Salty, sweet, cold; liver and lung meridians entered.
Clear heat and relieve convulsion.
Infantile convulsion, epilepsy, night cry, migraine, fever in children.
Decoct 1~3 cicadas, or made into pills and powder.
NamingGou Teng (Uncaria Rhynchophylla)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Gambir PlantOriginThe dry stem and and brach with hooks of perennial herb U. rhynchophylla (Miq.) Jacks, U. macrophylla Wall, U. hirsute Havil, U. sinensis (Oliv.) Havil or U. sessili
NamingGou Teng (Uncaria Rhynchophylla)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of 钩藤OriginThe dry stem and and brach with hooks of perennial herb U. rhynchophylla (Miq.) Jacks, U. macrophylla Wall, U. hirsute Havil, U. sinensis (Oliv.) Havil or U. sessilifructus Ro
NamingGou Teng (Uncaria Rhynchophylla)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Gou TengOriginThe dry stem and and brach with hooks of perennial herb U. rhynchophylla (Miq.) Jacks, U. macrophylla Wall, U. hirsute Havil, U. sinensis (Oliv.) Havil or U. sessilifruc
NameZha Chan (Cicada)The Effect of 蚱蝉PropertySalty, sweet, cold; liver and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and relieve convulsion.IndicationsInfantile convulsion, epilepsy, night cry, migraine, fever in children.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 1~3 cicadas, or made into pills and powder.
NameZha Chan (Cicada)The Effect of CicadaPropertySalty, sweet, cold; liver and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and relieve convulsion.IndicationsInfantile convulsion, epilepsy, night cry, migraine, fever in children.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 1~3 cicadas, or made into pills and powder
NamingDi Long (Pberetima)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Di LongOriginThe dry body of P. aspergillum (E. Perrier), P. vulgaris Chen, P. guillelmi (Michaelsen) or P. Pectinifera Michaelsen of family Megascolecidae. The former one is called Guang Di Long, the latter thre
