What is the medicinal value of foreign worms?

We usually call the foreign worm the Kowloon worm. It is a kind of insect. It is mainly distributed in various Southeast Asian countries. It is also distributed in South China and East China. The main thing about foreign worms is that they are pests. However, foreign worms are rich in protein and amino acids. They not only have high nutritional value, but also have high medicinal value. Let us take a look at the medicinal value of foreign worms.

Foreign worms - medicinal properties

The illustrated book of medicinal properties "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "The foreign worm came from overseas and was introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty. ... This creature is shaped like a rice cricket. When it is first born, it is like a small silkworm. After a long time, it turns black and is like bean curd. There are male and female ones. Nowadays, people feed it with millet flowers in a bamboo tube. It is very afraid of cold. It must be kept in the sleeves when it is cold and placed between quilts at night. It is reported that it has multiplied. Some people feed it with Poria crumbs, safflower, and cinnamon powder. When people eat it, the color of the insect is red, shiny and lovely. It is especially good as medicine." Wherever this insect is seen within a hundred miles, there will be a long-lived old person.

The 1977 edition of "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine" records that it is fed with peanut kernels, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, eucommia bark, safflower, betel nut, walnut meat, etc. Used as medicine to replenish qi and nourish blood. It can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, warm the middle and regulate Qi, and can also treat unknown swelling and pus. Feeding them with three kinds of medicine, safflower, jujube and walnut, can enhance the medicinal properties of foreign worms, promote their full absorption and utilization by the human body, regulate the yin and yang balance of hematopoietic organs, and achieve the effects of nourishing the kidney, replenishing essence and marrow, strengthening the spleen, replenishing qi and nourishing blood, cooling blood, clearing heat and detoxifying, and promoting qi, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Foreign worms can treat myeloproliferative hypoplastic anemia, secondary anemia, thrombocytopenia, platelet dysfunction diseases, coagulation factor deficiency, etc. with excellent efficacy, with an effective rate and remission rate of 100% and a cure rate of more than 85%. It also has a certain effect in treating leukemia. It can improve the remission rate of leukemia and prolong survival. The by-products of foreign worms, such as worm feces, worm skins and other impurities or metabolites, have the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain; they are effective in treating subcutaneous congestion and swelling caused by bruises and sprains. Recent studies have shown that worms also have good anti-aging effects.

When treating tumors and using chemotherapy drugs, the use of foreign worms can enhance the body's immune function, reduce the toxic side effects of chemotherapy drugs, and also have a certain synergistic effect. Foreign worms can reduce the toxic side effects of cyclophosphamide, have a significant protective effect on immune organ atrophy, leukopenia, and weight loss caused by cyclophosphamide, and enhance the inhibitory effect on tumors.

Foreign worms - Functions and indications

Functions and indications: Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, warm the middle and regulate qi. It is used to treat cough due to overwork, vomiting blood, paralysis due to stroke, injuries from falls, heart and stomach pain, and choking and nausea.

① "Yao Xing Kao": "Swallowing a few pills alive can stop bleeding and cure fatigue."

② "Supplement to Gangmu": "It promotes blood circulation, warms the spleen and stomach, harmonizes the five internal organs, strengthens the tendons and bones, removes dampness and searches for wind, strengthens the yang, and treats timidity." "For the treatment of insomnia in the elderly, use Poria; for children crying at night, use cinnabar; for girls urinating at night, use wolfberry; for young women with cold in the yin, use aconite; for carbuncle on the back, use agarwood powder; for dry tongue and thirst, use Ophiopogon japonicus; for eye closure and pain, use licorice; for tinnitus and deafness, use Angelica sinensis; for colds and wind-cold, use Saposhnikovia divaricata; for dampness and plague, use Atractylodes lancea; for injuries from falls, use scorpion; for drunkenness and injury, use Kudzu flower; for anger and injury, use agarwood; for colic and pain, use Artemisia annua. For all the above symptoms, use 14 insects and take them with good old wine."

Through the above introduction, we know the medicinal value of ocean worms. In fact, ocean worms themselves do not have much medicinal value. It is mainly when mixed with other medicines that it will make the efficacy of other medicines stronger. However, there are certain taboos when combining with other medicines. This must be paid attention to when using it.