- Entity Type
- Herbs
- Relation Groups
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Basic Information
Grouped by core information, identifiers, and descriptions.
Core Information
- Chinese Name
- 晚蚕砂
- Pinyin Name
- Wan Can Sha
- English Name
- Silkworm Excrement
- Latin Name
- Excrementum Bombycis Mori
- Alias
- No data
- Properties
- Warm; Pungent; Sweet
- Tastes
- No data
- Meridians
- Spleen; Stomach; Liver
- Toxicity
- No data
- Dosage
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Description and Extensions
- Contraindication
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- Description
- 1. treatment of damp-heat obstruction syndrome. silkworm excrement (cansha) is used with tetrandra root (fangji), coix seed (yiyiren) and talc (huashi) in the formula xuanbi tang .2. eczema. the decoction of the herb is used for external washing. 3. treatment of turbid dampness blocking the spleen and stomach manifested as vomiting, diarrhea, cramps and abdominal pain. silkworm excrement (cansha) is used with scutellaria root (huangqin), chaenomeles fruit (mugua) and evodia fruit (wuzhuyu) in the formula canshi tang.
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