Are pangolins poisonous?

Pangolin is a precious medicinal animal in my country, and it is also one of the protected animals in my country. Pangolin's scales and meat are both very good medicinal properties. Pangolin is essentially non-toxic. Pangolin scales have many benefits to the human body, such as promoting menstruation and lactation, regulating menstruation, and eliminating rheumatism, but there are some taboos in some specific situations.

Pangolin is one of my country's special medicinal animals and has high medicinal value. Its scales and meat can be used as medicine. Its medicinal parts are mainly its scales, and its medicinal name is pangolin, which is a precious Chinese medicinal material; pangolin meat is also used for medicinal purposes, and its medicinal name is lingli.

Medicinal Benefits of Pangolin Scales

1. Promote menstruation and promote lactation: Pangolin scales have the effect of promoting lactation and can be used for postpartum women with insufficient milk secretion and milk-loss caused by environmental factors in the later period. It has a good effect on promoting lactation. It can also treat female breast swelling, lobular hyperplasia and swelling caused by blocked milk ducts during lactation.

2. Menstrual regulating effect: Pangolin scales have the effect of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, and are used to treat women's menstrual reduction, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, dark menstrual blood, etc.

3. Dispel wind and dampness: Pangolin scales have a good therapeutic effect on pain in the waist and legs caused by wind, cold and dampness blocking the meridians, stagnation of qi and blood, rheumatic pain, difficulty in flexion and extension, stroke paralysis, scabies, and rheumatism.

4. Promote blood circulation and reduce swelling: Pangolin has the effect of promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling. It is effective for the initial redness, swelling, heat and pain of carbuncle, bruises, swollen joints, pain in the ribs, hemiplegia, various lymph node enlargements, tumor masses and various cancers.

5. Hemostatic effect: Pangolin has hemostatic effect. Sprinkling pangolin powder evenly on the bleeding area can quickly stop bleeding. It can also be used for nosebleeds, etc.

Contraindications for the medicinal use of pangolin scales

1. Use with caution in patients with ulcerated carbuncle.

2. Pregnant women should not use this product.

3. Use with caution in case of insufficient Qi and blood.

Compatible medicinal uses of pangolin scales

1. Combined with soapberry thorns: Pangolin can promote blood circulation, reduce swelling and pus, while soapberry thorns have the function of removing toxins, reducing swelling and discharging pus. The combination of the two can promote the rupture of abscesses and play a synergistic effect. It is used for carbuncle pus that has formed but not ulcerated, such as Tounong Powder.

2. Combined with honeysuckle: Pangolin has the effect of promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling, while honeysuckle can clear away heat and detoxify. When the two are used together, clearing away heat and detoxifying complement each other with promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling. It can treat the initial stage of heat and toxic carbuncle, redness, swelling and pain, just like the Xianfang Huoming Drink.

3. Combined with earthworms: Both have the effect of promoting blood circulation and activating collaterals. Pangolins tend to move all over the body, reaching everywhere, while earthworms tend to move downward. Together, they can promote blood circulation and relieve blood stasis in the upper and lower meridians. Therefore, they are used for people with sore waist, knees, legs and feet, stiff joints and cramps.

4. Paired with peach kernel: Both can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Pangolin is good at moving around and clearing meridians. The combination of the two is used for long-term amenorrhea caused by blood clotting and for those who have failed to respond to other medicines.

5. Combined with Vaccaria: Pangolin can invigorate blood circulation, remove blood stasis and dredge meridians, while Vaccaria can invigorate blood circulation and dredge meridians. Both medicines are good at dredging meridians and directly reach the site of disease. When used together, they can complement each other and have a stronger effect of invigorating and dispersing. They can promote lactation and eliminate carbuncle, and are used to treat milk obstruction and mastitis caused by meridian stasis after childbirth.

6. Combined with turtle shell: Pangolin can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, soften and disperse nodules, reduce swelling and eliminate toxins. Turtle shell can nourish yin and blood, soften and disperse nodules. The two medicines have strong blood circulation and softening effects. When used together, they can break up blood without hurting the body, nourish without leaving toxins. They complement each other and have the effect of promoting blood circulation, softening nodules, nourishing yin and eliminating toxins.