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Alternate English names: insect wax

Alternate Chinese names: 虫蜡 chóng là

Kingdom: Animal

Origin in unofficial sources: Ericerus pela (Chavannes) Guerin*; Fraxinus chinensis Roxb. (host) *; Ligustrum lucidum Ait (host) *

Use: Medicinal

Category: External-use agents / Toxin-drawing, putridity-transforming, and flesh-engendering agents

Properties: Sweet; warm; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: Liver and lung channels.*

Actions and indications:

• Stanches blood with astringency; engenders flesh and relieves pain: Bleeding from incized wounds; sores that fail to close.
• Stanches bleeding: Bloody urine; bloody stool.
• Supplements vacuity and moistens the lung: Lung vacuity enduring cough with blood in the phlegm.

Dosage and method: Oral: 3–10g used in pills and powders. Topical: melted in medicinals and oils, enemas, and lozenges.

Warnings: Unsuitable for welling- and flat abscesses prior to rupture or exuding thick pus after rupture.

Notes: This is a wax secreted by Ericerus pela hosted by plants such as Fraxinus chinensis and Ligustrum lucidum.

Production area: Sìchuān and to a lesser extent Húnán, Guìzhōu, Yúnnán.

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