, one dose per day, divided into three servings.
4, chronic pharyngitis: nourishing Yin and clearing heat, phlegm and pharynx: 10g of silkworm, 3g of scorpion, (above research fine), 15g of scutellaria, 15g of honeysuckle, 15g of oyster, 20g of oyster, 15g of raw earth, 15g of maitake, 10g of orris, 6g of licorice, decoction, one dose daily, punch fine, divided into three servings.
5, lobular hyperplasia of the breast: elimination of nuclei soup, dredge the liver to relieve depression, blood circulation and eliminate firmness, and help to moisten the flushing. Sclerotium 12g, beehive 6g, angelica 10g, red peony 15g, wormwood 10g, orange nucleus 10g, Chen Pi 10g, licorice 6g, decoction, one dose per day, divided into three servings.
Silkworm sand: pungent and sweet, flat, contains a large amount of vitamin A.B.C, and has protein, chlorophyll and raw flower gliadin.
Functions: 1, dispel wind and permeate dampness: Used for feeling dampness, fever and limb pain.
2, detoxify and resolve blood stasis: for urticaria, amenorrhea, etc.
Clinical uses: 1, urticaria: “Silkworm sand drink”: 10g of silkworm sand, 12g of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 12g of Radix et Rhizoma Dioscoreae, 10g of Cicadelliae, 5g of Chrysanthemum, 6g of Licorice, decoction, one dose daily, divided into three doses.
2, amenorrhea: the actual evidence with: “silkworm sand wine”: silkworm sand 30g, yellow wine 500ml, steamed in water, served 50ml every night.
3, leakage: fried carbon can stop the leakage, can be used with the dialectical application of the soup punch.
Fourth, grasshopper: (with cicada shed)
For the cicada family orchid grasshopper, salty and sweet, slightly cold, its shell called “cicada molting”, slightly cool, into the lung, liver, kidney three meridians, grasshopper fear of the wind and fixed alarm, the recent world with less use. The cicada shedding has a large amount of chitin or copies, which can reduce the tension of the transverse muscle and has a blocking effect on the ganglion. The role of the head of the cicada molting is obvious, the body of the cicada molting to stop the frightening effect.
Functions: 1. Relieving wind and heat: good at relieving external wind-heat, and is an important medicine for the initial onset of warm carbuncle.
2, fixing and relieving fright: convulsions, tetanus, and good at stopping itchy rash.
3, to create a rash addiction: measles, chicken pox should be issued but not issued.
Clinical application: 1, pediatric convulsions: “frightening wind and reducing fever and dispersing ah”: for the treatment of frightening wind, fever, dyspepsia, cicada shed 60g, chicken naijin, hooked vine, Tianzhu Huang 12g each, Chen Pi 12g, finely ground 0.1g/kg, taken orally three times a day, can relieve fever and set the fright, resolve phlegm and neutralize.
2, tetanus: “cicada molasses wine”, with 30g of cicada molasses, yellow wine and water wine decoction, a total of 100ml, divided into three servings, a day amount.
3, allergic diseases: “ephedra cicada molting soup”: treatment of pockmarked rash, eczema, drug rash, lacquer allergy and other diseases. 10g of cicada molasses, 5g of ephedra, 10g of foxglove, 10g of acacia, 6g of yellow lily, 6g of licorice, 300ml of decoction, divided into three servings, a day’s amount.
4, cerebral cysticercosis: “elimination of cysticercosis and epilepsy”: cicada molting 80g, 50g scorpion, 20g amber, 15g vermilion, 5g ice chips, 50g licorice, finely ground, 3g each time orally, 2 times each time, with the wind, epilepsy, killing worms.
5, rash out of impermeable: cicada molasses, coriander, floating pimples, thornbush 20g each, water decoction external ironing.
Six, the dragon: earthworm family, slightly salty, cold, into the lung, spleen, stomach, liver, kidney meridians.
Effects: 1, relieving fever and settling convulsions: effective for typhoid fever, high fever of warm evil, delirium, annoyance, convulsions and convulsions.
2, calming the liver and lowering blood pressure: hypertension due to hyperactivity of liver yang.
3.Pacifying asthma and clearing the ligament: heat asthma, heat paralysis.
4, move water and detoxify: acute yellow liver atrophy, spotted rash and blood heat accumulation.
Use cautiously for weak pulse and loose stools and pregnant women. 10-15g daily for soup, 1-2g for pills and loose doses.
