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Earthworm

Earthworm. Class: Liver-Pacifying Wind-Extinguishing Medicinal. Properties: Salty; Cold. Meridians: Liver; Spleen; Bladder

๐ŸŒฟ Names
Pinyin Name
Di Long
ไธญๆ–‡ๅ (Chinese)
ๅœฐ้พ™
Latin Name
Pheretima
English Name
Earthworm
Alias Names
่šฏ่š“่žผ่žพไธ˜่žพ่œฟ่Ÿบๅผ•ๆ— ้™„่š“ๅฏ’่š“ๆ›ฒ่Ÿบๆ›ฒ่ŸฎๅœŸ้พ™ๅœฐ้พ™ๅญๅœŸ่Ÿบ่™ซ่Ÿฎ
โ˜ฏ TCM Properties
Properties (ๆ€งๅ‘ณ)
Salty; Cold
Meridians (ๅฝ’็ป)
Liver; Spleen; Bladder
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Liver-Pacifying Wind-Extinguishing Medicinal
ๅŠŸๆ•ˆๅˆ†็ฑป (CN)
ๅนณ่‚็†„้ฃŽ่ฏ
๐Ÿฉบ Clinical Profile
Function (ๅŠŸ่ƒฝ)
Treatment of high fever with impaired consciousness, convulsions, arthralgia, numbness of the limbs, hemiplegia, cough and asthma due to heat in the lung, edema ano oliguria, hypertension.
Indication (ไธปๆฒป)
1. relaxing bronchial spasm in rats or rabbits.2. intravenous injection of alcoholic infusion (0.1g/kg) lowers blood pressure in anesthetized dogs.3. sedative and anticonvulsive.4. lumbrifebrine, one of its active components, is ab antipyretic.
Clinical Manifestations
1. relaxing bronchial spasm in rats or rabbits.2. intravenous injection of alcoholic infusion (0.1g/kg) lowers blood pressure in anesthetized dogs.3. sedative and anticonvulsive.4. lumbrifebrine, one of its active components, is ab antipyretic.
๐Ÿ”— External References
TCMID
6935
TCM-ID
456