What is the medicinal value of the earthworm?

It is easy for friends in rural areas to see the ground beetle. Generally, they can be found in dark corners, big rocks or corners of houses. Many people think that the earth beetle is disgusting and they don’t even dare to touch it with their hands, but it has high medicinal value. It contains many nutrients that are beneficial to the human body. People didn’t know much about this insect before, but it has been fully confirmed in modern times. Let’s take a look at the medicinal value of the earth beetle.

1. The earthworm is used to treat blood stasis, amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis, and accumulation of lumps. The Chinese earthworm enters the blood of the liver meridian and 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. The Chinese earthworm is used to treat blood stasis, amenorrhea, and postpartum abdominal pain, and is often used together with rhubarb, peach kernel, etc., as in the Blood Stasis Decoction; the Chinese earthworm is used to treat dry blood leading to fatigue, amenorrhea, abdominal distension, and skin and nail lesions, and is combined with rhubarb, leeches, etc., as in the Rhubarb and Wormwood Pills (Golden Chamber); the Chinese earthworm is used to treat accumulation of lumps, and is often combined with bupleurum, peach kernel, turtle shell, etc. to resolve blood stasis and eliminate symptoms, such as the Turtle Shell Decoction Pills (Golden Chamber).

2. The earthworm is used to treat bruises, muscle injuries, fractures, bruises and pains. The salty and cold nature of the earthworm enters the blood, mainly into the liver meridian. It is mobile 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).

I believe everyone has some understanding of the medicinal value of the earthworm. The earthworm is very effective in promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Friends who are interested can try it. I believe there are other medicinal values ​​of the earthworm, which I will not list here one by one. At the same time, I hope that friends who know about this will promote the medicinal value of the earthworm to people around them, and not waste such a good Chinese medicinal material.