What are the medicinal values ​​of slugs?

Everyone should know what a slug is. Slugs are a common animal, and they also have mucus on the outside. They are most common in many rural areas. Many people don’t know much about what slugs are and what medicinal value do slugs have. Some people think that slugs appear in the snot, but they are actually a common mollusk in the south. So what medicinal value do slugs have?

The medicinal value of slugs

[Functions and indications] Clears away heat and dispels wind, reduces swelling and detoxifies, breaks up phlegm and dredges menstruation. It is used to treat stroke, tendon spasm, epilepsy, wheezing, throat congestion, pharyngeal swelling, carbuncle, erysipelas, amenorrhea, abdominal masses, and centipede bites.

1. "Depei Materia Medica": "eliminates phlegm nodules."

2. Ben Jing: "It is used to treat wind-induced crookedness, tendon dysfunction, rectal prolapse, epilepsy and spasm."

3. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can treat centipede and scorpion venom."

4. "Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine": "It can dispel wind, calm nerves, and consolidate collaterals. It can treat swelling and pain caused by heat sores, bronchitis, and rectal prolapse."

5. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is good at treating all wind-heat, fire and dryness as ailments, and all wind-heat, fire and phlegm as diseases."

6. "Compendium of Materia Medica Chongyuan": "It is used to calm the nerves, clear away heat, detoxify and relax the muscles. It can treat sore throat, wind-heat throat numbness, and put it into the throat and swallow it."

7. "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "It can promote menstruation, remove blood stasis, detoxify and reduce swelling, and promote urination. It is mainly used to treat amenorrhea, abdominal pain caused by abdominal masses, pain caused by blood stasis caused by injuries, and carbuncle, swelling and erysipelas."

8. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is used to treat swelling, toxicity, heat, swelling and pain caused by heat sores."

Functions and Indications of Slugs

Centipede bite

Apply the slug by mashing it raw.

Hemorrhoids, heat, swelling and pain

Mash a large slug into a paste, add three parts of borneol and half a penny of rouge, and apply it to the affected area. Before applying the medicine. It is better to use water boiled with stone sedge for fumigation and washing.

Leg ulcer

Use ten slugs, dry them on a tile, grind them into powder, mix with oil and apply to the affected area, the effect will be immediate.

The above introduces the medicinal value of slugs, and their functions and uses are very wide. By understanding some of the morphology and living habits of slugs, we can see that slugs are molluscs with very soft bodies, and can clear away heat and detoxify very well. They can also treat various wheezing, sore throat and other problems. Slugs are very effective in treating centipede bites.