Clinical applications: 1, asthma: ground dragon, aconite ridge, geranium 2g each, finely ground, three times a day, 2g each time, a day amount.
2, hypertension: yin deficiency and yang, hyperactivity of liver and yang type, better to use the formula of nourishing yin and submerging yang, pacifying liver and suppressing yang plus Di Long.
3, evil heat convulsions; can be better with dialectical medication with the addition of Dilong.
4, paralysis: “Musk and Black Pill”: 15g of ground dragon, 15g of whole scorpion, 20g of black bean, 0.4g of artificial musk, powdered, 3 times a day, 2g each time.
5, stroke hemiplegia: “Tonic Yang Returning Five Soup”: 30g of Astragalus, 12g of Dilong, 10g of Angelica, 12g of Chuanxiong, 10g of Taoren, 15g of Red Peony, decoction to 300ml, divided into three servings, one day amount.
6, eczema: Acupoint injection with Dilong injection.
7, Ulcer disease: It is good to add Dilong on the basis of dialectical medicine.
In addition, it can also be used for epilepsy, mumps, urticaria, poliomyelitis, urinary stones, calf ulcers, fractures, dermatitis, etc.
Sixth, white flower snake and wuzhang snake (with snake shedding)
White flower snake, also known as herb snake, belongs to the abdominal family, tastes sweet and salty, and is warm. It is sweet in taste and flat in nature. It enters the liver and spleen meridians.
Efficacy: 1, dispel the wind and open the ligaments: wind and stubborn jock itch, numbness of the limbs, muscle and vein constriction, hemiplegia, distorted mouth and eyes.
2.Tackling poison and stabilizing fright: epileptic convulsions, addiction rash, tetanus.
It is not suitable to be used alone, but in combination with products that nourish blood.
The general dosage is 6-12g, and only 1-2g is needed for bulking.
Clinical application: 1, herpes zoster: herb snake 10g, ice chips 1g, grind, sesame oil transfer external application.
2, wind-like Guan: “Dragon and Snake San”: the hundred-flower snake, the amount of ground dragon, finely ground, the second daily, 2g each time, orally.
3, B brain sequelae: 30g of wuzhi snake, 30g of stiff silkworm, centipede, angelica, orange red, geranium, dilong, safflower 6g each, finely ground, 2g each time, three times a day.
4, Urticaria: Urtica dioica, Ziyang, Scutellaria baicalensis, Thornbush, Fanfeng, Xu Changqing, Licorice 10g each, Cicada molasses, Red peony 12g each, Angelica dahurica, Huang Lian 6g each, decoction 300ml, divided into three servings, one day amount.
5, psoriasis: grind white flower snake, 2g each time, three times a day.
In addition, it can also be applied to tetanus, muscular atrophy, sequelae of meningitis, bone tuberculosis, hemiplegia and other diseases.
Snake Molting: It is flat, salty in taste and enters the liver meridian.
Uses: 1, to relieve wind and calm fright: cerebral cysticercosis, urticaria, scabies.
2, detoxification to ward off evil: mumps, wheals, otitis media, mastitis, mole fistula, carbuncle.
3. Brightening the eyes and reducing opacity: corneal opacity.
Use with caution in all pregnant women and those without wind toxicity. 3-6g for general use and 1-2g for bulking.
Clinical application: 1, cerebral cysticercosis, snake shedding research powder, each time 2g, twice a day, Si Bai Da Jie Tang (betel nut, Da Jie, papaya, hooked vine) punch.
2, mumps: snake molts 5g, wash, chopped, mixed with eggs scrambled food, a day amount.
3, carbuncle, scrofula: “Xiong Huang Plucking Poison San”: snake molts, gunner’s nail, whole scorpion, Xiong Huang, shibarija, centipede, ice chips, research powder for external use.
4, wheals: blepharitis, snake molts soaked in salt water, take paste affected area, a daily change.
5, otitis media: snake molts, alum and other amounts of research and finely blown in the ear.
6, mastitis: snake molts 5g, burn charcoal, yellow wine delivery.
7, scabies: 6g of snake shedding, 15g of bitter ginseng, 30g of snake bed seeds, 9g of alum, decoction, external washing.
In addition, it is applied to herpes zoster, mouth sores, hemorrhoids, etc.
Seven, spotted cypress: belongs to Turnip family, pungent, warm, toxic, enters the large intestine, liver, kidney, stomach four meridians.
