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Di Long #1083

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Pin Ying Name: Di Long

Chinese Name: 地龍

English Name: Earthworm

Latin Name: Pheretima

Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors

Category

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Salty	Cold	Bladder Liver Lung Spleen Stomach Kidney	4-15g

Actions & Indications

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Drains Heat, settles convulsions, extinguishes Wind and stops spasms	Extreme Heat generating Wind with loss of consciousness, incoherent speech, convulsions and seizures It can be used alone It has recently been used to treat schizophrenia of the hot-manic type
Clears Heat and unblocks and promotes movement in the channels and collaterals	Hot or Cold Bi (with appropriate herbs) with swollen, painful joints and a reduced range of motion Hemiplegia due to lack of flow in the channels such as the sequelae of Wind-Stroke
Clears Heat and calms wheezing	Wheezing due to Lung Heat (can be taken alone as a powder, in capsules or decocted with sugar as a syrup)
Clears Heat and promotes urination	Hot, painful urinary dysfunction, edema (severe cases), ascites and jaundice Especially useful for Heat clumping in the Bladder with urinary difficulty or inability to urinate (can be used alone)
Anchors Liver Yang and lowers Blood pressure	Hypertension due to Liver Yang Rising
Promotes healing topically	Acute parotitis, chronic ulcers of the lower limbs, burns, boils or carbuncles (powder, mix with sugar and apply topically)

Contraindications

Do not use for Shang Han conditions except for Yang Ming Heat with restlessness.
Do not use for Warm pathogen disease without high fever.
Do not use for Spleen and Stomach weakness and Deficiency.
Use with caution during pregnancy.