What are the effects and functions of white silkworm

Nowadays, both Western medicine and Chinese medicine are relatively common. Western medicine works quickly, but is more prone to relapse. Chinese medicine works slowly, but can achieve a cure. Therefore, people are often more willing to use Chinese medicine for treatment, because Chinese medicine can achieve the effect of curing the root cause. White silkworm is also a kind of Chinese medicine. I wonder how much you know about it. So what are the effects and functions of white silkworm?

[Other names] Bombyx batryticatus (Qianjin Fang), Tianchong (Compilation of Medicinal Materials), Jiangchong (Hebei Medicinal Materials).

[Source] The dried whole insect of the Bombyx mori, an insect of the Bombyx mori family, that has been infected with Beauveria bassiana and died. Collect dead silkworms, pour them into lime and mix well, absorb moisture, and dry them in the sun or bake them.

【Original morphology】 Please refer to the entry for "Original silkworm moth" for details of the animal morphology.

[Properties] Cylindrical, mostly curved and wrinkled. About 2 to 5 cm long and 4 to 7 mm in diameter. The surface is grayish white or light brown, often covered with white powdery frost. The head, feet and each segment are clearly discernible. There are often filaments entangled outside the body. The head is yellowish brown and round. There are 8 pairs of protruding legs. It is hard and brittle and easily broken; the cross section is flat, with varying shades of brown and black, mostly shiny; the outer layer is white and powdery, with four brown bright circles inside. It has a slightly rancid smell and tastes slightly salty. The best ones are straight, plump, firm, white in color and with a smooth cross-section.

[Chemical composition] The white powder on the surface of Bombyx batryticatus contains ammonium oxalate.

[Preparation] White silkworm: pick out the silk hair, wash off the dust and dry it in the sun. Stir-fried silkworm pupae: Sprinkle bran in a hot pan, wait until smoke rises, pour in the silkworm pupae, stir-fry until yellow, take out and sieve out the bran. Let cool. (For every 100 catties of silkworms, use 10 catties of bran)

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy and salty, neutral.

[entry into meridians] Enters the liver, lung and stomach meridians.

【Functions and indications】Dispel wind and relieve spasms, resolve phlegm and disperse stagnation. Treat aphonia caused by stroke, epilepsy, headache and throat wind. Laryngeal congestion, scrofula and tuberculosis. Rash, erysipelas, mastitis.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 1.5 to 3 qian; or made into pills or powder. For external use: grind into powder and sprinkle or apply on affected area.

【Note】 ① "Materia Medica": "It is incompatible with silkworm cocoons, platycodon, tuckahoe, poria, and radix polygoni multiflori."

[Additional prescription] ① Treat facial paralysis and hemiplegia caused by stroke: take equal parts of white aconite root, white silkworm and whole scorpion (all used raw). Grind into fine powder. Take one coin each time, mixed with hot wine, at any time. (Qianzheng San from Yang's Family Collection)

【Clinical application】 ①Treatment of diabetes

[Remarks] In addition, silkworm pupae can be inoculated with Beauveria bassiana to cause them to become diseased and become dead pupae, which can be used as medicine instead of white silkworm pupa. See the entry for "Dead pupae".

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From 1. Ben Jing.

The above is an introduction to the effects and functions of white silkworm. I believe that after reading it, everyone will not feel unfamiliar with this traditional Chinese medicine. In daily life, everyone can adjust according to their actual physical condition. However, when consuming white silkworm for conditioning, you must pay attention to the dosage and must not take too much.