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蚱蜢

Name

Zha Meng (Small rice grasshopper)

  1. Oxya Chinensis
  2. Small rice grasshopper
  3. Zha Meng

The Effect of 蚱蜢

Property

Pungent, sweet, warm; lung, liver and spleen meridians entered.

Actions

Relieve cough and asthma, remove qi stagnation, relieve convulsion.

Indications

Whooping cough, infantile malnutrition, infantile convulsion, bronchial asthma.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 5~10 grasshoppers, or stir-bake them into charcoal and then made into powder. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying.