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Dung beetle Catharsius molossus (dung beetle)

Not yet categorizedCold
Source-based · educational reference

Traditional recorded function

Calm convulsions, break blood stasis, move the bowels, and attack toxins.

Fright epilepsy, mania and withdrawal, abdominal masses, abdominal distention and constipation, blood dysentery, hemorrhoids and fistula, furuncle toxin.

Nature & taste

Cold有毒

Meridians entered

Large Int.StomachLiver

Botanical source

Accepted nameCatharsius molossus (Linnaeus, 1758)

FamilyScarabaeidae

Herbal properties

ColdReducingDescendingDispersing

Found in these formulas

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