The efficacy and function of earthworm

Each kind of food has different nourishing effects, especially when our body has bruises, pain and irregular menstruation, if we can match the diet well, our body can be well improved. Among them, earthworm is our most common tonic, which can improve our body very well, but we must master the effect before we can adjust it according to our own physical condition. Let's learn about the effect and function of earthworm together.

The efficacy and function of earthworm

Effect of earthworm

1. Traumatic injuries, muscle injuries, fractures, bruises, swelling and pain. This product is salty and cold and enters the blood, mainly into the liver meridian. It is good at moving around in nature and can promote blood circulation, reduce swelling and relieve pain, repair tendons and bones, and heal injuries. It is a commonly used medicine in traumatology, especially for fractures, tendon injuries, blood stasis, swelling and pain. It can be ground into powder and applied alone, or ground into powder and taken with rice wine. It is often used together with natural copper, bone-healing herb, frankincense, etc. in clinical practice, such as Zijindan (The Origin and Development of Miscellaneous Diseases); in the late stage of fracture and tendon injury, the tendons and bones are weak, and it is often used with drugs such as Dipsacus asper and Eucommia ulmoides, such as Zhuangjinxugu Pills (The Great Compendium of Traumatology).

2. Blood stasis, amenorrhea, abdominal pain due to blood stasis after childbirth, and accumulation of lumps in the abdomen. This product enters the blood of the liver meridian, can break up blood, remove blood stasis, eliminate accumulation and dredge menstruation. It is often used for symptoms of menstrual and childbirth blood stasis and accumulation of lumps. For the treatment of amenorrhea due to blood stasis and abdominal pain due to postpartum stagnation, it is often used together with rhubarb, peach kernel, etc., as in the Blood Stasis Decoction; for the treatment of labor caused by dry blood, amenorrhea, abdominal distension, and skin and nails, it is used with rhubarb, leeches, etc., as in the Rhubarb and Wormwood Pills (Golden Chamber); for the treatment of accumulation and lumps, it is often used with bupleurum, peach kernel, turtle shell, etc. to resolve blood stasis and eliminate symptoms, such as the Turtle Shell Decoction Pills (Golden Chamber).

The effect of earthworm

1. Anticoagulant effect: Oral administration of the water extract of Eupolyphaga sinensis significantly prolonged the bleeding time and recalcification time of rats, significantly inhibited the platelet aggregation rate of rats, and shortened the red blood cell electrophoresis time, but had no effect on whole blood viscosity, plasma viscosity, and fibrinogen.

2. Lipid-regulating effect: Oral administration of the decoction of Eupolyphaga sinensis can significantly increase the ratio of plasma high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol to total cholesterol (HDL-C/TC) in experimental hyperlipidemia quails, increase the activity of phosphatidylcholine cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT), and have a certain effect in delaying the formation of atherosclerosis.

3. It has the effects of removing blood stasis, breaking up accumulations, unblocking meridians, healing injuries, setting bones and tendons, reducing swelling and relieving pain, promoting lactation and relieving menstruation. It is an important medicine in the department of blood and trauma, and is suitable for diseases such as cancer accumulation, blood stasis and amenorrhea, abdominal pain due to postpartum blood stasis, traumatic injuries, wooden tongue, and heavy tongue.

4. Extremely thin, with a bloated abdomen, unable to eat or drink, damage caused by overeating, worry, drinking, sexual intercourse, hunger, overwork, damage to the meridians and the defense system, dry blood inside, skin and nails, dark eyes.

Only by mastering the effects of food can the body be regulated as quickly as possible. The above is an introduction to the effects and functions of the earthworm. After understanding it, we know that the earthworm can play a good role in dredging meridians and activating blood circulation, but it is not suitable for everyone to eat it. Pregnant women and children should not eat it.