Gadfly
Tabanus
Meng Chong

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; slightly cold

Part(s) used

Dry body of female mature insect

Potential toxicity/side effects

Toxic

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treament of: 1. amenorrhea or abdominal and epigastric masses caused by blood stagnation. gadfly (mengchong) is used with leech (shuizhi), cockroach (chechong), peach seed (taoren) and rhubarb (dahuang) in the formula dahuang zhechong wan. 2. pain due to external injury. gadfly (mengchong) is used with frankincense (ruxiang), myrrh (moyao) and peach seed (taoren).

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Treament of: 1. amenorrhea or abdominal and epigastric masses caused by blood stagnation. gadfly (mengchong) is used with leech (shuizhi), cockroach (chechong), peach seed (taoren) and rhubarb (dahuang) in the formula dahuang zhechong wan. 2. pain due to