What are the medicinal values ​​of snails?

Snail is an animal that lives on land and often appears in the environment after rain. Its vitality is also as strong as other animals. Snails are also raised and eaten on a large scale in some countries. There are also certain records in the ancient Chinese Materia Medica. Snails have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Therefore, some Chinese medicine practitioners now also have some claims that snails can cure diseases. So what is the medicinal value of snails?

The use of snails to treat diseases was already recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica. Modern Chinese medicine also recognizes that snails have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling, and curing thirst. They have an auxiliary therapeutic effect on diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, bronchitis, prostatitis, ulcers and cancer. Efficacy: reduce swelling and treat sores, shrink the anus and relieve prolapse, and promote urination. Application and indications: treat swelling and treat poison; treat sores and the initial stage; treat scrofula; treat toothache; recently, the Russian Academy of Sciences' Advanced Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology is currently trying to use the nerve tissue of snails and other mollusks to treat Parkinson's disease.

Snail is a terrestrial mollusk with high edible, medicinal and health-care value. Its edible and medicinal history has been more than 2,000 years. Abroad, snail is one of the seven most popular game in the world and is listed first among the four major international dishes (snail, abalone, scallop and shark fin). Snails are known as the "French delicacy" in France. In Europe, the United States and other countries, Christmas is almost impossible without snails. In recent years, a craze for eating snails has quietly emerged in China's coastal open cities. During holidays, snails are sold out in the market. Comrade Deng Xiaoping once tasted snail dishes and praised them, saying: "Snail dishes fill a gap in the country and should be well developed.

Snails are highly regarded in other countries in the world. Some people call them soft gold, which shows their praise value. Snails are also very rich in mineral elements such as calcium, magnesium, and iron. The protein content and nutrients in the body are very high. In addition, the sticky liquid secreted by snails also has a certain effect on women's beauty.