Functions: 1, breaking blood and expelling blood stasis: pungent and dispersing into blood, eliminating Y and dispersing knots, entering swollen scrofula, moving liver, gastric sinusitis.
2, can control muscle toxicity, malignant sores fistula rotten, scabies dead muscle, such as scrofula, bone tuberculosis, psoriasis.
3, foaming muscle: rheumatism, malaria, female pubic leukoplakia, psoriasis, baldness.
It can be taken internally and used externally, but because it contains spotted fungus, it has a strong stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract and urinary system, and an overdose can lead to death. When taking it, you should start with a small dose and increase it as appropriate, and drink more mung bean soup, soy milk, and if you find urinary tract irritation or even bleeding, you can take it in a decoction of plantain, mucuna pruriens, poria, and white foxglove. Take 60ml-100ml daily, do not overdose, external use in moderation, pregnant women and the infirm are prohibited.
Clinical application: 1, liver cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, rectal cancer, Zanthoxylum tablets, 1-2 tablets each time, three times a day, has certain curative effect.
2, esophageal cancer: “zebrano egg”: one zebrano, put the head, foot, wing and fluff, put it into the egg and steam it for food, one per day.
3, chronic migratory hepatitis: “migratory liver tablet” is effective for the improvement of flocculent test and blood piece protein, spotted wormwood tablet, twice a day, 1-2 tablets each time.
4, rheumatism: 10g of Zanthoxylum, 2g of Xiong Huang, finely researched and made into small grains with honey, paste on relevant acupuncture points, after 8-12 hours, uncovered.
5, scrofula: 1 part of Zanthoxylum, 9 parts of glutinous rice powder, research fine, pan-pill with Xia Gu Cao juice such as the size of mung beans, once a day, 1-2 grains each time.
6, psoriasis: zebrano 20, 10 centipede, 30g of turpentine, research fine, 50% alcohol 500ml soak, 1-2 times a day to apply to the affected area.
7, goose palm wind: zebrano 1, centipede 3, hyacinth, rhubarb, strychnine 9g each, add vinegar 2000ml, soak for 24 hours, soak the affected area for 15 minutes every day, 7 days for a course.
8, gastric sinusitis, atrophic gastritis: “draw knife” plus reduction: 30g of galangal, 2 zebrano with fried (finally remove zebrano worm body), 10g of flesh hawthorn, 6g each of raw rhubarb and licorice, finely grinded, packed in capsule, take 1 capsule before eating, three times a day.
9, spotted cysticercus: 4 spotted cysticercus, 9g each of haunted goat flower and pickled ginger, soak 500ml of high fruit wine, soak for a week and then apply to the affected area, 2-3 times daily.
Eight, toad (with toad): belongs to the toad family, pungent, cold and poisonous.
Uses: 1, eliminating stasis: for children’s chancre, and for tumors, liver cirrhosis, leukemia.
2, detoxification of sores: sores, eczema.
The use of toad, generally dried in the gut, pills and bulk, 1.5-3g per day, now made into injection, easy to use, improve the efficacy, toad a day, such as vomiting reaction, immediately stop taking, pregnant women use with caution.
Clinical application: 1, liver cirrhosis and chronic nephritis caused by ascites, edema: “diarrhea water honey”: 1 toad, sand seed stuffed into the liver, put into sesame oil, honey in the decoction, each serving 6g, three times a day.
2, hemorrhagic urticaria: 1 toad, remove the internal organs, put it in a sand pot and boil it, take the soup and use it externally, 3-4 times a day. Apply to the affected area.
3, liver sclerosis, children’s chancre: “Toad Sand San” is effective for the above two diseases abdominal expansion. It is not suitable for those who have carbuncles and chancre. 1 large toad, 6g of sand, plugged into the mouth of the toad, closed and stored, 0.5g each time, twice a day.
In addition, it is also applied to acute grains, esophageal cancer, all rotten sores, purulent inflammation, slow inflammation and other diseases.
Toadstool: processed from the pulp secreted by toads, warm in nature, pungent and sweet in taste, poisonous, enters the stomach meridian.
Uses: 1, detoxify and eliminate carbuncles: blocking carbuncles and malignant sores, furuncles, back sores, swollen and rotten throat.
2, to ward off evil and open the orifices: fainting from cholera epidemic.
3.Anesthesia and pain relief: toothache.
Dosage, the product is toxic, the internal dose needs to be strictly controlled, generally formulated as a pill, 30mg per day, due to the tendency to cause uterine atrophy, pregnant women should not take, external use in moderation.
