Geckos in the family Geckos have all been medicated, such as webbed geckos, warty geckos, warty geckos, and webbed-toed geckos. Herb Name Shougu (Compendium of Materia Medica).
Geckos are salty, cold, and slightly poisonous. It has the effect of madness, shock, scattering, and detoxification. Indications for the treatment of stroke paralysis, wind pain, wind phlegm seizures, fistula, bad sores and so on.
A gecko is a small reptile with a flattened body, short limbs, and suction cups on its toes that can crawl on walls. Eating small insects such as mosquitoes, flies, and moths is beneficial to humans. Also called Scorpion Tiger. It is mainly produced in southwest China and the south of the Yangtze River Basin; it is also distributed to Japan and Korea. In ancient times, it was called one of the "five poisons". Geckos mainly live in rural adobe houses, its dry products are also known as Tianlong, which has the effect of tonifying the lungs and kidneys, improving sperm blood, relieving cough and asthma, suppressing spasm and diverging swelling, and is used for stroke paralysis, rheumatic joint pain, osteomyelitis, lymph nodes, and tumors. Clinically can be used to treat esophageal cancer, bowel cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer and so on. It is a precious Chinese medicinal material commonly used in China. Geckos are nocturnal animals, and in summer and autumn evenings, they often haunt the inner walls and eaves of buildings without light illumination, preying on small flying insects such as mosquitoes and flies and moths. Because geckos often prey on insects, moths, etc. on the walls of the house, they are named "Shougong". It is estimated that a gecko can prey on 40 to 100 mosquitoes and other insects overnight.
In recent years, with the gradual depletion of wild resources, the large-scale development of artificial has not yet started in the country. The gecko's deep processing product development continues to deepen, on the one hand, the monthly volume of geckos continues to increase, on the other hand, it is the accelerated depletion of wild resources, resulting in the market price of geckos being more tight, the market price has risen from the original tens of yuan per kilogram to more than 200 yuan per kilogram, and there is also a phenomenon of no goods in some pharmaceutical village markets. The soaring price has further stimulated the capture of wild resources, forming a vicious circle, so in the current priority, the timely development of gecko breeding is imminent.
Gecko breeding does not need to invest in professional breeding houses, idle houses can be farmed with a little modification, geckos do not eat much, generally live insects, you can use insect traps to catch insects in the wild, you can also raise some flies to meet the demand for gecko food. You can feed once a day or once a few days. There are almost no diseases during the whole growth process. If the constant temperature culture is properly managed, the female gecko can lay eggs once a week, about two eggs each time, and the annual spawn can reach about 40 to 60 eggs. The spawning period of naturally cultured geckos at room temperature can reach about three months.
Geckos grow rapidly, and the newly hatched small geckos can reach a length of up to 6 cm, and under suitable conditions, they can develop into adults in 3 months, and they can be profitable from breeding that year.
Webbed geckos inhabit all kinds of buildings, and are also found on trees near the village, generally do not see their activities during the day, hidden under the tiles, wall cracks, etc., after sunset out to hunt. Under the light, stop near the mouth of the cave for a long time before leaving the cave, if there is no movement, that is, to hunt under the lamp; in case of disturbance, it will flee to a high place, a dark place, or drill back into the cave, when the activity is at its peak, 2 to 4 hours after sunset, and in the early morning, it is rare to see a webbed gecko with a total length of 12 cm and a tail almost equal in length. The head is flattened and wide; the snout is obliquely flattened, the nostrils are near the end of the snout, and the ear holes are small. The back of the head is covered with fine scales, the trunk is enlarged, there are webs between the fingers and toes, except for the first finger and the toe without claws, the rest have small claws. The back of the body is grayish brown; the tail is easy to break and can regenerate. When collecting and processing, be careful not to make the tail fall off.