Dilong is salty in flavor and cold in nature, and belongs to the liver, spleen and bladder meridians. It has the efficacy of clearing away heat and settling convulsions, clearing collaterals, calming asthma and inducing diuresis.
1. Clearing away heat and calming fright: it can be used to treat high fever and delirium caused by heat and extreme wind, convulsions and seizures, epilepsy, and ankylosis (a high degree of straightening of the neck and back, with the body tilted and curved in the shape of a bow) and other conditions.
2. Collaterals: It can be used to treat joint swelling and pain, unfavorable flexion and extension, numbness of limbs, hemiplegia (one side of the limbs can not move freely) and other diseases.
3. Alleviating asthma: It can be used to treat cough and asthma caused by lung heat, which is characterized by coughing, shortness of breath, even opening the mouth and lifting the shoulders, and yellow sputum.
4. Diuretic: It can be used to treat edema and low urine output.
Spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not be served, pregnant women are forbidden to take, allergic to Dilong is prohibited, under the guidance of clinicians.