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Gadfly
Gadfly. Class: Blood activation and stasis removal. Properties: Bitter; Slightly Cold. Meridians: Liver
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Meng Chong
中文名 (Chinese)
虻虫
Latin Name
Tabanus
English Name
Gadfly
Alias Names
蜚虻牛虻牛蚊子绿头猛钻牛苍蝇瞎虻虫瞎蚂蜂瞎蠓牛魔蚊牛蝇子瞎眼蠓
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Bitter; Slightly Cold
Meridians (归经)
Liver
Part Used
Dry body of female mature insect
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Blood activation and stasis removal
功效分类 (CN)
活血化淤
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
Treament of: 1. amenorrhea or abdominal and epigastric masses caused by blood stagnation. gadfly (mengchong) is used with leech (shuizhi), cockroach (chechong), peach seed (taoren) and rhubarb (dahuang) in the formula dahuang zhechong wan. 2. pain due to external injury. gadfly (mengchong) is used with frankincense (ruxiang), myrrh (moyao) and peach seed (taoren).
Indication (主治)
Treament of: 1. amenorrhea or abdominal and epigastric masses caused by blood stagnation. gadfly (mengchong) is used with leech (shuizhi), cockroach (chechong), peach seed (taoren) and rhubarb (dahuang) in the formula dahuang zhechong wan. 2. pain due to
Toxicity
Toxic
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