[tu bie chong] Eupolyphaga seu Steleophaga The dried body of Eupolyphaga sinensis Walk. or Steleophaga plancyi (Bol.) (family Corydiidae). 1. to relieve pain by removing stagnated blood for the treatment of hupochondriac pain due to hepatomegaly or splenomegaly, lumbago and sprain. 2. for the treatment of amenorrhea, masses in abdomen, contused wounds, etc.

1997.043.105