Cantharid, the name of chinese medicine. It is a dry body of mylabris phalerata Pallas of the southern large spotted scorpion of the coriander family or mylabris cichorii Linnaeus of the small yellow-black spotted grasshopper. Summer and autumn are caught, suffocated or scalded, and dried. It is distributed in most parts of our country. It has the effect of breaking blood and stasis, scattering knots and eliminating lameness, and attacking poisonous erosion sores. Mainly used for fistula, menstrual aus, stubborn ringworm, fistula, fold warts, carbuncles do not ulcerate, bad sores dead muscle.
Chinese scientific name
cantharis
Nickname
Spotted grasshoppers, flower shells
world
animal kingdom
door
Arthropod phylum
class
Insecta
The site of the drug
Dried bodies of animals.
Sexual taste
Spicy taste, hot sex.
Attribution
It belongs to the liver, stomach and kidney meridians.
efficacy
Break the blood and stasis, scatter the knots and eliminate the lame, attack the poisonous erosion sores.
Attending
It is used for fistula, menstrual amenorrhea, stubborn ringworm, fistula, fold warts, carbuncles without ulceration, and bad sores and dead muscle.
Relevant matches
1, the moon water is not clear: the virgin boy, the virgin girl hair three two (burnt ash), 21 cankerworms (glutinous rice fried yellow), musk one dollar, for the end. For a dollar per serving, under hot ginger wine before eating. ("Saint Huifang")
2, small intestinal pain: a large jujube to pit, with a canker to remove the head, feet, wings, into the jujube, paper wrapped simmered, to eat the dates, with guixin, cucumber soup. ("Straight to the Point")
3, the dog bite: glutinous rice a combination, seven cantalous fried, the scorpion yellow to go; then into the seven, and then fried yellow to go; and into the seven, wait for the rice to smoke, go to the end of the shrimp. Oil blending is better under small convenience. ("The Doctor's Recipe").
Dosage
Take it internally, 0.03~0.06g, and use it more than in pills after preparation. Apply an appropriate amount of external use, grind or soak in wine vinegar, or make ointment to apply to the affected area, should not be used in a large area.
taboo
This product has a high poison, internal use should be cautious, pregnant women should be prohibited. External use has a strong irritating effect on the skin and mucous membranes, which can cause skin redness, burning, blistering, and even decay, so it should not be applied for a long time and used in a large area.
Collection and processing
Summer and autumn are caught, suffocated or scalded, and dried.
Preparation method
1. Spotted scorpion: remove impurities.
2, rice spotted shrimp: put the rice in the pot to heat, spray a little water to the rice paste pot, wait for the smoke to come out, add the spotted shrimp, gently stir-fry until the rice is yellow brown, take out, remove the rice grains, remove the head, feet and wings. Per 100 kg of cantharids, with 20 kg of rice.
Physiological properties
Southern large spotted salamander: oblong, 1.5 to 2.5 cm long, 0.5 to 1 cm wide. The head and mouth are hanging downwards, and there are large compound eyes and 1 pair of antennae, and most of the antennae have fallen off. The back has 1 pair of leathery elytra, black, with 3 yellow or brownish yellow stripes, and 2 pieces of film-like inner wings under the elytra. The chest and abdomen are dark black, and the chest has 3 pairs. There is a special odor.
Small yellow-black spotted grasshopper: small in size, 1 to 1.5 cm long.
Growing environment
It grows in hills, hillsides, riverbed sand, desert and other places. The habitat of the spotted scorpion is more unique, because the adults are plant-eating and the larvae are carnivorous, so the adults grow on the host plants, and the two larvae are mostly concentrated in places with high locust egg density. The adult cantharid is extremely wide-ranging, not only agricultural cash crops, but also a large number of wild plants, weeds and so on.
Differential
Tablet traits
Southern large spotted salamander: larger in size, with occasional remnants of cephalopod wing. The color is dark and shiny, the section of the head after removal is not neat, the edges are black, and the center is grayish yellow. The texture is brittle and fragile. There is a burnt aroma.
Small yellow-black spotted grasshopper: small in size.