Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors
Jiang Can 僵蚕
Bombyx Batryticatus Body of Sick Silkworm
✓ National Exam ⚠ Toxic / Endangered
Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Neutral
- Nature & Flavour
- Spicy, Salty, Neutral
- Channels Entered
- LIV, LU
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Bombyx Batryticatus
- Chinese
- 僵蚕
- Tone Marks
- jiāng cán
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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