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Miscellaneous Insect Medicines
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Cockroach
1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis: -promotes Menstruation and abortion (Avicenna) -Pain of the Uterus or Kidneys (Avicenna) 2. Promotes Urine: -Dysuria, Edema (Unani, Europe, U.S.) 3. Resists Poison: -useful against Poison Insects -Shivering of Fevers (Avicenna) Left: American Cockroach (Principal Household Insects of the United States, Howard, 1896) |
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Praying Mantis Egg Case – Sang Piao Xiao
Neutral. Sweet, Salty 1. Strengthens the Kidneys -Impotence; Kidney deficiency 2. Astringes the Kidneys: -Enuresis, Bedwetting -Urinary frequency, Nocturnal Emission, Spermatorrhea, Leukorrhea DOSE: 4–9 grams in decoction CAUTION: Yin deficient Heat; Damp-Heat in the bladder (UTI's) |
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White Dead Silkworm – Bai Jiang Can
Neutral. Salty, Pungent. 1. Settles Wind, Stops Spasms: -Childhood convulsions; Facial Paralysis -Convulsions from Wind, or Wind-Phlegm-Heat 2. Clears Wind and Heat: -Headache with red eyes; Sore Throat; Loss of Voice -Itchy skin lesions 3. Clears Phlegm, Resolves Nodules: -Scrofula and Nodes DOSE: 3–9 grams in decoction; 1–1.5 grams in powder |
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Cicada Cordyceps - Jin Chan Chong Cao 1. Clears Wind and Heat, Stops Spasms, Calms the Mind: -childhood convulsions, Epilepsy from Fright -Palpitations 2. Clears the Sight: -good for superficial visual obstruction NOTE: It is used similarly to Cicada Slough. |