What are the effects and functions of silkworms?

Cordyceps sinensis is also known as white Cordyceps sinensis. It has this name because it looks like a silkworm. Cordyceps sinensis is not only a traditional Chinese medicine but also has oral value. It can replenish yin, blood and qi. However, pregnant women are best not to eat Cordyceps sinensis. So what are the functions and effects of Cordyceps sinensis? Let’s take a look together below, hoping to be helpful to everyone.

What are the effects of silkworm grass

What are the effects of silkworm grass? Can pregnant women eat silkworm grass?

The appearance of Earth Silkworm Grass and Cordyceps is very similar, so it is also called Earth Cordyceps. It is also a relatively common Chinese medicinal material in daily life. Let’s discuss the role of Earth Silkworm Grass below.

The main effects of silkworm grass are to nourish the kidney, moisten the lungs and relieve cough, replenish yin, blood and qi, clear away heat, detoxify and relieve restlessness. It is used for cough due to tuberculosis, wheezing due to lung deficiency, vomiting blood, night sweats, anemia, and malnutrition in children.

Poria cocos has bitter and cool effects. Function and efficacy: Clears away heat and reduces fire, facilitates urination and reduces swelling. Used for fever and colds, subacute tonsillitis, tonsillitis, conjunctivitis, influenza B encephalitis, whooping cough, subacute icteric hepatitis, ascites due to cirrhosis, acute and chronic nephritis, furunculosis, and eczema.

What are the effects of silkworm grass? Can pregnant women eat silkworm grass?

Can pregnant women eat silkworm grass?

It’s best not to eat it. People with tuberculosis cough, lung deficiency wheezing, vomiting blood, night sweats, anemia, and infantile malnutrition can eat silkworms, but pregnant women should pay great attention to their diet during pregnancy and must not blindly take medicines.

1. During pregnancy, pregnant women need to increase their fat intake appropriately, but if pregnant women eat a high-fat diet for a long time, it will inevitably increase the risk of the fetus developing urinary system cancer. Eating high-fat foods for a long time will increase the concentration of bile acid and neutral cholesterol in the intestines. At the same time, high-fat foods can increase the production of lactation hormone, promote the occurrence of breast cancer, and are not good for maternal and child care.

2. Medical clinical studies have shown that insufficient protein supply can easily lead to energy exhaustion in pregnant women, slow fetal growth, slow postpartum recovery, and insufficient milk metabolism. Therefore, pregnant women should require 90-100 grams of protein per day. However, long-term high-protein diet during pregnancy will affect the appetite of pregnant women, increase the burden on the digestive tract, and easily cause abdominal distension, loss of appetite, dizziness, fatigue and other symptoms.

3. During pregnancy, if pregnant women often take damp-heat tonics and nourishing products, such as ginseng, deer antler slices, deer placenta glue, deer horn glue, dried longan, lychee, walnut meat, etc., it will inevitably cause yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, imbalance of Qi wheel, excessive Qi and depletion of Yin, hot blood, aggravation of symptoms such as morning sickness, edema, hypertension, constipation, and even miscarriage or stillbirth.