Scorpion
Scorpio
Quan Xie

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; calm; toxic

Part(s) used

Body

Potential toxicity/side effects

Toxic

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To calm, dispel wind and check tetany, free network vessels and relieve pain, attack toxin and dissipate binds.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Infant fright wind, convulsion, spasm, wind stroke with deviated eyes and mouth, hemiplegia, tetanus, wind-damp impediment, migraine, headache, toothache, deafness, hypertension, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, scrofula with phlegm node, snake bite, burns, wind papules, intractable lichen.