Clinical application: 1, all kinds of heart failure: “strong heart”, one copy of toad, Poria nine copies of the treatment of heart failure, the daily dosage of toad should not be less than 30mg.
2, sore throat, diphtheria, carbuncle, tooth root inflammation, asthma, heart failure: “Liushenwan” 10 capsules each time, three times a day.
3.Surface local anesthesia: Toadflax, Chuanwu, Herba Cao, Pepper, Menthol, Zejinhua infusion, applied locally, can be used for throat, nasal cavity, oral cavity and other surgeries.
In addition, it is also applied to many kinds of sores, tetanus, cervical cancer, vaginal cancer, rectal cancer, etc.
Nine, mealybug: belongs to the gecko family, slightly warm, salty, into the lung and kidney two meridians.
Uses: 1, tonic lung and kidney, fixed asthma and cough: pulmonary tuberculosis, asthma, slow inflammation, etc.
2. Benefiting essence and returning to Yang, warming and strengthening lower hyperactivity: impotence, spermatorrhea, menstrual lumbago. Because of its pungent and slightly warm nature, it is often used with yin nourishing drugs, and should be used with caution in cases of yin deficiency, lung dryness, or kidney meridian with warmth or phase fire.
Dosage: It is mostly used in pills and dispersants, 0.4-0.6g per serving, two or three times daily.
Clinical application: 1, asthma: “Ginseng Clam San” is suitable for cold type asthma, a pair of mealybug, red ginseng, northern ginseng 30g each, maitong, orange red 10g each, purple river carp 20g, finely grinded, 1.5g each time, three times a day.
2, slow-branchitis: “clam and squid” for slow-branchitis coughing and wheezing, and the body is weak, a pair of mealybug, squid bone 50g, research, add a small amount of sugar, 2g each time, three times a day.
3, pulmonary tuberculosis: “clam mother pill” is suitable for infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis or cavity and the deficiency of both qi and yin, a pair of mealybug, north sage, Zhi Mu, Chuan Bei, almond 100g each, finely grinded and made into 90 honey pills, three times a day, one pill each time.
4, impotence, spermatorrhea: “kidney pill” is effective for impotence and spermatorrhea due to deficiency of kidney yin, one pair of mealybug, 50g of each of rehmannia, cuscuta, cherry, bacopa monniera and cistanche, 30g of zihejiang, finely grinded and made into 60 honey pills, one pill three times a day.
In addition, there are also seahorses, crickets, shoujun, centipedes, mole crickets, leeches, jiu xiang worm, chiggers, spiders, etc.
IV. Summary
(a), the clinical application of worm medicine has a long history and excellent effectiveness, the specific composition and pharmacological mechanism has not yet been fully elucidated, but part of the experimental data have been laid the foundation for the combination of Chinese and Western medicine, the development of Chinese medicine in China, through the unremitting exploration and efforts of everyone, will certainly obtain new results.
(B) the clinical application of worm medicine, should master the principle of dialectical treatment, and to be good at and other drugs closely with the application. This is the key to research on worm medicine and improve the therapeutic effect.
(C) the application of worm medicine dose, preparation method, and efficacy has an important relationship, but there are a small number of worm medicine contains toxins, the application of strict control of the dose and strict observation.
(D) worm medicine should be made as far as possible to use pills, powder, injection, both to save herbs, but also to improve the efficacy, but also to reduce the patient’s fear of psychological, easy to apply.
(E) eliminate misconceptions about the use of insect drugs, there is a fear of bold application, and even the misconception that the application of insect drugs is to attack poison with poison, this concept is incorrect, many insect drugs after death or through the concoction it contains toxic ingredients have been destroyed or oxidized, can eliminate concerns, bold application.
