Lumbricus (Volume Name: Traditional Medicine)
English: earthworm commonly uses drugs for clearing heat, calming liver and calming wind. Alias earthworm, qu tan. It was first published in Shen Nong's Herbal Classic. Formerly known as white-necked earthworm. It is the whole family of megalumbricus, such as earthworm Pheretima aspergillum or earthworm Allolobophora caliginosa Trapezoides. Its commercial medicinal material is called Guangdilong, while the latter is called Tudilong. Named for its dragon-like shape and underground life.
Origin and characteristics of earthworm are widely distributed. Living in moist and loose soil, it can be caught from spring to autumn. Lumbricus lumbricus should be cut open in time, washed with internal organs and sediment, dried or dried; The land dragon was choked to death by plant ash, dusted and dried. Place in a ventilated and dry place to prevent mildew and moth. Pheretima angustifolia is strip-shaped and curved, with a length of15 ~ 20cm and a width of1~ 2cm. All have links, the shell is bright and brown, and there is an obvious pale white reproductive ring at the front of the mature person, which is commonly called "white neck". Light, hard, not easy to break, fishy, slightly salty. Location: Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other provinces. Tudilong is cylindrical and curved, with a length of 5 ~10 cm and a diameter of 0.3 ~ 0.7 cm. Its outer skin is grayish brown or khaki, and it is mostly wrinkled and uneven, and its reproductive zone is not obvious. The body is light and brittle, easy to break, and the section is earthy. There is a smell of mud. Location: Henan, Shandong, Anhui and other provinces.
Nature, taste and function: earthworm tastes salty and cold. Liver, stomach, lung and bladder meridian. Functions: clearing heat, calming liver, calming wind, relieving spasm, relieving asthma, inducing diuresis, dredging collaterals and removing arthralgia. Indications are high fever, dysphoria, convulsion, lung heat, asthma and cough, heat-induced urinary incontinence, numbness of limbs, hemiplegia, sores and swelling.
Ingredients and pharmacological effects of earthworm all contain lumbricus antipyretic alkali, dilongsu, lumbricus toxin, succinic acid, arachidonic acid, choline, amino acids, nucleic acid derivatives and so on. Pheretima antipyretic alkali or Dilong water extract has good antipyretic effect, which increases heat dissipation and lowers body temperature. Hot immersion or alcohol extract has sedative, anticonvulsant and blood pressure lowering effects. The alcohol extract of Pheretima can relax the bronchi of animals, resist tissue ammonia and have antiasthmatic effect.
Use and contraindication to treat febrile diseases, such as high fever, dysphoria, raving, or epilepsy, convulsion, convulsion, etc., and be combined with Coptidis Rhizoma, Folium Isatidis, Antelope Cornu, Uncaria rhynchophylla, etc. to clear away heat and toxic materials, calm wind and relieve spasm; For those with excessive phlegm fire, Zhejiang Fritillaria, Zhuli, Tianzhu Huang and Arisaema cum bile are combined to clear away heat, remove phlegm and calm the nerves. Gastrodia elata, Uncaria rhynchophylla, Prunella vulgaris and Concha Haliotidis can be combined for the syndrome of hyperactivity of liver yang, headache and dizziness, so as to calm the liver and suppress yang. Schizophrenia belongs to fanaticism, and it has the effect of calming and stabilizing by rinsing fresh earthworm with white sugar and grinding it into water. For heat asthma and infantile cough, earthworm can be made into powder and encapsulated for oral administration, 3 grams each time, twice a day; Or decoct with liquorice and crystal sugar. Heat-induced bladder obstruction and urine obstruction, the ancient prescription only used fresh earthworm to pestle, and added cold boiled water to filter the thick juice to get the effect; Damp-heat stagnation leads to edema, limb floating, and dysuria. It can be combined with Polyporus, Alisma orientalis, Pericarpium Arecae, and Watermelon Peel to clear heat and promote diuresis. Lumbricus is good at dredging collaterals and is suitable for arthralgia, unfavorable flexion and extension, and numbness of limbs. Caulis Trachelospermi and Caulis Lonicerae are suitable for heat arthralgia, and Aconitum and Ramulus Cinnamomi are suitable for cold arthralgia. If combined with Radix Astragali, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Semen Persicae, Flos Carthami, etc., it can be used for hemiplegia due to qi deficiency and blood stagnation due to apoplexy. Fresh Pheretima can be used for traumatic diseases, such as acute parotitis, chronic lower limb ulcer, lacquer sore, erysipelas, traumatic injury, scalding fire injury, etc., with 5 ~10g for decoction and 0 ~ 2g for grinding. Deficiency of spleen and stomach is not suitable.