Xi Shuai
GryllodesCricket
- Toxic
- Category
- Herbs that drain Dampness
- Nature
- warm
- Taste
- pungent, salty
- Channels entered
- Gallbladder, Large Intestine, Small Intestine
- Dosage
- 4–6 g
Actions & indications
- Promotes diuresis
- Dysuria, enuresis, ascites
- Facilitates parturition
- Debility of clonic contraction during labor
- Trauma
Notes
- This substance is the dried body of the cricket.
- This herb reduces fever.
- It may temporarily lower blood pressure.