What are the medicinal values ​​of dung beetles?

When it comes to dung beetles, many people don’t know what they are, but if you mention its other name “dung beetle”, I think everyone will not feel unfamiliar with it. This small animal, dung beetle, can be seen in many places. Because it mainly feeds on the feces of other animals, they are also called dung beetles or dung beetles in many places. There are many types of dung beetles, and they have high medicinal value.

The Chinese medicinal dung beetle is the dried whole insect of the dung beetle family. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dung beetles have the effect and function of breaking up blood stasis, eliminating symptoms, and removing accumulations and relieving stagnation. It can break up blood stasis, eliminate symptoms, purge heat and calm the nerves, and remove accumulation and relieve stagnation. It is mainly used to treat abdominal masses, epilepsy, mania, bloody dysentery, hematuria, indigestion and nausea, infantile malnutrition, hemorrhoids, and sores.

Application of dung beetles

1. Dung beetle and turtle shell: Dung beetle can break up blood stasis, eliminate symptoms and accumulation, and relieve heat. Turtle shell has the function of nourishing yin, softening and dispersing lumps. Both medicines are salty and cold, enter the blood of the liver meridian. When used together, they can eliminate and disperse accumulation, nourish yin and strengthen the body, treat lumps under the ribs, bloating and pain, or accumulation of symptoms and masses in the abdomen, blood stasis and amenorrhea, etc. The prescription is such as turtle shell decoction pills.

2. Treatment of bladder and urethral stones: Place the head of dung beetle on new tiles, dry it, and grind it into powder. Take 1.5~3g orally each time, twice a day. More than 20 cases were observed clinically, and stones were seen to be discharged in some cases.

3. Treatment of paralytic intestinal obstruction: Take 7 dung beetles; 3 qian of black and white ugly plants, and 3 qian of Acorus calamus. Decoction in water, take twice a day, morning and evening. Until the bowel movement is smooth.

Now everyone should have some understanding of the medicinal value of dung beetles. Generally speaking, dung beetles have a very good effect in treating many diseases, such as urethral stones, ulcers and other diseases. However, it is important to remind pregnant women that they should not take dung beetles. Pregnant women must pay attention to this.