Rolling mountain worm

Rolling mountain worm

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

It's a Chinese herbal medicine.

[source] it is the whole worm of the family sphaerocephalaceae.

[animal morphology] rolling hillock

The body is oblate cylindrical, 2-3cm long and 1-1.5cm wide. The body wall is hard. The back of the body surface is brown or painted black, glossy. The abdomen is grayish brown. The head has a pair of compound eyes and antennae, and a pair of jaws. There are 12 segments in the back plate of the chest, the first segment is the cervical plate, the middle ten segments are narrow, and the last segment is large; there are two pairs of 2-4 segments in the abdomen of the chest, and two pairs in each segment after the fifth segment. Crawls slowly, meets the foreign object slightly, namely curls into the sphere, conceals the head, the foot.

Most of them live under the moist withered branches and rotten leaves on the hillside and under the rocks in the gully. It is distributed in Yunnan.

[collection] harvest in autumn, use raw or baked powder.

[nature and taste] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "the taste is pungent and salty, and the nature is warm. "

[functions and indications] ① Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine: "Shujin Huoxue, Xiaozhong Sanyu. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "Jiegu Zhitong. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: dry powder, 0.5-1 yuan; or fresh product, 3-5 pieces. External use: dry powder or fresh product tamping.

[selection] 1. Treatment of sore swelling, rheumatism and contusion: three to five fresh gunshan insects. Mash the affected area and change the dressing once or twice a day.

② Treatment of fracture: after reduction, fixed with small splint. Take the dry powder of three to five gunshanchong and mix it with glutinous rice flour. Deep fry and take it orally.

③ Treatment of uterine prolapse, prolapse: rolling mountain insect powder appropriate. Apply perfume oil to the affected area. (Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine) was selected