How much is dried earthworm (Dilong) per jin? Purchase prices and an introduction to its effects and uses
Dilong, also known as dried earthworm, is one of the important traditional Chinese medicinal materials in our country. So how much is dried earthworm (Dilong) per jin? What about the purchase price? What effects and uses does it have? From the Bozhou traditional Chinese medicinal materials market, it is understood that the price of Dilong (dried earthworm) depends mainly on the place of origin and whether it is split open to remove mud and sand. Dilong from Hainan and Guangdong, fully split open and with mud and sand removed, is 70 yuan per jin; Dilong from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, fully split open and with mud and sand removed, is 55 yuan per jin.
What is the purchase price of dried earthworm (Dilong)?
Prices also differ according to quality grade. In Xihua Dawangzhuang, dealers currently come door-to-door to purchase at 18-22 yuan/jin, varying.
What effects and uses does dried earthworm (Dilong) have?
Effects
Clears heat and stops spasms, calms the liver and extinguishes wind, unblocks the meridians and invigorates the collaterals, relieves asthma and promotes urination. It mainly treats high fever with clouded spirit, convulsions and twitching, headache and dizziness, hemiplegia, numbness of the limbs, wind-dampness painful obstruction, cough and asthma due to lung heat, scanty urine and edema, and hypertension.
Applications
1. Dilong with white stiff silkworm (Bombyx batryticatus): Dilong unblocks the collaterals and stops spasms, and relieves asthma; white stiff silkworm dispels wind and transforms phlegm. The two used together are for wind-phlegm obstructing the collaterals, headache, deviation of the mouth and eyes; febrile disease damaging yin, internal stirring of liver wind, convulsions and twitching; and phlegm-heat cough and asthma.
2. Dilong with arisaema cum bile (Arisaema cum Bile): Dilong extinguishes wind and unblocks the collaterals, and arisaema cum bile dispels wind and transforms phlegm. The two used together are for joint pain, difficulty in flexion and extension, and numbness due to wind-dampness obstruction.
3. Effects and uses of Dilong with licorice: Dilong transforms phlegm and relieves asthma, and licorice clears heat and stops coughing. The two used together clear heat, transform phlegm, stop coughing and relieve asthma. They are used for asthma and pertussis in children with heat.
4. Dilong with ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis): Dilong unblocks the collaterals, relieves asthma, invigorates the blood and dispels painful obstruction. Ground beetle invigorates the blood and transforms stasis. The two medicines used together bring out the best in each other, and are used for chronic unremitting cough and asthma with phlegm and pain mutually obstructing, as well as long-standing painful obstruction with joint stiffness, deformity, and so on.
5. Dilong with grassleaf sweelflag rhizome (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma): Dilong unblocks the collaterals and dispels stasis, and grassleaf sweelflag rhizome removes phlegm, transforms putrefaction and opens the orifices. The two medicines used together transform both phlegm and stasis, open and free the orifices, and are used for migraine and blood-stasis headache.
Contraindications
It is not suitable for those with deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, and is forbidden for pregnant women.
Precautions
Both Dilong and white stiff silkworm are agents that extinguish wind and stop spasms, but the spasm-stopping power of Dilong is inferior to that of scorpion and centipede, so it is mostly used for mild cases of twitching, or added to compound formulas as an auxiliary medicine. Dilong also has the effects of relieving asthma, unblocking the collaterals and promoting urination; white stiff silkworm, on the other hand, can dispel wind, transform phlegm, dissipate nodules and reduce swelling.