INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Scolopendrae |
| Common English: | Centipede Scolopendra |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Acrid |
Warm Toxic |
Liver |
Decoction: 1-4g Powder: 0.6-1g 0.6-1g. when just the tail is used Tincture: 0.5-1ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Extinguishes Wind and stops spasms and convulsions |
Liver Wind with acute and chronic childhood convulsions , opisthotonis, lockjaw and seizures Facial paralysis due to Wind |
Attacks and relieves Fire toxins and dissipates nodules |
Toxic nodules including sores, carbuncles and neck lumps Chuang Yung (topical) Snake bites |
Unblocks collaterals and stops pain |
Stubborn headaches including migraines Bi pain |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Scorpio |
Rx. Glycyrrhizae |
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Wind due to high fever leading to seizures and convulsions Epilepsy Toxic, swollen sores and scrofula Submandibular lymphadenitis (internal or topical) Stubborn migraines Wind-Damp Bi pain Twitching Tetany Opisthotonis |
Spasms, contractures, and opistho-tonis associated with acute and chronic childhood convulsions |
Topically as a plaster for scrofula, sores, and snakebite |
Tea |
Realgar |
Fish Liver Oil |
Topically for gangrene and ulcera-tions of the toes |
Toxic sores topically |
Topically as a salve, for pustules, of the fingertips which are called “snake head boils” |
Rz. Gastrodiae |
Rx. Angelicae Pubescentis |
Rx. Ligustici Chuanxiong |
Stubborn headaches, migraines or Bi pain |
Stubborn Bi |
Chronic headaches due to Blood Stasis Trigeminal neuralgia Angioneurotic headaches Migraines |
Squama Manitis |
Cornu Saigae Tataricae |
Scorpio |
Stroke |
Childhood convulsions with a high fever |
Epilepsy |
Rz. Arisaematis Preparatum |
Concretio Silicea Bambusae |
Realgar |
Tetanus |
Delirium associated with a high fever, spasms, convulsions or clenched fists |
Topically s s a powder, for toxic nodules |
Scorpio |
Rz. Coptidis |
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Tuberculosis of the bone |
Snakebite with dizziness, blurred vision and spasms |
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- This herb is used much like Scorpio Quan Xie in treating toxic sores and convulsions, however this herb is superior.
- It can be used alone topically for submandibular lymphadenitis.
- Wu Gong , Scorpio Quan Xie, Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can and all dispel Wind and stop spasms and are often used together in severe cases. They also can reduce swelling and disperse clumping. Jiang Can is used primarily for Phlegm-Heat and treating throat Bi. Wu Gong is pungent and warm, is the most intense and more appropriate for opisthotonis, convulsions and rigid spasms, while Quan Xie is pungent and neutral and is better for Heat. It more strongly extinguishes Wind and stops spasms and is more effective at treating tremors of the hands and feet, twitching and torticollis. Wu Gong and Quan Xie both attack toxin and are used to treat Heat toxin sores or scrofula and phlegm nodules.