Qiang Lang (Chong)蜣蜋
CatharsiusDung Beetle
- Toxic
Also known asScarab Beetle
- Category
- Purgatives
- Nature
- cold
- Taste
- salty
- Channels entered
- Stomach, Large Intestine, Pericardium
- Dosage
- 3–6 g
Actions & indications
- Relieves constipation, attacks toxins and disperses Blood Stagnation
- Abdominal masses, hiccups, regurgitation, constipation, gonorrhea, childhood malnutrition, red dysentery, hemorrhoids and malignant furuncles
- Calms the *Shen*
- Epilepsy, mania