Earthworms are actually what we often call earthworms. Earthworms are used as medicine in traditional Chinese medicine and are called earthworms. Generally, earthworms are used as medicine to promote blood circulation, but earthworms also have many other functions. The nature of earthworms It is cold and salty, so it generally has the effect of clearing away heat and diuresis. It is less used now. So, what is the role of earthworm as medicine? What are the medicinal effects of Dilong?
Dilong is the drying of Pheretima aspergillum (E.Perrier), PheretimavulgarisChen, Pheretimaguillelmi (Michaelsen) or PheretimapectiniferaMichaelsen body. The former type is called "Guang Dilong" and is mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places; the latter three types are called "Shanghai Dilong" and is mainly produced in Shanghai. The Guang Dilong is caught from spring to autumn, and the Hu Dilong is caught in the summer and autumn. The abdomen is cut open in time, the internal organs and mud are removed, washed, sun-dried or low-temperature dried, and used raw or fresh.
The medicinal properties are salty and cold. Returns to the liver, spleen, and bladder meridians.
Effects: clearing away heat and calming convulsions, unblocking collaterals, relieving asthma and diuresis.
Application
1. High fever, epilepsy, and madness. This product is cold in nature, can calm wind and relieve convulsions, and is good at clearing away heat and calming convulsions. Therefore, it is suitable for coma, delirium, convulsions, convulsions and convulsions in children, or epilepsy, mania and other diseases caused by extreme heat and wind. For example, in "Supplements of Materia Medica" to treat epilepsy, this product is mixed with salt into water and drank; in "The Best Prescriptions for Preserving Life" to treat acute and chronic convulsions in children, grind this product into pieces and make pills with cinnabar. For the treatment of high fever, convulsions and epilepsy, it is often used together with uncaria, bezoar, white silkworm, whole scorpion and other wind-relieving and antispasmodic drugs.
2. Qi deficiency, blood stagnation, and hemiplegia. This product has a channeling nature and is good at channeling the meridians. It is often combined with Qi-tonifying and blood-activating medicines such as Astragalus, Angelicae, Chuanxiong, etc. to treat Qi deficiency and blood stagnation after stroke, unfavorable meridians, hemiplegia, and oblique mouth and eyes, such as Buyang Huanwu Decoction ( "Medical Forest Correction").
3. Bi syndrome. This product is good at unblocking meridians and relieving pain, and is suitable for meridian blockage, poor blood circulation, and unfavorable limbs and joints caused by various reasons. Cold in nature and clearing away heat, it is especially suitable for heat paralysis caused by joint redness, swelling and pain, and difficulty in flexion and extension. It is often combined with antidampness-heat and meridians-drugs such as Fangji, Radix Gentiana, Honeysuckle Vine, Mulberry Branch, etc.; if used to treat wind-cold damp paralysis, numbness and pain in limbs and joints, especially For symptoms such as poor flexion and extension, it should be combined with Chuanwu, Caowu, Nanxing, Frankincense, etc. to dispel wind and dispel cold, unblock collaterals and analgesic, such as Xiaohuoluo Dan ("Heji Bureau Prescription").
4. Lung heat asthma. This product is cold in nature and reduces diarrhea, and is good at clearing the lungs and relieving asthma. It is used to treat evil heat obstructing the lungs, incontinence of wheezing due to lung failure, and wheezing in the throat. Grind it into powder and take it orally for immediate effect. You can also use fresh Dilong decoct in water and add sugar to make a paste. Or use it with ephedra, almonds, skullcap, and coriander seeds to enhance the effect of clearing the lungs and reducing phlegm, relieving cough and asthma.
5. Difficulty urinating and blocked urination. This product is salty and cold and goes down into the kidneys, clearing away heat and stasis and diluting water channels. It is used for hot bladder and urinary obstruction. It can be used alone or in combination with Psyllium Seed, Akebia Akebia and Mallow Seed.
In addition, this product has antihypertensive effects and is commonly used to treat hypertension due to excessive liver yang.
Usage and Dosage: Decoct and take, 4.5~9g. Fresh product 10~20g. Grind into powder and swallow, 1~2g each time. Appropriate amount for external use.
Summary of ancient books
1. "Supplementary Materials of Materia Medica": "Cure febrile disease, severe fever, arrogance, control of all kinds of heat caused by heaven, and epilepsy in children with febrile disease."
2. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is cold in nature and descends. Because it is cold in nature, it can relieve various febrile diseases. It descends so it can facilitate urination, treat foot diseases and unblock the meridians." "It is mainly used for typhoid fever, malaria, severe fever and irritability, and for adults. Children have difficulty urinating, acute and chronic convulsions, and seasonal wind pain. ”
Modern Research
1. Chemical composition: This product contains a variety of amino acids, including glutamic acid and aspartame. It has the highest content of amino acid and leucine; it contains trace elements such as iron, zinc, magnesium, copper, and chromium; and it contains organic acids such as arachidonic acid and succinic acid. It also contains earthworm antipyretic base, vermicombinin, vermitoxin, xanthine, hypoxanthine, yellow pigments and enzymes.
2. Pharmacological effects: Earthworm decoction and earthworm antipyretic alkali have good antipyretic effects; hot infusion and alcohol extract have sedative and anticonvulsant effects on mice and rabbits; Dilong hypoxanthine has a significant bronchodilator effect; and can antagonize the constrictive effect of histamine and pilocarpine on the bronchial tubes; Guang Dilong tincture, dry powder suspension, hot infusion, decoction, etc., all have slow and lasting lowering effect. Anti-pressure effect; Dilong extract has fibrinolytic and anticoagulant effects. In addition, Dilong also has immune-enhancing, anti-tumor, antibacterial, diuretic, and stimulating uterine and intestinal smooth muscle effects.
