Extinguish Wind Stop Tremors: Bai Jiang Can (silkworm)

Bai Jiang Can ("white mummified silkworm" -- sick silkworm killed by a fungus)

Liver & LUNG

NEUTRAL (but drying - transforms phlegm & dries damp)

Salty (softens hardness) & Acrid (disperses)

3 - 9 grams in decoction; 1 - 1.5 when powdered & swallowed

1. Extinguish Wind / Stop Spasms and Convulsions

* childhood convulsions
* facial paralysis
* seizures from wind-phlegm-heat (or internal stirring of Liver wind)

2. Dispel Wind / Disperse Wind-Heat / Stop Itching and Pain

* headache
* red eyes
* sore, swollen throat
* wind rash
* loss of voice

3. Transforms Phlegm / Softens what is Hard / Dissipates Nodules

* phlegm-heat scrofula
* phlegm nodules

4. Expels Wind / Stops Itching

* wind rash