What are the medicinal values ​​of stinky sister?

I believe that if you pay a little attention in your daily life, you will find that you can often see fart bugs in the dark corners of our toilets or kitchens. In traditional Chinese medicine theory, we call these fart bugs "stinky sisters". In fact, you may not know one thing, that is, the stinky sister has certain medicinal value in traditional Chinese medicine. So what is the medicinal value of the stinky sister? Let me explain it to you below!

The nine-scented insect is a flying blue-black insect that is the size of a fingernail and shaped like a water turtle. In spring and summer, it crawls on the stems and leaves of crops to suck the sap. If you touch it carelessly, it will release a stinky gas that makes people stay away from it, thus earning it the notorious reputation of "fart bug" or "fart bug". The fart bug contains nine-fragrant insect oil. Once fried, it becomes a delicious medicinal delicacy that can cure diseases and prolong life. Therefore, it has earned the reputation of "nine-fragrant insect".

"The nine-scented insects come out of Jianzhong. They smell foul but taste fragrant..." The Jialing River flows through Jianzhong and was called Yanjiang or Jianshui in ancient times. The nine-scented insect can be found all over China, but the most concentrated areas, as recorded in literature, are the Jialing River in Sichuan and the Chiye River in Guizhou. The Jialing River, as soft and blue as a ribbon, runs out from thousands of mountains and valleys. When it reaches here, it slows down and circles left and right. The river flows beside the city, with the water splitting into two streams, tightly embracing a "Zhongba" area of ​​several hundred acres. This is the place praised by Du Fu in his “Song of Langshui” as “rare in the world south of Langzhou City”. The traditional fine wine "Baoning Vinegar", which is famous both at home and abroad for curing diseases and fighting cancer, was brewed in the past using the winter water from the midstream that flows through the Zhongba section. The middle dam was filled with pebbles brought down by the flood. They were smooth and round, as big as basins, fists, and beans, and were densely packed and stacked one on top of the other. The nine-scented insect likes moisture and breathability, and there is no mud or sand between the pebbles. That is where the nine-scented insects gather.

Whenever the autumn wind blows and wild geese fly south, the nine-scented insects hibernate in groups under the pebbles by the river to hibernate. This is the best time to collect the nine-scented insects. After the Waking of Insects next year, the nine-scented insects will fly away!

As the saying goes, "Rich people eat deer antlers, poor people eat fart bugs." This explains why the inexpensive and high-quality nine-fragrant bug has similar effects to the high-end aphrodisiac tonic medicine deer antler. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica and the Dictionary of Chinese Medicine, the nine-scented insect has significant therapeutic effects on nervous gastropathy, heart pain caused by depression, weakness of the waist and knees caused by spleen and kidney yang deficiency, impotence, and enuresis. Therefore, Li Shizhen said that it is salty, warm and non-toxic, regulates qi and relieves pain, warms the middle and strengthens yang, "long-term use is beneficial to people", and "local people often take it to replenish human body".

Through the above pictures and a general description, I believe that everyone should have a new and deeper understanding of the medicinal value of stinky toad today! Of course, I would like to add that although stinky toad has the effect of strengthening the body in traditional Chinese medicine, this is only an auxiliary role. If we want to have a better body, we also need to pay more attention to daily exercise and reasonable nutrition.