中药所用的全虫又称全蝎,为钳蝎科动物东亚钳蝎Buthus marfensii Karsch的干燥全体。东亚钳蝎广布于我国山东、河南、河北、陕西、安徽、湖北、辽宁等地。河南伏牛山区的南阳以及湖北的老河口一带产者,市场名为会全虫,品质最佳,畅销全国并出口;山东昌滩产者,习称东全蝎,产量较大。蝎始载于《开宝本草》,临床应用历史悠久,其味甘、辛,性平有毒。据现有资料介绍,其有效成份为蝎毒素(Buthotoxin),是一种含氧、氢、碳、氮等元素的毒蛋白, The whole insects used in traditional Chinese medicine are also called whole fleas. They are the dry whole of the clamp forceps Buthus marfensii Karsch. East Asia clamp widely distributed in China’s Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Shaanxi, Anhui, Hubei, Liaoning and other places. Henan Nanyang in the Funiu Mountain area and the old estuary area in Hubei Province, the market name is full of insects, the best quality, best-selling and export throughout the country; Shandong Changtan producers, commonly known as Dongquan, have a large output. The book was first published in “Kaibao Materia Medica” and has a long history of clinical application. It is sweet, pungent, and toxic. According to the information available, the effective ingredient is buroxtoxin, a toxic protein containing oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, and nitrogen.