Silkworm excrement, the scientific name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the dry feces of silkworm larvae of Bombyx mori. Silkworm eggs are produced in all areas, with Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Sichuan producing the most. Collected from June to August, mainly from the feces from the second sleep to the third sleep. After collection, dry in the sun, dust off the soil and mulberry leaves, and eat them raw.

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Animal droppings.

Sexual taste

Sexual taste is pungent, sweet and warm.

Meridian tropism

Return to stomach meridian, spleen meridian and liver meridian.

work efficiency

Dispelling wind and removing dampness, regulating stomach and resolving turbidity, promoting blood circulation and dredging menstruation.

Ruling; ruling

Can be used for treating rheumatic joint pain, limb paralysis, rubella pruritus, vomiting and diarrhea, amenorrhea, and metrorrhagia.

Correlation compatibility

1, itchy head wind with white crumbs: burn silkworm excrement with ash and pour juice, and wash it. (Sheng Huifang)

2, I can't see: pick up the silkworm excrement and swallow ten pieces in the hollow with new water. Don't chew it. (Sheng Huifang)

3, the woman's blood collapse: silkworm excrement is the bottom, wine is three or five dollars. (Confucianism)

dosage

Fry, 5 ~ 15g, and fry in cloth. Appropriate amount for external use.

job operation

After collection, it was dried in the sun, and the light particles and debris in mulberry leaves were removed by air separation.

physiological property

The dried silkworm excrement is a short cylindrical particle with a length of 2 ~ 5 mm and a diameter of 65438 0.5 ~ 3 mm.. The surface is gray-black, rough, with 6 obvious longitudinal edges and 3 ~ 4 transverse shallow lines. The two ends are slightly flat and hexagonal. Hard and brittle, easily broken when wet. Slightly grassy. It is best to be dry, dark, solid, uniform and free of impurities.

yieldly

There are aquaculture in most areas of China, with Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Sichuan producing the most.

Related exposition

1, Compendium of Materia Medica: bowel sounds, heat to quench thirst, wind arthralgia, rash addiction, naughtiness, abdominal cold, soft feet, naughtiness (viscera). The crux of treating thirst, and women's bloody collapse, head wind, wind red eyes, in addition to wind.

2, "Materia Medica": cooking, soaking in wine, dispelling wind and slowing down the knot, stubborn skin, cold in the abdomen, cold blood, crazy blood, cold waist and feet; It's hot. The bag is filled with hot iron. The main wind is paralysis of bones and muscles, hands and feet, weakness of waist and feet and stubborn skin.

3, "Herbal rejuvenation": it is also suitable for treating rheumatism, muscle pain, skin swelling, waist and leg pain, less blood stasis and acne.