Pinyin: Jiā Bái Yǐ
The English name is termite
Also known as termites, mantises, flying ants
The source is first published in the Journal of Medicinal Animals in China.
Source medicinal base source: for the whole of nasal termite animal home termites.
Latin botanical mineral name: Coptotermes formosanus Shtrari.
Harvesting and storage: At dusk in summer, it is caught when the ant colony is flying, or it can be picked up by digging ants, and after catching, it is boiled with boiling water and dried.
The original morphology of termites, soldier ants have pale yellow heads and antennae. The palate is dark brown. The abdomen is milky white. The back view head is oval in shape. The stubble is nearly round, large and prominent, located on a slightly protruding short tube in the anterior segment of the head, facing forward. The palate is sickle-shaped. The upper lip is nearly tongue-shaped. Antennae 14-16 knots. The dorsal plate of the anterior thorax is flat and narrower than the head, with a missing incision in the center of the anterior and posterior margins. Winged adults have a dark yellowish-brown back of their head and a brownish-yellow thorax and a dorsal back. The wings are slightly yellowish. The compound eye is nearly round, and the monocular oblong. The base of the posterior lip is extremely short, the anterior lip base is white, and it is longer than the base of the posterior lip. The upper lip is pale yellow and the anterior end is rounded. Antennae 20 knots. The anterior margin of the dorsal plate of the anterior thorax is concave posteriorly, the lateral margin is connected to the posterior margin in a semicircle, and the center of the posterior margin is recessed anteriorly. Forewing scales are larger than hindwing scales. Worker ant heads are yellowish. The abdomen is white. The posterior part of the head is rounded, while the front part is square. The base of the posterior lip is short, equivalent to 1/4 of the width, and slightly raised. Antennae 15 knots. The anterior edge of the dorsal plate of the forebreast is slightly upturned. The abdomen is long, slightly wider than the head, and not very bulky.
Habitat division ecological environment: domestic termites can build large nests, camp group life, the group generally lives in woodland, garden soil or tree trunks, as well as building wood medium, and sometimes also settled in clothing box bookcases and other furniture.
Resource distribution: It is distributed throughout the south of China.
The chemical composition contains uric acid, stigmastanol, β sitosterols (β-sitosterol), cholesterol, campestanol, cholestanol and fatty acids (fattyacid).
Sweet; salty; warm
Attribution to the liver; spleen; kidney meridian
Functional indications tonic strong. The Lord was sick for a long time or was old and weak; his qi and blood were weak.
Dosage for internal use: sun-dried powder, 3-5g.
Each family discusses the "Chinese Medicinal Animal Chronicle": it has the function of nourishing and strengthening. Indications for the treatment of aging, long-term illness qi and blood weakness and so on.
Excerpt from "Chinese Materia Medica"
