This product is the dried body of the East Asian scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch, a species from the scorpion family. It is captured from late spring to early autumn, cleaned of dirt and sand, then boiled in hot water or salt water until the whole body becomes rigid. Afterward, it is taken out and placed in a ventilated area to dry in the shade.
NMM ID | nmm-00yh |
Systematic Name | Olivierus martensii Body |
Systematic Chinese Name | 东亚钳蝎全体（dōng yà qián xiē quán tǐ） |
Generic Name | Quan-xie |
Generic Chinese Name | 全蝎（quán xiē） |
NMM Type | animal |
Species Origins | Olivierus martensii | 东亚钳蝎 |
Medicinal Parts | body | 全体 |
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Systematic Name Explanation | This product is the dried body of the East Asian scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch, a species from the scorpion family. It is captured from late spring to early autumn, cleaned of dirt and sand, then boiled in hot water or salt water until the whole body becomes rigid. Afterward, it is taken out and placed in a ventilated area to dry in the shade. |
Generic Name Explanation | NMMGN follows the Chinese name of the relevant Chinese medicinal materials in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia: 2020 edition: Volume I. |
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全蝎
English text reference: Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2020 Edition)
Overview
Scorpion is the dried body of Buthus martensii Karsch (Fam. Buthidae). It is collected from late spring to early autumn, removed from mud and sand, boiled in boiling water or boiling salt water until the whole body becomes stiff, taken out, and dried in a ventilated place.
Description
The head and thorax of the scorpion are flattened and elongated, and the posterior abdomen is tail-shaped, wrinkled and curved. The intact body is about 6 cm long. The head and thorax are greenish-brown, with a pair of short chelipeds and a pair of longer and larger chelate foot whiskers in the front, resembling crab claws. The back is covered with trapezoidal dorsal plates, and the ventral surface has 4 pairs of legs, all of which have 7 segments, each with 2 claw hooks at the end; the anterior abdomen consists of 7 segments, the 7th segment is darker, and there are 5 ridges on the dorsal plate. The back is greenish-brown, and the posterior abdomen is brownish-yellow, with 6 segments, each with longitudinal grooves, and the terminal segment has sharp hook-like venomous spines, with no distance below the venomous spines. Slightly fishy odor, salty taste.
Identification
The powder of the scorpion is yellowish-brown or light brown. The surface of the body wall fragment epidermis appears as a polygonal grid-like texture, with small particles densely distributed on the surface, visible hair follicles, small round holes, and light brown or nearly colorless wart-like protrusions; the inner epidermis is colorless, with transverse stripes, and the inner and outer epidermis have many short and long micro-pores. The bristles are reddish-brown, mostly broken, with sharp or blunt round tips, longitudinal straight texture, and narrow medullary cavity. The transverse striated muscle fibers are mostly broken, with a wider light band than a dark band, a dark line in the middle of the light band, and a dense short longitudinal texture in the dark band.
Examination
Water
Not more than 20.0 per cent <0832,method 2>.
Total ash
Not more than 17.0 per cent <2302>.
Acid-insoluble ash
Not more than 3.0 per cent <2302>.
Aflatoxin
Determine according to the method for determination of mycotoxins <2351>.
The content of aflatoxin B1 in this product shall not exceed 5 μg per 1000 g, and the total content of aflatoxin G2, aflatoxin G1, aflatoxin B2, and aflatoxin B1 shall not exceed 10 μg.
Extractives
Carry out the method for determination of ethanol-soluble Extractives <2201,the hot maceration method>, using ethanol as the solvent,not less than 18.0 per cent.
Prepared slices
Scorpion
Processing
Eliminate Foreign matter,wash, and dry.
Description
Same as the crude drug.
Identification
Same as the crude drug.
Examination
Same as the crude drug.
Extractives
Same as the crude drug.
Property
Neutral.
Flavor
Pungent.
Toxicity
Toxic.
Meridian tropism
Liver meridian.
Actions
To suppress wind and relieve spasm, promote blood circulation and relieve pain, and eliminate toxins and dissipate nodules.
Indications
It is used for internal movement of liver wind, spasm and convulsion, paediatric convulsions, stroke mouth askew on one side of the mouth , hemiplegia, tetanus, rheumatism and intractable paralysis, migraine headache, sores, scrofula.
Dosage
3-6 g.
Administration
None.
Precautions
Not for use during pregnancy.
Storage
Store in a dry place, and protect from moth.
全蝎
Text reference: Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2015 Edition)
Overview
Scorpion is the dried body of Buthus martensii Karsch (Fam. Buthidae). The drug is collected from the end of spring to the beginning of autumn, removed from soil, boiled in water or salt water until the body stiffened, scooped out, placed in a ventilated place, and dried in shade.
Description
The cephalothorax and preabdomen flattened long ellipsoidal, the postabdomen tail-like, shrunken and curved, the body of intact specimen about 6 cm long. The cephalothorax greenish-brown, the anterior part arising 1 pair of short and small chelicerae and 1 pair of long and large pincerlike pedipalps in the shape of crab pincers, dorsal part covered with ladder-shaped carapace, ventral part bearing 4 pairs of walking legs, each of segments, with 2 claws on distal end. The preabdomen consists of 7 segments, the seventh dark in colour, with 5 ridged spinal lines on the dorsal plate. Dorsal side greenish-brown, the postabdomen brownish-yellow, 6 segments, with longitudinal furrows on each segment, the telson bearing sharp claw like stinger and no spur below the stinger. Odour, slightly stinking; taste, salty.
Identification
Powder: Yellowish-brown or pale brown. Surface view of outer epidermis of body fragments in polygonal network-like striations, bearing densely tiny grains, hair sockets, fine circular holes and pale brown or colourless warts visible; inner epidermis colourless, with cross stripes; a number of minute canals throughout the inner and the outer epidermis, varying in length. Setae reddish-brown, mostly broken, acute or obtuse at the top ends, with longitudinal and straight striations, medullary cavity freely slender. The fibres of striated muscle mostly broken, light bands wider than dark bands, light bands each with a dark line, dark bands with dense and short longitudinal striations.
Examination
Aflatoxin
本品每1000g含黄曲霉毒素B1不得过5µg，黄曲霉毒素G2、黄曲霉毒素G1、黄曲霉毒素B2和黄曲霉毒素B1的总量不得过10µg。
Extractives
Carry out the method for determination of ethanol-soluble extractives<2201, the hot extraction method>, using dilute ethanol solvent, not less than 20.0 per cent.
Prepared slices
Scorpion
Processing
Eliminate foreign matter, wash clean, and dry.
Property
Neutral; pungent; toxic.
Flavor
Salty.
Meridian tropism
Liver meridians.
Actions
To extinguish wind, arrest convulsions, unblock the collaterals, relieve pain, expel toxin, and dissipate bind.
Indications
Internal stirring of liver wind, convulsions, infantile convulsion, wind-stroke with deviated mouth, hemiplegia, tetanus, wind-dampness stubborn bi disorder, migraine and general headache, sore and ulcer, and scrofula.
Dosage
3-6 g.
Precautions
Contraindicated during pregnancy.
Storage
Preserve in a dry place and protect from moth.
This product is the dried body of the East Asian scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch, a species from the scorpion family. It is captured from late spring to early autumn, cleaned of dirt and sand, then boiled in hot water or salt water until the whole body becomes rigid. Afterward, it is taken out and placed in a ventilated area to dry in the shade.