Guang Dilong (Guangdong Earthworm / Pheretima) Pheretima
Wind-extinguishing and convulsion-relieving medicinesCold
Source-based · educational reference
Traditional recorded function
Clear heat and extinguish Wind, unblock collaterals, relieve wheezing, promote urination.
1. Used for high fever with convulsions and epilepsy, and mania. 2. Used for Qi deficiency with blood stagnation, hemiplegia. 3. Used for painful obstruction patterns. 4. Used for asthma due to Lung heat. 5. Used for heat binding in the Bladder, difficult urination, or urinary retention.
Nature & taste
SaltyCold
Meridians entered
BladderSpleenLiver
Herbal properties
ColdReducingDescendingDispersingDrying