3. Clinical research: It is reported that 50 cases of Ⅰo to shallow Ⅱo water and fire scalds and burns were treated with Dilong white sugar extract, and the cure took about 1 week (Barefoot Doctor Magazine, 1974, 4:43); fresh Dilong was used Roast and grind Dilong into powder, add white sugar, and take it once in the morning. Five cases of urinary tract stones were cured and all recovered (Zhejiang Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1987, 1:42); Use Dilong liquid: several strips of fresh Dilong, white sugar, Stir out the liquid in proportion and serve. 20ml each time, 14 cases of chronic renal failure were treated with good results (Liaoning Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1999, 10: 477). Dilong is also used to treat Japanese encephalitis, epilepsy, schizophrenia, vasculitis, mumps, etc.
4. Adverse reactions: Excessive oral dosage of Dilong can cause poisoning. The main symptoms are: headache, dizziness, blood pressure that first increases and then decreases, abdominal pain, sometimes bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract, palpitations, and difficulty breathing. Intramuscular injection of Compound Dilong Injection can cause anaphylactic shock. Therefore, when using Dilong, attention should be paid to: ⑴ Master the dosage; ⑵ Pay attention to processing; ⑶ People with allergies should avoid using it; ⑷ People with low blood pressure should not use it. The general therapies for poisoning treatment are: when earthworm preparations cause allergic reactions, they can be treated according to the routine allergic reactions; traditional Chinese medicine methods: (1) Take 1 cup of salt water immediately after poisoning, and it will be resolved. (2) 3 green onions, 15g licorice, decoct in water and take.
Efficacy of Dilong
1. Clear away heat and relieve wind
It is used for high fever, epilepsy and mania. Dilong is salty and cold, reduces diarrhea and has a wandering nature. It can not only calm wind and stop spasm, but also is good at clearing and relieving high fever. Therefore, it is suitable for mania, convulsions, epilepsy and other diseases caused by high fever. To treat febrile disease, coma, coma, convulsions, and convulsions caused by febrile disease, this product can be used alone to decoction and take it to achieve the effect, or it can be used together with uncaria, bezoar, white stiff silkworm and other wind-relieving and antispasmodic drugs. To treat convulsions, high fever and convulsions in children, this product can be ground into pieces and mixed with cinnabar to make a pill. To treat high fever, mania or epilepsy, fresh product is often used alone, mixed with salt into water, and drank.
2. Opening the meridians and activating collaterals
Used for paralysis syndrome and hemiplegia. Dilong is good at passing through the meridians, and is used for meridian blockage, poor blood vessels, and unfavorable limbs caused by various reasons. Because it is cold in nature and can clear away heat, it is suitable for the treatment of joint redness, swelling and pain, and heat paralysis caused by difficulty in flexion and extension. It is often combined with drugs such as Fangji, Gengi, Lonicera and other drugs to remove dampness and heat and unblock the meridians. It is also used to treat wind-cold-damp paralysis, numbness, pain, and difficulty in flexion and extension of limb joints. It can be combined with Sichuan Wu, Aracenia, frankincense, etc., such as Xiaohuoluo Dan. To treat qi deficiency and blood stagnation, poor meridians, hemiplegia, and crooked eyes and mouth after stroke, it is often combined with astragalus, angelica, Chuanxiong, etc., such as Buyang Huanwu Decoction.
3. Clearing the lungs and relieving asthma
It is used for lung-heat asthma. This product also clears away heat from the lungs and relieves asthma. It is used to treat those with evil heat blocking the lungs, persistent wheezing due to lung failure, and wheezing in the throat. Grind it into powder and take it orally for immediate effect. It can also be used in the same way as ephedra, gypsum, and almonds.
4. Clear heat and diuresis
It is used for hot bladder, difficulty in urination or urinary obstruction. This product, which is salty and cold, goes down into the kidneys and can clear away heat and dilute water channels. It is used to treat difficulty in urination or blockage of urine. It can be mashed with fresh products, soaked in water, and filtered to extract the thick juice. It can also be mixed with Plantago, Akebia, and Zeal. It can be used together with diarrhea and other diuretic and dampness-removing medicines.
5. Sterilization and anti-inflammation
Experiments show that the extract of Dilong has a strong sterilization and sterilization effect, and its sterilization and sterilization effect is even stronger than that of the western medicine metronidazole. Treats various inflammations such as suppurative otitis media, mumps, trichomonas female genital inflammation.
6. Treatment of infertility
Dilong can significantly improve the patient's symptoms of spermatorrhea, significantly increase sperm concentration, activity rate, and survival rate. After taking it, the patient's spirit will improve and his desire will be improved. Enhance. Dilong has a good effect on infertility caused by low semen quality.
Method: 5 grams of dragon powder each time, taken orally 2 to 3 times a day, 1 month as a course of treatment, ***1 to 3 courses of treatment.
7. Lower blood pressure
Animal experiments show that intravenous injection of low-temperature water infusion of Dilong (0.1 g/kg) can slowly and persistently lower blood pressure in rabbits and rats. The peak effect occurs 90 minutes after administration and lasts for 2 to 3 hours. The platelet-like activating factor contained in the lipids of Dilong is the main antihypertensive component.
8. Treatment of cerebral infarction
Lumbromkinase is a multi-enzyme complex extracted from red earthworms. It has the effect of hydrolyzing proteins and is used to treat ischemic cerebral blood vessels. sick.
Recent research in Japan shows that indokinase or earthworm dried and processed powder has obvious anti-hyperlipidemia effects.