The efficacy and function of earthworms, high medicinal value

The Chinese medicine earthworm is cold in nature and tastes slightly salty. Its effects and functions include clearing away heat, relieving asthma, calming the liver, and unblocking meridians. It has a good therapeutic effect on high fever, irritability, convulsions, lung heat cough, hemiplegia, and wind-heat headache.

1. Clears away heat and calms wind, used for high fever, epilepsy and mania. Earthworms are salty, cold, and have a dispersing nature. They can calm wind and stop convulsions, and are good at clearing away high fever. Therefore, they are suitable for mania, convulsions, epilepsy and other symptoms caused by high fever. For the treatment of extreme heat-induced wind-induced coma, delirium, convulsions and convulsions caused by febrile diseases, this product can be taken alone as a decoction, or it can be used together with other wind-calming and convulsion-relieving drugs such as Uncaria rhynchophylla, Bezoar, and Bombyx batryticatus. For the treatment of infantile convulsions, high fever, and convulsions, this product can be ground into powder and mixed with cinnabar to make pills for oral administration. For the treatment of high fever, mania or epilepsy, the fresh product is often used alone, dissolved in water with salt, and then drunk.

2. It can promote blood circulation and activate collaterals, and is used for arthralgia and hemiplegia. Earthworms are good at clearing the meridians and are used to treat meridian blockage, poor blood circulation, and joint discomfort caused by various reasons. Because of its cold nature and ability to clear away heat, it is suitable for treating hot arthralgia caused by red, swollen and painful joints, and difficulty in flexion and extension. It is often used in combination with drugs such as Stephania Tetrandra, Gentiana Macrophylla, and Lonicera japonica to remove dampness and heat and dredge the meridians. It is also used to treat wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, numbness, pain, and difficulty in flexion and extension of limb joints. It can be used in combination with Chuanwu, Arisaema, frankincense, etc., such as Xiaohuo Luo Dan. It is often used in combination with astragalus, angelica, Chuanxiong, etc., such as Buyang Huanwu Decoction, to treat qi deficiency and blood stasis, meridian dysfunction after stroke, hemiplegia, and facial paralysis.

3. Clear the lungs and relieve asthma, used for lung heat asthma. This product can also clear lung heat and relieve asthma. It is used to treat evil heat blocking the lungs, incessant wheezing due to the lungs' failure to descend and clear the lungs, and wheezing in the throat. It is effective when taken orally with the powder alone. It can also be used together with ephedra, gypsum, apricot kernel, etc.

4. Clears away heat and promotes diuresis. It is used for heat in the bladder, difficulty urinating or urinary retention. This product is salty and cold in nature, and goes down to the kidneys. It can clear away heat and promote urination. It is used to treat urinary problems or urinary retention. The fresh product can be mashed, soaked in water, and the concentrated juice can be filtered and taken. It can also be used together with diuretic and dampness-removing drugs such as Plantago seed, Akebia, and Alisma.