Author: Chen Wendong
Earth turtle insects, insect drugs, also known as ground turtle insects, soil yuan, is a kind of blood healing medicine, but also a blood-breaking stasis, broken bones and bones.
Ground turtles, Jidi turtles, and Phnom Penh turtles are all medicinal varieties, but the turtles are slightly oval; the Turtle is slightly oblong, and there are a small round black spots on each side of the chest; the Phnom Penh Turtle has a yellow edge around it, so it is called "Phnom Penh Turtle". The three are equally used, and the previous two are more widely used, while the latter is sold in Guangdong. So, how did you find that earth turtles can cure diseases? There is another legend.
The story of the earth turtle
Legend has it that in ancient times, there was an oil mill that pressed oil. Many people were hired to work in the oil mill, including an old man named Boss Wang who was in charge of burning fires. One morning, he was burning a fire under the stove, and when he saw a few turtles crawling out of the ash pile, he hurriedly put down the shovel to catch it, and the little turtle crawled into the ash pile with a cry. After a while, a few more climbed out of the ash pile, and he hurriedly picked up the shovel and smashed it, but none of them were smashed, only so angry that he screamed and scolded. Looking down, there was another one, and he hurriedly smashed it again, and as a result, he cut the little turtle into two sections. At this time, the pot was frying rapeseed, because Boss Wang was eager to catch insects, he forgot about it, causing the rapeseed in the pot to be fried black.
The next day, when Boss Wang was sweeping the floor, he accidentally found that the small turtle that had been cut into two sections yesterday was alive again. Looking more closely, it turned out that this small turtle was automatically connected, and there was no trace of even cutting. He looked more closely and found that only the female worm was cut off to connect automatically.
Once, Elder Wang's child accidentally fell off a high mountain and broke his leg. He asked several doctors but could not cure it, which was very urgent. Suddenly, he remembered the turtle worm, so he took a few females, dried them, and grated them in sesame oil and applied them to his son's wounds. Within a few days, the child's legs were getting better.
Since then, the fact that turtles can cure blood stasis and bruises has spread in the folk and has been passed down to this day.
Origin and role of earth turtle insects
source:
1 The source of earth turtles is the female dried body of the turtle or jidi turtle insect of the turtle family.
2 The source of the Phnom Penh earth turtle is the dried female insect Red Edge Water Devil.
Origin:
1 Soil turtles are mainly distributed in Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and other places.
2 Phnom Penh turtle is mainly produced in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.
Sexual taste: salty, cold, slightly poisonous; return to the liver meridian.
Effect: Break the blood and stasis, continue the tendons and bones.
Dosage:
1 decoction, 3~10g;
2 1~1.5g, rice wine to serve;
3 Appropriate amount for external use.
Caution: Pregnant women should not take.
Taking of earth turtle worms
The earth turtle insect was first recorded in the Shennong Materia Medica and was listed as a medium quality: "Stinging insect, salty and cold taste." The main abdomen is cold and hot, hematocritism is paralyzed, broken, bloody closure, a turtle. Ikukawazawa. "Therefore, earth turtles are clinically used in the treatment of:
1 Bruises, tendon fractures, bruises and pain. It can activate blood and reduce swelling and relieve pain, continue to muscle and bone healing, and is a commonly used medicine in injury departments, especially for fractured tendon injuries, bruising and swelling pain.
2 Congestion is closed, postpartum stasis abdominal pain, accumulation of lumps. It can break the blood and eliminate the accumulation of menstruation, and is often used for the evidence of stasis and the accumulation of lumps.
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