What are the benefits of salty bamboo bee?

Bamboo bee is a kind of bee, but it can be pickled and processed into salted bamboo bee. Because bamboo bee itself can be used in traditional Chinese medicine, it also has certain medicinal effects. Salty bamboo bee has the effects of clearing away heat, purging fire, and dispelling wind. It is a good product for those who often suffer from inflamed bodies or those who have tooth decay in their mouths.

The efficacy and function of bamboo bees and how to eat them

Basic Information

Bamboo bee: Hymenoptera, Apidae

Chinese Pinyin: zhu feng

The larvae of the bamboo wasp live inside the bamboo tube and are a pest that harms bamboo forests.

The larvae of bamboo wasps: bamboo maggots, are a delicacy of the Jinuo people in Xishuangbanna.

The dried whole body of the adult bamboo wasp can be used as medicine.

Habitat distribution

Habitat: They often live in bamboo stems and mix their saliva with wood-drilling bamboo sawdust to make partitions. The nest is divided into several grids, each grid is filled with a mixture of pollen and honey, and eggs are laid in it.

Resource distribution: Distributed throughout southern China.

Diet therapy

Bamboo maggots are rich in nutrients such as protein, amino acids, fatty acids, mineral elements, vitamins, etc. The protein content can reach 30% to 40%, the amino acid content is 29.90%, the crude fat content is 60.42%, and the unsaturated fatty acid content is 55.9%, which is rich in nutrition.

Bamboo maggots can be eaten after being stir-fried or deep-fried until crispy. They are nutritious, delicious and fragrant, with a creamy taste, making them a great choice for accompanying wine.

Efficacy and function

Harvesting and storage: Catch the bee colonies in bamboo in autumn and winter, kill them and dry them in the sun, or pickle them in salt water for storage.

Nature and flavor: "Sweet and sour, cold in nature, non-toxic." "Guangxi Chinese Medicine Records": "Enters the stomach and large intestine meridians."

Functions and indications : Clears away heat, purges fire, and dispels wind. Used for tooth worms, mouth ulcers, sore throat, and convulsions in children.

Dosage and administration: 2 to 4 pieces.

Note: It is forbidden for those with deficiency of cold and no fire.

Medicinal Note

(1) The same genus animal, Xylocopa phalothorax (Lep.), is smaller and is also used for medicinal purposes.

(2) Those with white patterns on their heads and beaks cannot be used for medicinal purposes.

【Excerpt】National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicines

Folk remedies

To treat sore throat, boil 4 salty bamboo bees, 4 crickets, 18 grams of Sterculia lychnophora, 12 grams of Terminalia chebula, 18 grams of Trichosanthes kirilowii, and 9 grams of Licorice in water and drink. It works wonders!

Bamboo bees often drill holes in the stems of bamboo and build nests, and mix their saliva with the bamboo and wood chips they used to drill holes to make partitions. The nest is divided into several grids, each grid stores a mixture of pollen and nectar, and lays eggs in it.