Used for high fever, epilepsy and madness. Pheretima is salty, cold and cathartic, and it can stop wind and spasm, and is good at clearing away high fever, so it is suitable for mania, convulsion and epilepsy caused by high fever. For the treatment of febrile diseases caused by extreme heat, delirium, convulsion and convulsion, this product can be taken by decoction alone, or combined with wind-calming and antispasmodic drugs such as Uncaria, Calculus Bovis and Bombyx Batryticatus. For the treatment of infantile convulsion, high fever and convulsion, this product can be ground and taken with cinnabar as pills. For the treatment of high fever, mania or epilepsy, fresh products are often used alone, and they are salted into water and taken.

2 dredging meridians

for arthralgia syndrome and hemiplegia. Lumbricus is good at passing through channels and collaterals, and is used for the syndromes of channel blockage, poor blood circulation and unfavorable limbs caused by various reasons. Because of its cold nature, it can clear away heat, so it is suitable for treating arthralgia caused by redness, swelling, pain and unfavorable flexion and extension. It is often combined with herbs such as Fangji, Gentiana macrophylla and Lonicera japonica for removing damp-heat and dredging meridians. It is also used to treat arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness, numbness of limbs and joints, pain and unfavorable flexion and extension. It can be combined with Radix Aconiti, Rhizoma Arisaematis and Olibanum, such as Xiaohuoluo Dan. For the treatment of qi deficiency and blood stagnation, adverse meridians after stroke, hemiplegia, mouth and eye deviation, etc., it is often combined with Astragalus, Angelica and Chuanxiong, such as Buyanghuanwu Decoction.

3 Clearing lung and relieving asthma

Used for lung heat asthma. This product can also clear lung heat and relieve asthma. For the patients with lung stagnation and wheezing in the throat, it is effective only by grinding and taking orally. It can also be used with Ephedra, Gypsum Fibrosum and Almond.

4. Clearing heat and promoting diuresis

It is used for heat-induced bladder obstruction, which leads to unfavorable urination or urinary obstruction. This product is salty and cold and enters the kidney, which can clear away heat and promote diuresis. It can be used to treat dysuria or dysuria. It can be mashed with fresh products, soaked in water, and filtered to obtain concentrated juice. It can also be used with herbs such as Plantago Seed, Akebia Akebia, Alisma orientalis, etc.