Centipede (wu gong)

Centipede (wu gong) 

Scolopendra 

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Properties: Pungent in flavour, warm in nature, it has affinity to the heart and spleen channels. Being pungent, volatile and warm in nature, it can invigorate channels; and as an aromatic, it has a stronger stimulating action on the sense organs. It functions in inducing resuscitation an restoring consciousness. It is similar to Moschus but weak in potency. It is used mostly as an adjuvant for treatment of coma in type of cold-blockage, In addition, it also has effects of dispelling cold and alleviating pain, serving to treat cold pain in the chest and the abdomen due to accumulation of cold and Qi-stagnation.

Effects: Resuscitating and restoring consciousness., dispelling cold and relieving pain.

Indications:

1. For apoplexy, diseases caused by pestilent factors, syncope resulting from disorder of Qi, coma and mental confusion in the type of cold-blockage resulting from stagnation of cold-phlegm and dampness, it is often used with pungent herbs for warming and invigorating meridians aromatics inducing resuscitation, such as Flos Caryophlli, Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum, Radix Aucklandiae, Moschus, etc. , as in Storax Pill (Suhexiang Wan).

2. For thoracic and abdominal distending pain due to accumulation of cold and stagnation of Qi, it can be used with herbs for promoting Qi flow, dispelling cold and relieving pain, such as Rhizoma Cyperi, Radix Aucklandiae, Radix Linderae, Rhizoma Corydalis, etc. ; for obstruction of Qi and colic it the chest due to Qi and blood stasis, it is used with Resina Olibani, Lignum Santali, Radix Aristochiae, etc, to promote circulation of Qi and blood, remove obstruction of Qi and relieve pain, as Storax Pill for Coronary Heart Disease (Guanxin Suhe Wan).

Dosage and Administration: 0.3-1g, used in pill or powder not in decoction.

Properties: Pungent in flavour, warm in nature, it acts on liver channel, has the effects of checking endogenous wind to relieve convulsion and clearing obstruction in the channels to relieve pain. The effects is similar to that of scorpion but stronger, so it is indicated in syndromes of acute chronic infantile convulsion and headache, and also for scrofula and furuncles and carbuncles to resolve he masses.

Effects: Checking endogenous wind to relieve convulsion, clearing obstruction in the channels to relieve and clearing away toxins and resolving masses.

Indications:

1. For acute convulsion caused by high fever, tetanus, it is often used together with scorpion (Scorpio), gastrodia tuber (Rhizoma Gastrodiae), uncaria stem with hooks (Rmulus Uncariae cum uncis), arisaema tuber (Rhizoma Arisaematis) and cicada slough (Periostracum cinadia); for chronic convulsion due to deficiency of spleen, it is used with dangshen (Radix Codonopsis pilosulae), white atractylodes rhizome (Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae), poria (Poria) and white stiff silkworm (Bombys Batryticatus).

2. For headache and migraine due to evil-wind, it is often used with scorpion (Scorpio), earthworm (Lumbricus), chuanxiong rhizome (Rhizoma Ligustic chuanxiong) and giant typhonium tuber (Rhizoma typhionii) to expel the wind-cold and clear obstruction in channels to relieve pain; for chronic rheumatic arthralgia, it is used together with monkshood root (Radix aconiti), earthworm (Lumbricus) and long-noded pit viper (Ancistrodon acutus) to disperse wind and clear obstruction in channels to relieve pains.

In addition, it is used to treat scrofula, furuncles and carbuncles, usually with tea leaf (Folium camelliae sinensis), as in powder for external use, or combined with scorpion (scorpio), walnut kernel (Semen Juglandis regiae), deer horn (Cornu Cervi) powder, ground in powder for drinking with wine.

Dosage and Administration: 1-3g or 1-3pieces of centipedes in decoction, 0.6-1g of powder for oral use, proper amount for external use.

Precautions: It is contraindicated in pregnancy.

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For the convenience of customers, we offer the Centipede (wu gong) as the  quick-dissolving granule made through modern technology.

Directions:

Every sachet is equivalent to raw herb 2 grams.

The dosage is for adults, one sachet each time, twice a day. Please put the granule into a cup, then put 50-100ml boiling water into the cup and stir it with spoon. You will get some tea, drink it when it is luke-warm. For children, the dosage should be reduced according to the weight.

Air ship 50 sachets of Centipede (wu gong) in the form of quick-dissolving granule for your personal use now at $261.60.