What are the medicinal values ​​of slugs?

When it comes to slugs, many people may be very disgusted because its name is really not very elegant. Moreover, it is actually very normal for most people not to know anything about slugs. The so-called slug is actually a small animal with mucus distributed all over its body. It looks like a shelled snail, but some people find slugs very disgusting. In fact, slugs have many medicinal values.

So, what are the specific medicinal values ​​of slugs? This is actually not clear to most people, mainly because they don't know much about slugs. Although slugs look a little disgusting in appearance, for our Chinese medicine practitioners, slugs are actually very good medicinal materials. So, let’s talk specifically about the medicinal value of slugs.

Slugs also have medicinal properties:

Explanation of the name: Lingli, earth snail, fetal insect, slug, and snail.

The smell is salty, cold and non-toxic.

Indications

1. Centipede bite. Apply the slug by mashing it raw.

2. Hemorrhoids are hot, swollen and painful. Mash a large slug into a paste, add three parts of borneol and half a penny of rouge, and apply it to the affected area. Before applying the medicine. It is better to use water boiled with stone sedge for fumigation and washing.

3. Ulcers on the shins. Use ten slugs, dry them on a tile, grind them into powder, mix with oil and apply to the affected area, the effect will be immediate.

Slug

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Other names: Lingli (Ben Jing), Tuwei, Fuwei (Bielu), Yanqie (Jiuji Fang), Tuowei worm (Tieweishan Congtan), Slug (Pinhui Jingyao), Slug (Compendium of Materia Medica).

Source: All slugs of the family Slugidae.

Animal form: Slug hermaphrodite. The body is oblong, about 4.5 cm long, light brown or black on the back and white on the belly. There are two pairs of antennae at the front of the head, the rear pair is longer, and each has an eye at the top. The antennae can extend and retract freely, and will retract immediately if stimulated; there is an opening of the genital pore near the right side. There is a mouth on the ventral side of the head. There is a breathing hole on the right side of the front of the body. There are mucus glands on the plantar surface that secrete mucus, and where the animal crawls it often leaves traces of white mucus. It is sensitive and will curl up immediately when touched. It lives in shady and damp places, and is often found at the base of damp walls and between tree branches. When crawling, it often licks the epidermis of plant stems and leaves. Collecting summer catch.

Flavor:

① "Ben Jing": "Tastes salty and is cold."

② "Bie Lu": "Non-toxic."

Meridians: "Bencao Zaixin": "It enters the liver, spleen, and lung meridians."

Function: Mainly used to clear away heat and wind, reduce swelling and detoxify, break up phlegm and dredge menstruation. It is used to treat stroke, tendon spasm, epilepsy, wheezing, throat congestion, pharyngeal swelling, carbuncle, erysipelas, amenorrhea, abdominal masses, and centipede bites.

① "Ben Jing": "It is used to treat wind-induced crookedness, tendon dysfunction, rectal prolapse, epilepsy and spasm."

② "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can treat centipede and scorpion venom."

③ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is used to treat swelling, toxicity, heat, swelling and pain caused by heat sores."

④ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is good at treating all wind-heat, fire and dryness as ailments, and all wind-heat, fire and phlegm as diseases."

⑤ "Compendium of Materia Medica Chongyuan": "It is used to calm the nerves, clear away heat, detoxify and relax the muscles. It can treat sore throat, wind-heat throat numbness, and put it into the throat and swallow it."

⑥ "Depei Materia Medica": "eliminates phlegm nodules."

⑦ "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "It can promote menstruation, remove blood stasis, detoxify and reduce swelling, and promote urination. It is mainly used to treat amenorrhea, abdominal pain caused by abdominal masses, pain caused by blood stasis caused by injuries, and carbuncle, swelling and erysipelas."

⑧ "Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Dispel wind, calm nerves, and consolidate fall. Treat swelling and pain caused by heat sores, bronchitis, and rectal prolapse."

Do's and Don'ts

① "Ben Cao Jing Shu": "It is not suitable for those who do not have wind-heat, and it is not suitable for children with weakness and frequent diarrhea."

② "Depei Materia Medica": "Fear of salt."

Therefore, I believe that through the detailed introduction of slugs in the above article, everyone should have understood the medicinal value of slugs. From the above understanding, we can't help but discover that slugs really have a lot of medicinal value, and slugs can also treat many diseases of our human body, so don't dislike slugs anymore, you might as well learn more about slugs.