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Ground
Beetle (di bie chong)
Eupolyphaga seu Steleophaga
Properties:
It is salty in flavour and cold in nature,
acting on the liver channel. Being salty for
softening and resolving hard mass, it acts on
the liver channel, the blood division, with the
function of relieving blood stasis and lumps.
However, the potency of this drug is relatively
slow and uniform. In addition it has the effect
of promoting reunion of fractured bones and
healing wound, thus, it is usually used to treat
abdominal mass, amenorrhea due to blood stasis,
postpartum tormina caused by ecchymoma and
trauma of bones and muscles. But since it is
potent medicine for removing blood stasis, it
should not be used for patients with only mild
blood stasis.
Effects:
Removing blood stasis, and promoting reunion of
fractured bones, muscles and ligament.
Indications:
1. For treatment of amenorrhea, postpartum
tormina due to blood stasis, it is usually used
in combination with Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Semen
Persicae, Hirudo and other drugs with the effect
of removing blood stasis and restoring
menstrution, such as Dahuang Zhechong Wan,
Xiayuxue Tang, etc. For treatment of abdominal
mass, it can be used together with Rhizoma
Sparganii, Rhizoma Zedoariae, Carapa Trionycis,
Semen Persicae, and other herbs to soften and
resolve hard mass, remove blood stasis and
resolve abdominal mass.
2. For treatment of
trauma, swelling and pain caused by rehymosis,
waist sprain, injury of muscles and fracture of
bone, and other syndromes, it is usually used
together with Resina Olibani, Myrrha, Semen
Persicae, Rhizoma Drynariae, and other drugs
with the functions of removing blood stasis,
relieving pain and promoting reunion of
fractured bones and muscles.
Dosage and Administration:
3-10g.
Precautions:
Contraindicated in pregnancy.
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