Ban Mao

Mylabris

Cantharides Properties: PUNGENT - COLD/TOXIC
Dosage: 0.03 – 0.06g.
Meridian: LARGE INTESTINE, LIVER, SMALL INTESTINE

-attack toxins, wears away sores
- topically – sores, carbuncles, scrofula
-greatly irritates skin producing numbness and redness
-breaks up blood stasis, disperse clumps – palpable non-moving masses

Reference
Benskey and Gamble 1986, Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, Seattle Washington, Eastland Press