How to eat earthworms and their medicinal value

The earthworm is a relatively common animal, also known as earth dragon. Earthworms have certain medicinal value. For example, they can clear away heat and calm wind, promote blood circulation and activate collaterals, clear the lungs and relieve asthma, kill bacteria and reduce inflammation, clear away heat and promote diuresis, etc. It can be found that their medicinal value is not low. In addition, earthworms can also be eaten, but many people do not know how to eat earthworms. Here we will introduce to you some related knowledge such as how to eat earthworms and their medicinal value!

1. How to eat earthworms

1. Earth Dragon Wine

Prepare 5 earthworms, 20 grams of black taro and other ingredients, mix the above medicines and squeeze out the juice, mix with appropriate amount of wine, boil for several times, remove the heat and wait for it to cool. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as rash, excessive heat and toxicity in the blood, and black spots that cannot be lifted up.

2. Ox-horn earthworm soup

Prepare the ingredients: 50 grams of buffalo horn and 9 grams of dried earthworm. Then cut the buffalo horn into slices, boil it in a clay pot for 2 hours, then add the earthworm and boil it for consumption. Take 1 dose per day, divided into 2 doses, for 7-10 days. It has a good immune effect on the body and promotes absorption.

2. The efficacy of earthworms

1. Clear away heat and calm wind

Used for high fever, epilepsy and mania. Earthworms are salty, cold, and have a dispersing nature. They can calm wind and stop convulsions, and are good at clearing away high fever. Therefore, they are suitable for mania, convulsions, epilepsy and other symptoms caused by high fever. For the treatment of extreme heat-induced wind-induced coma, delirium, convulsions and convulsions caused by febrile diseases, this product can be taken alone as a decoction, or it can be used together with other wind-calming and convulsion-relieving drugs such as Uncaria rhynchophylla, Bezoar, and Bombyx batryticatus. For the treatment of infantile convulsions, high fever, and convulsions, this product can be ground into powder and mixed with cinnabar to make pills for oral administration. For the treatment of high fever, mania or epilepsy, the fresh product is often used alone, dissolved in water with salt, and then drunk.

2. Promote blood circulation and activate collaterals

Used for arthralgia and hemiplegia. Earthworms are good at clearing the meridians and are used to treat meridian blockage, poor blood circulation, and joint discomfort caused by various reasons. Because of its cold nature and ability to clear away heat, it is suitable for treating hot arthralgia caused by red, swollen and painful joints, and difficulty in flexion and extension. It is often used in combination with drugs such as Stephania Tetrandra, Gentiana Macrophylla, and Lonicera japonica to remove dampness and heat and dredge the meridians. It is also used to treat wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, numbness, pain, and difficulty in flexion and extension of limb joints. It can be used in combination with Chuanwu, Arisaema, frankincense, etc., such as Xiaohuo Luo Dan. It is often used in combination with astragalus, angelica, Chuanxiong, etc., such as Buyang Huanwu Decoction, to treat qi deficiency and blood stasis, meridian dysfunction after stroke, hemiplegia, and facial paralysis.

3. Clear the lungs and relieve asthma

Used for lung heat asthma. This product can also clear lung heat and relieve asthma. It is used to treat evil heat blocking the lungs, incessant wheezing due to the lungs' failure to clear and descend, and wheezing in the throat. It is effective when taken orally with the powder alone. It can also be used together with ephedra, gypsum, apricot kernel, etc.

4. Clear away heat and promote diuresis

Used for heat in the bladder, difficulty urinating or urinary retention. This product is salty and cold in nature, and goes down to the kidneys. It can clear away heat and promote urination. It is used to treat urinary problems or urinary retention. The fresh product can be mashed, soaked in water, and the concentrated juice can be filtered and taken. It can also be used together with diuretic and dampness-removing drugs such as Plantago seed, Akebia, and Alisma.

5. Sterilization and anti-inflammatory

Experiments have shown that the extract of earthworm has a strong bactericidal effect, which is even stronger than the Western medicine metronidazole. It can treat suppurative otitis media, mumps, trichomoniasis vaginitis and many other inflammations.

3. Taboos of Earth Dragon

1. People with yang deficiency, weak spleen and stomach, kidney deficiency, shortness of breath, blood deficiency, etc. should not use earthworms.

2. People with febrile diseases but no high fever and those with weak spleen and stomach should not use earthworms. People with jaundice due to excessive fatigue, abdominal distension due to spleen and kidney deficiency, and those with yin deficiency causing tuberculosis are prohibited from eating earthworms.