Strychnos ⁽¹⁾

The Chinese herb Maqianzi (Strychni Semen) is a botanical drug that unblocks the collaterals and relieves pain, and dissipates nodules and reduces swelling. In medical texts across the dynasties, many formulas for bi pain and swellings and ulcers contain Maqianzi. But the strychnine in Maqianzi…