The efficacy and function of the Chinese ground beetle [picture]

Traditional Chinese medicine is very helpful in treating certain diseases, so you can feel free to choose herbs. The Chinese earthworm [picture] is a medicinal material that is not unfamiliar to us. Do you know its effects and functions? Let's take a look.

[Source] This product is the dried body of the female insect Eupolyphaga sinensis Walker or Steleophaga plancyi (Boleny), which belong to the Blattidae family . After catching, put them in boiling water to kill them, and then dry them in the sun or in an oven.

[Properties] Earth Softshell Turtle: Flat and oval in shape, 1.3 to 3 cm long and 1.2 to 2.4 cm wide. The front end is narrower and the back end is wider. The back is purple-brown, shiny and wingless. The pronotum is well developed, covering the head; the pronotum has 9 segments, arranged in a shingle-like manner. The ventral surface is reddish brown, the head is relatively small, with a pair of filamentous antennae that often fall off, and the thorax has three pairs of legs with fine hairs and spines. There are transverse links in the abdomen. The texture is crispy and easy to break. It has a fishy smell and a slightly salty taste.

【Identification】 ①The powder of this product is gray-brown. The body wall fragments are dark brown or yellow with irregular textures on the surface, covered with short, thick or slender bristles. Circular hair pits can often be seen after the setae fall off, with a diameter of 5 to 32 μm; the setae are brown or yellow, with sharp or obtuse tips, 12 to 270 μm long and 10 to 32 μm in diameter, and some have vertical straight textures. Striated muscle fibers are colorless or light yellow, often broken, with fine and dense horizontal stripes, straight or wavy, and the light bands are wider than the dark bands.

[Content Determination] Allantoin was determined by high performance liquid chromatography (Appendix Ⅵ D of Part I of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2000 edition).

【Nature and flavor】Salty, cold; slightly toxic.

【return through meridians】 Return to the Liver meridian.

【Functions and indications】Removes blood stasis, strengthens tendons and bones. Used for tendon and bone fractures, blood stasis, amenorrhea, and abdominal masses.

【Usage and Dosage】 3～9g.

【Note】 It is forbidden for pregnant women to use.

【Storage】Place in ventilated and dry place to prevent moth.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Pharmacopoeia

The Chinese earthworm [picture] is a common Chinese medicinal material, but it is often forgotten by people. In fact, its effects and functions are beyond your imagination. As long as you are good at eating it and use the right method, I believe it will be of great help to your body.