Silkworm Pupa – 1 lb (454 g)

Silkworm Pupa, known in Chinese as 僵蚕 (Jiāngcán) and scientifically as Bombyx Batryticatus, is a valued herb in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This TCM herb has been traditionally used to support natural wellness, maintain vitality, and encourage holistic balance. At TCMforyou.com, we provide premium-quality Silkworm Pupa carefully sourced to preserve its therapeutic properties.

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[Overview] This herb is also known as White Stiff Silkworm, Tianchong, Jiangchong, and White Jiangchong. It is the dried larva of the 4th to 5th instar silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) infected (or artificially inoculated) with the white entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill., resulting in death. It is mainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Guangdong, and other regions. Production mostly occurs in spring and autumn by placing silkworms that have died from white muscardine disease in a ventilated area to air dry or drying them under weak light.

[Properties] Taste: salty, pungent; Nature: neutral. Channels entered: Liver, Lung, Stomach.

[Actions] Resolves phlegm and dissipates nodules.

[Applications]
1. Used for convulsions and seizures, especially those caused by wind-phlegm. For example, for pediatric febrile convulsions, it can be combined with mulberry leaf (Sangye) and Uncaria hook (Gouteng); for convulsions and stroke with spasms and phlegm rattling, it is often combined with scorpion (Quanxie), Gastrodia (Tianma), and bile-stone (Danxing); if phlegm obstructs qi and causes coarse breathing, it can be combined with bezoar (Niuhuang), Coptis (Huanglian), and bamboo shavings (Tianzhu Huang). For tetanus with trismus, tongue stiffness, and opisthotonos, it is often combined with scorpion, Arisaema (Tiannanxing), Aconite (Baifuzi), centipede (Wugong), or Uncaria hook, ground into powder and taken with bamboo sap.
For chronic convulsions caused by spleen deficiency and prolonged diarrhea in children, it is often combined with Codonopsis (Dangshen), Atractylodes (Baizhu), and Gastrodia.
2. Used for mouth and eye deviation caused by wind-phlegm obstructing the collaterals and channels, often combined with scorpion and Aconite, as in the formula Qianzheng San.
3. Used for hemiplegic headache, red eyes with tearing, and sore throat. For headaches caused by liver wind and wind-heat rising, it can be ground into powder and taken with scallion tea, combined with Chrysanthemum, Tribulus, and Uncaria hook; for liver channel wind-heat with red, swollen, painful eyes, it can be combined with mulberry leaf, Schizonepeta, and Equisetum; for sore throat, it can be combined with burdock seed (Niubangzi); if heat toxin is severe, it can be combined with Forsythia, Isatis root (Banlangen), and licorice.
4. Used for scrofula, tuberculosis, mastitis, and mumps. For scrofula, it is often combined with Fritillaria, Prunella, oyster shell (Muli), and Scrophularia; for early-stage mastitis, the stiff silkworm powder can be mixed with aged vinegar and applied topically; also combined with honeysuckle and dandelion decoction internally. For mumps caused by wind-warm toxin with cheek swelling, it can be combined with Forsythia, mint, Ligusticum, large leaf indigo (Daqingye), and burdock seed ground into powder and taken internally.
Additionally, this herb can treat pruritic wind rash of the skin, often combined with Schizonepeta, Forsythia, mint, and Ligusticum ground into powder and taken internally.

[Dosage and Administration] Internal use: decoct 5–9 g; or used in pills or powders. External use: appropriate amount, ground into powder and applied topically.

[Modern Research]
1. Chemical constituents: Bombyx Batryticatus contains protein, ammonium oxalate, and 17 amino acids including lysine, leucine, and aspartic acid; it also contains 28 elements such as calcium, magnesium, and zinc.
2. Pharmacological effects: The aqueous decoction of Bombyx Batryticatus has good anticonvulsant effects, mainly related to its ammonium oxalate content; its alcohol-water extract has barbiturate-like sedative and calming effects and can induce hypnosis; extracts can prolong thrombin time and partial thromboplastin time in rabbit plasma, reduce blood viscosity, and thus exhibit strong anticoagulant effects related to liver calming; the powder shows significant hypoglycemic effects in experimental diabetic models.
3. Clinical reports: (1) Primary adult non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: Bombyx Batryticatus powder 5 g each time, three times daily for 2 months per course. In 52 cases treated, the total effective rate reached 98.1%. [Hunan Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1990,(5):37]
(2) Hyperlipidemia: Bombyx Batryticatus powder 3 g, three times daily for 2 months per course. In 21 cases treated, 12 cases after one course, 6 cases after two courses, and 3 cases after three courses showed serum cholesterol and triglycerides reduced below normal levels. [Hubei Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1987,(3):43]