Other Names : Bombyx Batryticatus, 僵蠶 - Bombyx Batryticatus, Bombyx Batryticatus, Silkworm, Bombyx Mori, Silkworm Larva
Special Precautions of Jiang Can
- Contraindicated when there are no externally contracted pathogenic factors.
- Contraindicated for those with anemia.
- Antagonizes Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng.
- Antagonizes Poria Fu Ling.
- Antagonizes Rz. Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Bei Xie.
- Antagonizes Ootheca Mantidis Sang Piao Xiao.
Benefits and uses of Jiang Can are
- Extinguishes Wind and stops spasms and convulsions
- Childhood convulsions and facial paralysis
- Seizures due to Liver Wind or especially Wind-Phlegm-Heat
- Dispels Wind, disperses Wind-Heat and stops itching and pain
- Headache, red eyes, a sore, swollen throat and itching skin lesions such as Wind-Rash from externally contracted Wind-Heat or Liver Wind
- Loss of voice
- Transforms Phlegm, softens hardnesses, eliminates toxins and dissipates nodules
- Phlegm-Heat scrofula and other Phlegm nodules