quan xie

全蝎·Scorpio

Scorpion

Toxic

Toxicity graded by American Dragon.

About quan xie

Quan Xie (全蝎) is the scorpion, recorded as Scorpio. It is salty and acrid in flavour and neutral in temperature, entering the Liver channel alone. The catalogue files it among the substances that extinguish Wind and stop tremors.

Names

Pinyinquan xie
Chinese全蝎
Latin NameScorpio
English NameScorpion
Japanesezenkatsu
Koreanjeongal

Classification

Channels
Liver
Flavour
Acrid, Salty
Temperature
Neutral
Family
Buthidae
Species
Buthus martensii
Tags
Chinese Herbs, Common

Actions and indications

Extinguishes Wind and stops spasms and convulsions

  • Liver Wind or Wind-Phlegm-Heat with spasms, tics, rigidity, arching of the back and seizures
  • Acute or chronic convulsions in children
  • Tetanus with lockjaw and stiffness
  • Epilepsy
  • Wind-stroke with a deviated eye and mouth, or hemiplegia

Searches out Wind, unblocks the channels and collaterals and stops pain

  • Stubborn headache or migraine
  • Obstinate Wind-Damp Bi and joint pain that has not yielded to milder herbs

Attacks Fire toxin and disperses nodules and rashes

  • Toxic sores and swellings, often applied topically
  • Scrofula and nodules
  • Cancer, applied topically

Combinations

Dosage

AgeRawGranuleTinctureConcentrateFrequency
Any 2-5g; 0.25-1.5g when just the tail is used; Powder: 0.6-1g2-5 g

Cautions

Interactions

Drug interactions