Ge Shangting

Ge Shangting

(bielu)

[synonyms] TingChang (herbal Classics), douho (zoology Dictionary), doucantharis (pharmacology of traditional Chinese Medicine), Hongniang and jiguanchong (Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine records).

[source] it is the whole insect of meloidea.

[animal morphology] Daphne genkwa

The length of female is 14.5-16.7 mm and that of male is 11.7-14.2 mm. All of them are black and the abdomen is gray. The head is reddish brown with short yellow hairs. Compound eye 1 pair, kidney shape. The antennae of the male are dilated. Mouth chewing. The front chest is narrower than the head, the front is small and neck shaped, and there is a row of yellow hairs in the center. Coleoptera slender, slightly cylindrical, the edge of the two wings are densely covered with short yellow hairs, each with a longitudinal yellow hair in the center, and the wing surface is densely covered with black short hairs. Foot 3 pairs, slender, with yellow hair. The first segment of the anterior tarsi of the female, with a concave part. In the lower part of the abdomen, there are straight lines of yellow hair, and the tail end of the female is exposed outside the coleoptile.

The larvae overwinter as pseudopupae. The adults are herbivorous and eat soybean and other legumes.

[collection] capture in summer and autumn, scald to death in boiling water, and dry in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the content of cantharidin is more than 2%. One part is in the state of alkali metal salt.

[processing] stir fry with rice in a pot until the rice is brown. Remove the wings, head and feet.

[Xing Wei] bielu: "it's pungent, slightly warm and poisonous. "

Functions and indications: removing blood stasis and breaking accumulation. Treatment of amenorrhea, Baihuang, accumulation, fistula swelling.

① Bielu: "breaking the lymph nodes, accumulating, abortion. "

② "The compendium of Medical Sciences" says: "tongxueguan, Baikuai, Yugong is the same as cantharidin. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: stir fry and decoct 1-2 pieces of soup, or put into pills or powder.

[should not] it is highly toxic and should be taken with caution; it should not be taken for body deficiency and pregnant women.

① "Pinhuijingyao": "pregnancy is not acceptable. "

② "Gangmu": "fear and evil are the same as cantharidin. "

[prescription selection] ① for women with blocked meridians, 100 pieces are full: five pieces are long in Ge Shang Ting. Stir fry with brown rice, remove the wings and grind the feet. Take it in three parts. Under the hollow licorice soup, you can feel the pain in your navel. Take it in black bean decoction. (Sheng Hui Fang)

② Treatment of fistulas: Forty spotted cats (head, feet, wings removed, boiled), four cinnamon hearts, ten Yuanqing (feet, wings removed, boiled), thirty geshangting (boiled). On the four flavors, pound under the sieve, wine service half money dagger, one day. Avoid green onion. (Liu Juanzi's ghost prescription)