| English
Name |
| Stiff
Silkworm |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Origin |
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Stiff
Silkworm is the dried body of the 4~5th stage larva of Bombyx
mori L. (Fam. Bombycidae) died of infection (or artificial
infection) of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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It
is salty and pungent in taste, and neutral in nature. Its
therapeatic effect is related to the Channels of the Liver
and Lung and Stomach. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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| Precaution |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a ventilated dry place, protected from moth. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Somewhat
cylindrical, usually curved and shrunken, 2~5cm long, 0.5~0.7cm
in diameter. The surface grayish-yellow, covered with white
powdery aerial mycelia and conidia. The head relatively round,
8 pairs of legs, segments prominent, caudal portion somewhat
dichotomic. Texture hard and fragile, easily broken. Fracture
even, peripheral layer white, middle part with 4 bright brown
or bright black rings of silk glands. Odor, slightly stinking;
taste, slightly salty.
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ACTION |
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To dispel
wind, to relieve convulsion, and to dissolve lumps. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Convulsions;
sore throat, cutaneous itching; sub maxillary lymphadenitis;
facial paralysis. |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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1.Relieving
convulsion and spasm.
It is effective for convulsion and epilepsy induced by terror,
marked by the syndromes of up-stirring of liver-wind and accumulation
of phlegm and heat.
2.Dispelling wind and arresting pain.
It is effective for headache, conjunctival congestion, sore
throat caused by wind-heat or liver-heat, and toothache due
to pathogenic wind-fire.
3.Detoxicating and resolving mass.
It is often used to treat scrofula and subcutaneous nodule,
furuncle and erysipelas, etc.
4.Dispelling wind and arresting itching.
The drug can be otherwise administered for conditions such
as urticaria and pruritus cutis. Raw batryticated silkworm
gives better efficacy in dispelling wind and heat. Generally,
the roasted is applied in most cases.
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