The efficacy and function of earthworms

Traditional Chinese medicine has a history of thousands of years. It has appeared at a very early time, and it has very satisfactory effects on the treatment of diseases. There are many types of traditional Chinese medicine. Do you know the medicinal material earthworm?

[Other names] Earth beetle (Ben Jing), earth beetle (Bie Lu), crossing the street (Pi Ya), dustpan bug (Bencao Yanyi), oyster bug (Xiu Zhen Fang), ground maid bug (Bao's Xiaoer Fang), mountain cockroach (Bencao Qiu Yuan), ground tortoise (Classification of Herbal Properties), earthworm (Experienced Identification Method of Chinese Medicine Shape and Properties), mother stink bug, lid bug (Hebei Medicinal Materials), earth bug (Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine), segmented insect, ant tiger (Jiangsu Medicinal Materials).

[Source] It is the whole male insect of the Geochelone sinensis of the family Blattidae or the red-margined water lizard of the family Blattidae. Caught between May and August. Sprinkle roasted wheat bran on the ground to lure them, or use light to lure them at night. After catching, they are scalded to death with boiling water, and then dried in the sun or roasted; they can also be washed with clean water, boiled in salt water, and then dried in the sun or roasted.

【Original form】 ① Earthworm

【Properties】 ① Soil beetle

[Pharmacological action] In vitro, the methylene blue method was used to measure that the extract of Eupolyphaga sinensis (decoction followed by alcohol precipitation) has the effect of inhibiting the white blood cells of leukemia patients, but the Warburg respirator method gave a negative result. The "tuberculosis powder" made by grinding a mixture of earthworms, scorpions and centipedes had no inhibitory effect on human tuberculosis bacteria in the test arm.

[Processing] Pick out impurities, wash with boiling water, and dry over low heat.

【Nature and flavor】Salty, cold, poisonous.

[Meridian] "Leigong Paozhi Yaoxing Jie": "enters the heart, liver, and spleen meridians."

【Functions and indications】Removing blood stasis, breaking up accumulations, unblocking meridians, and healing injuries. It is used to treat accumulation of masses, blood stasis, amenorrhea, abdominal pain due to postpartum blood stasis, trauma, stiff tongue and heavy tongue.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 1 to 2 qian; or make into pills or powder. For external use: decoct in water for gargling or mash for application.

【Note】 Pregnant women should not take this medicine.

[Additional prescription] ① Treats 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 stomach and replenish the deficiency: 10 grams of rhubarb (steamed), 2 liang of scutellaria baicalensis, 3 liang of licorice, 1 liter of peach kernel, 1 liter of apricot kernel, 4 liang of peony, 10 liang of dried rehmannia, 1 liang of dried lacquer, 1 liter of horsefly, 100 leeches, 1 liter of white grub, and half a liter of earthworm. 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")

【Discussions by various scholars】 ① "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Echinops can cure injuries caused by falls and have miraculous effects in repairing tendons and bones. It is a medicine for the foot Jueyin meridian. Blood is the true yin in the body, irrigating the bones and circulating the meridians. If the blood is stagnant, the meridians will be blocked, the functions of yin and yang will be inconsistent, and cold and heat will be generated. Salty and cold can enter the blood to soften hard masses, so it is the main treatment for blood stasis in the heart and abdomen, and blood stasis in the body. When the blood is harmonious, the Ying and Wei are unobstructed, cold and heat will be eliminated, the meridians will be even, and the menstruation will come, allowing women to have children. It is also a must-use medicine for treating malaria."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

The above is the introduction to earthworms. I believe you will have some understanding after reading it. After knowing the effects and functions of earthworms, you can adjust them according to your own physical condition.