Indications:
The whole crab can cure evil spirits in the chest, stagnation of blood stasis, broken bones and muscles, and swelling of the inclined plane; Treatment of postpartum abdominal pain by cooking wine and food, lochia can not be stopped; Crab shell for treating lacquer sore.
In taxonomy, crabs are the same kind of animals as shrimps, lobsters and hermit crabs. Crabs are crustacean, and their bodies are maintained by hard shells.
Most kinds of crabs live in or near the sea, although some crabs live in fresh water or land.
Utility:
Nourishing tendons and benefiting qi, regulating stomach and promoting digestion, dissipating heat, dredging meridians, resolving stagnation and dispersing blood.
Sexual taste:
Salty, cold and slightly toxic.
Meridian tropism:
Into the liver and stomach.