Case 1: Patient Wang, female, 59 years old, visited the clinic on August 5, 2009. The patient became ill on August 2, 2009, and presented with unfavorable right limb movement. The diagnosis showed that she could not hold things in her right hand and could not walk on her right lower limb. Neurological examination: comprehension, memory and orientation were normal, pupils were equal in size and roundness, about 5mm, sensitive to light reflex, free eye movement, left nasolabial fold became shallow, tongue extension deviation was not obvious, right upper limb muscle strength was 3+, right lower limb muscle strength was 3-grade, left limb muscle strength and muscle tone were normal, right pathological signs were not elicited, physiological reflexes existed, left physiological reflexes existed, pathological signs were not elicited. The tongue is pale and dull, with greasy coating and stringent pulse. The patient had a history of hypertension for more than 3 years, with a maximum blood pressure of 220/120 mmHg, and was taking “Beijing Antihypertensive No. 0”. He was diagnosed as having a stroke – in the meridians, with evidence of wind-phlegm blocking the meridians. The Chinese herbal soup was given as Han Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang with addition and subtraction. 12g of Han Xia, 10g of Fried Bai Zhu, 12g of Fu Ling, 12g of Chen Pi, 10g of Tian Ma, 15g of Hooked Vine, 12g of Scorpion, 15g of Di Long, 10g of Leech, 10g of Stiff Silkworm, 12g of Calamus, 12g of Fang Feng, 6g of Ephedra, decocted in water to extract 300ml of juice, divided into 3 doses daily. Take antihypertensive drugs regularly during the medication period, once a day. The above formula was added and reduced according to the evidence. After 1 month of treatment, the right side limb function gradually recovered and could take care of itself. After 2 years of follow-up, the patient was able to carry out activities of daily living.
The disease is mostly due to the weakness of positive qi and the emptiness of the veins and ligaments, and the external evil takes advantage of the weakness to enter the middle, resulting in the paralysis of qi and blood and the poor operation of the limbs. The upper part of the body is affected by the wind and evil, so the nasolabial folds can be seen to become shallow. The formula is based on the addition and subtraction of the formula of “Radix et Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae” to dispel phlegm and dispel wind, and to search for wind and open the ligaments. They have unique vital activity and can search the wind and open the channels. Ye Tianshi said that “long-standing diseases enter the ligament” and advocated the use of the method of opening the ligament. Every take insects swiftly away from the spirits, that the flyer ascends, the walker descends, the most can chase pull deep mixed blood gas of evil, lifting stagnation, blood no coagulation, qi can be declared; calamus, wind, ephedra wind medicine has to lead the medicine up, open the depression of the brain orifices, increase the effectiveness. The combination of all drugs can be used to bring together the phlegm and quench the wind, search the wind and the efficacy of the complex.
Case 2: Patient Jiang Moumou, female, 59 years old, was seen in December 2009. The patient had been suffering from generalized joint soreness and pain for more than one year, and recently the pain had worsened, and treatment at the local township health center had been ineffective for half a month. The patient had a generalized wandering joint pain, especially in the lower extremities, numbness and insensitivity, aggravated by rainy days or at night, soreness and swelling of the lumbar spine, difficulty in moving, weakness of the limbs, atrophy of the face, light red tongue, thin white moss, and string pulse. He was diagnosed with paralysis (walking paralysis). Chinese herbal soup was given as Fangfeng Tang with Douwuxiaosheng Tang, to dispel wind and channels, dispel cold and remove dampness. Fangfeng 10g, Gui Zhi 10g, Gentiana Macrophylla 12g, Douhuo 15g, Fusheng 12g, Duzhong 12g, Angelica sinensis 10g, Leech 10g, Dilong 12g, Scorpion 6g, Silkworm 10g, Whole Worm 3g, Radix Paeoniae Alba 10g, Wailingxian 20g, Xiejian Cao 30g, 7 doses, decoction in water, extracting 300ml of juice, divided into three doses, one dose per day. The above formula was added and reduced according to the evidence, and the patient’s symptoms were eliminated after taking more than 20 doses in total. At the later follow-up, the patient’s condition did not flare up.
The main clinical manifestations of paralysis are pain, soreness, numbness, heaviness, burning, unfavorable flexion and extension, or even enlarged and deformed joints. In the “Clinical Guide to Medicine”, we make good use of worm medicine to treat paralysis, and its ability to search the wind and open the ligaments should not be underestimated. In its inspiration, for “wind, cold, and dampness are mixed to the three gases, and the combined surface is paralysis”, on the basis of dispelling the wind and opening up the ligaments, the addition of worm medicine leech, scorpion, silkworm, di dragon, and whole worm can produce a strong sparing and searching effect on the stagnation and obstruction of the veins and ligaments, and can also ease the constriction and hardening of the veins and ligaments, so that the ligaments and ligaments can be opened up and restore their function of moving qi and blood. It can also ease the constriction and hardening of the arteries and veins, so that the channels can be unblocked and its function of moving qi and blood can be restored. Modern pharmacological research shows that most worm medicines have analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-swelling and immune regulating effects. They are effective because they are suitable.