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Earthworm (Lumbricus)

Location found

Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian provinces, China

Flavor & Property

Salty; cold

Effects

Arrests convulsion, and relieves asthma

Use

High fever, dysphoria, convulsion or infantile convulsion

* used with uncaria stem, batryticated silkworm and antelope's horn

Dyspnea with yellow sticky thick sputum

* used powdered alone or with ephedra, gypsum, bitter apricot kernel and scutellaria root

Arthritis

* used with mulberry twig, honeysuckle stem, Chinese starjasmine stem and red peony root

Anuresis or dribbling and painful micturition

* used alone or with plantain seed, manshurian aristolochia stem

Dosage & Administration

5-15g (boiled in water for oral use)

Note: It is important to be evaluated by a health professional before taking this drug.

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