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Miscellaneous Insect Medicines

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)
Wingless Cockroach – Tu Bie Chong
Cold, dry. Salty, Toxic
1. Moves the Blood, Clears Blood Stasis:
-Amenorrhea; Abdominal masses and Tumors; Liver enlargement
-pain associated with bruising or blood stasis
2. Promotes Healing:
-acute Trauma, Bruising, Fractures
DOSE: 3–9 grams in decoction; 1–1.5 grams in powder
CAUTION: Avoid during Pregnancy or heavy menstrual bleeding.
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)
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

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.
Wasp Nest, Feng Fang
Neutral (slightly Warm), Sweet. Toxic.
1. Resists Poison, Clears Wind, Stops Itching, Resolves Swellings, Stops Pain:
-ointment or wash for rashes with itching; Scabies, Tinea, Sores and Carbuncles.
-gargled for severe Toothache
-internally for Lymphatic Swellings, Scrofula, Tumors
-highly regarded by some TCM practitioners in the treatment of Cancer.
-also for Wind-Damp Joint Pain
DOSE: 3–6 grams in Decoction.
CAUTION: Not used in marked deficiency, impaired Renal function or open Sores.