Scorpion

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Extinguishes wind and stops spasms ... Quan Xie is classically used for seizure, tetanic spasm, stubborn twitching, and other internal-wind patterns with strong convulsive features.
• Unblocks collaterals and relieves pain ... facial paralysis, severe headache, and difficult channel obstruction from wind-phlegm are among its classic uses.
• Attacks toxins and disperses stubborn nodules ... tiny directed doses also appear in old practice for hard swellings, persistent sores, and fixed painful obstruction.

Secondary Actions

• This page stays on the dried whole-scorpion `Quan Xie` lane and is intentionally distinct from the clinically processed `prepared-scorpion` sibling.
• Processing, cleaning, and tiny-dose control are central practical points because crude animal medicinals are not interchangeable with prepared dispensary stock.

Classic Formulas

• Qian Zheng San ... classic facial-deviation formula pairing Quan Xie with Bai Fu Zi and Jiang Can.
• Ding Xian Wan and related seizure formulas ... Quan Xie appears in small amounts for internal-wind and convulsive patterns.
• Topical or powdered nodule and channel-obstruction formulas ... old specialty use for stubborn pain and swellings.

Classical References

• Traditional materia medica places Quan Xie among the stronger wind-extinguishing animal substances that stop spasm and unblock the collaterals.
• Its reputation for both pain relief and toxin-attacking explains why it crosses neurologic, painful, and stubborn-swelling patterns.
• Older practice always treated dosing and processing carefully because scorpion was recognized as potent rather than gentle.