Crab

Name

Xie (Crab)

The Effect of Crab

Property

Salt, cold; liver and stomach meridians entered.

Actions

Clear heat, dissipate blood stasis, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.

Indications

Scabies, scalds, traumatic injury, dermatitis rhus.

Dosage and Administrations

Stir-bake it into charcoal and then pound into powder for oral taking, or made into pills. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying or pounded into juice for ear drops.

Cautions

It is contraindicated in case of deficiency cold, wandering arthritis, hemiplegia.