The efficacy and function of earthworms and how to eat them

Earthworm is the scientific name of an insect. It is called differently in different places. Some places call it earthworm, ground beetle, street beetle, etc. This insect is a crustacean that usually likes to move in the soil at the base of the walls of the house. It has a flat body and a brown-black shell. It is a very good medicinal material, so many people now make their fortunes by breeding earthworms. Today we will introduce the functions and effects of earthworms and how to eat them.

Effects and functions:

1. Anticoagulation and fibrinolysis effects. Experiments show that the Chinese medicinal beetle has an anticoagulant effect and can improve and enhance the blood supply to the main organs, tissues and the entire body. Gavage of the water extract of Eupolyphaga sinensis to rats for 7 consecutive days can significantly prolong the bleeding time and recalcification time of rats, significantly inhibit the aggregation rate of platelets, and significantly inhibit the aggregation-inducing effect of exogenous ADP and the release function of platelets. It can also shorten the electrophoresis time of red blood cells, suggesting that the drug can increase the surface charge of red blood cells in the blood circulation.

2. Effects on cardiac pump function. Studies have shown that when the total bioalkaloids of Eupolyphaga sinensis were injected intravenously into rabbits (5mg/kg, 10mg/kg, 15mg/kg, 20mg/kg), they had obvious negative effects on the rabbit heart, that is, the left ventricular systolic pressure, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, and maximum rate of left ventricular pressure were all reduced, the right atrial pressure was increased, the PR conduction and heart rate of the electrocardiogram were weakened, and the ST segment showed mild ischemic changes. When the dosage is above 20 mg/kg, the electrocardiogram shows obvious ST segment ischemic changes and ventricular premature beats.

3. Anti-tumor effect. The earthworm has a certain inhibitory effect on tumors in experimental animals. The results of in vitro experiments show that the earthworm can inhibit the respiration of liver cancer and gastric cancer cells. In a test tube, the Methylene Blue method was used to measure that the extract of Eupolyphaga sinensis has the effect of inhibiting the white blood cells of leukemia patients, but the Warburg respirator method gave a negative result.

4. Effects on tissue hypoxia. The water extract of Eupolyphaga sinensis can significantly reduce the oxygen consumption of cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. The total bioalkali of Eupolyphaga sinensis can prolong the disappearance time of ECG in mice and prolong the survival time of mice induced by hypoxia due to increased oxygen consumption; it can counteract the ST-T changes caused by acute myocardial ischemia in rats. These effects may be related to its ability to improve the tolerance of the myocardium and brain to ischemia and reduce the oxygen consumption of the heart and brain tissues.

Diet therapy:

1. It is used to treat the five types of fatigue, extreme emaciation, abdominal distension, inability to eat, damage caused by eating, damage caused by worry, damage caused by drinking, damage to the sexual life, damage caused by hunger, damage caused by fatigue, damage to the meridians and the defense system, dry blood inside the body, rough skin and nails, and dark eyes. To relieve the pain and replenish the deficiency, use 10 grams of rhubarb (steamed), 100 grams of scutellaria, 150 grams of licorice, 1 liter of peach kernel, 1 liter of apricot kernel, 200 grams of peony, 500 grams of dried rehmannia, 50 grams of dried lacquer, 1 liter of horseflies, 100 leeches, 1 liter of white grubs, and half a liter of earthworms. Grind the above twelve ingredients into powder, mix with refined honey and make into pills the size of red beans. Take five pills with wine, three times a day. (Dahuang Changchong Pills from "Golden Chamber")

2. For treating abdominal pain in postpartum women, with dry blood in the abdomen below the navel, and also for menstrual disorders, take 150 grams of rhubarb, 20 peach kernels, and 20 earthworms (boiled and remove the feet). Grind the above three ingredients into powder, mix with refined honey and make into four pills. Use one liter of wine to boil one pill, take eight he of it, drink it all at once, and new blood will come out like pig liver. ("Golden Chamber" Xia Yuxue Decoction)

3. To treat hemorrhoids, take 40 grams of peach kernels with blue veins on the belly skin, 5 fen of rhubarb, 3 earthworms, and 5 fen of gansui (grind into powder and take with water, or 8 fen). Decoction in water. Take it alternately with Gexia Zhuyu Decoction. (Guxia Yuxue Decoction from "Medical Errors Correction")

4. For treating fractures and setting bones ① Roast the earthworm and grind it into powder. Take 10-15g each time. (Medical Prescription Summary) ② 30 grams of oysters (covered with paper and baked dry in a casserole), 100 grams of natural copper (calcined and quenched in vinegar seven times). For the end. Take 10 grams each time, mixed with warm wine. If the disease is in the upper part of the body, take the medicine after meals; if the disease is in the lower part of the body, take the medicine before meals. (Pocket Prescription)

After the above introduction, we know the effects and functions of earthworms, and also know how to eat them. Now that we know that earthworms are a medicinal herb that is extremely beneficial to the body, when we encounter this insect in the future, we should not choose to kill it directly. We can dry it, grind it into powder and take it, which is extremely beneficial to the body.