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蜈蚣
ENG
Centipede
LATIN
Scolopendra
Medicinal Group Liver-pacifying and wind-extinguishing medicinal
Source Dried body of Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans L. Koch (Fam. Scolopendridae)
Nature and Flavors pungent; warm; toxic
Meridian Affinity Liver
Actions To extinguish wind, relieve convulsion, counteract poisons and reduce nodulation, remove obstructions of collaterals and alleivate pain

Family

Scolopendridae

Part used

Animal

Indications

Infantile convulsion; twitching, spasm; apoplectic hemiplegia; chronic arthritis or rhematoid arthritis; sores, lymphadenitis, venomous snake-bite

Cautions

Contraindicated in pregnancy

Report on adverse effect

Hepatotoxicity in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection [1]

Allergic reactions, poisoning [2, 3]

Myocardial damage, gastrointestinal disorders, acute liver and renal dysfunction, hemolytic anemia response [3]

Skin allergies [4]

Reference

Yuen MF, Tam S, Fung J, Wong D, Wong B, Lai CL (2006) Traditional Chinese medicine causing hepatotoxicity in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection: a 1-year prospective study. Aliment.Pharmacol.Ther., 24, 8, 1179-1186.

楊加域、譚旭霞、廖麗錦 (2007)。<蜈蚣不良反應與治療>。新中醫,7。

公素琴、朱孟國 (2002)。<蜈蚣的不良反應>。中國中藥雜誌,3。

吳玉 (2008)。<蜈蚣致皮膚過敏1例>。中國誤診學雜誌,18。

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