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Armadillidium

Wood louse

鼠妇 〔鼠婦〕 shǔ fù

Alternate Chinese names: 地虱 dì shī

Kingdom: Animal

Origin in unofficial sources: Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille); Porcellio scaber Latreille

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sour; cool; nontoxic*.

Actions and indications: Breaks the blood, disinhibits water, resolves toxin, and relieves pain. Treats enduring mother-of-malaria (glomus lump in malarial disease); concretions and conglomerations in women; urinary stoppage; fright wind with pursed mouth; toothache; goose-mouth sores.

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