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Leeches, also known as leeches, but do not necessarily live in water, are a class of animals in the family Phylum Phylum, hermaphroditic. Compared to other oligochaetes , ants are hairless outside the body and have denser connective tissue in the body cavity , making the body stronger. About 700 species of ants have been found, about 100 live in the ocean, about 70 live on land, and the rest live in freshwater environments. Ants are blood-sucking animals with a suction cup on each head and tail, an orator in the anterior segment, which can penetrate the skin to suck blood, and release anesthetics, so they are not easily detected by the host. The amount of blood sucked is very large, 2-10 times its body weight. Resistant to hunger. In wild meadows, ants are sometimes mistaken for slugs.

Once used in medicine, ants have vasodilators in their saliva, which effectively prevent blood clotting and reduce high blood pressure caused by blood accumulation. The use of ant ants in the West for medical treatment dates back to ancient Greece and continued into use until the 19th century. Ants are rarely used for this purpose, but are still used in cosmetic surgery or splicing surgery. It is used in Germany to treat osteoarthritis.

There is a story recorded in the Dunhuang Grottoes Gou Dao Xing ben "Search for God": during the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, King Hui of Chu dined with his courtiers, and there was a leech in the pickles, which was intended to be discarded, but for fear that the cook would be punished for this, he wrapped it in sauerkraut and swallowed it. Huiwang suffered from a cold illness caused by cold evil, and vomited due to leeches, but his illness was cured. Tao Hongjing, a physician of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, also recorded this story: "The king of Chu ate cold vegetables (that is, sauerkraut), saw leeches swallowed, and the fruit could go to Xuji, although there was yin and blessing, it was also physical. There is a similar record in the "New Biography of Jia Yi". The Eastern Han Dynasty Wang Chong's "On Balance" explains: "Leeches are blood-eating insects, the King of Chu has a disease of accumulating blood, and the story of eating leeches heals from illness." ”

Ancient physician Jia Yun: "Leeches are the most difficult to die, although they are burned with fire, they are like roe, smoked for many years, and the water is still alive." The scattered generations of physicians advocated stir-frying or frying until they were browned before they could be used. ”

Leeches have a strong vitality, cut it off to breed it to produce a new body, if they are eaten by mistake, they will give birth to their sons in the abdomen, sucking human liver blood and shrinking and dying. Ge Hongyun of the Jin Dynasty: "The vermicule needle method, taking leeches makes you addicted to evil blood." ”

The Song Dynasty Chen Ziming's "Essentials of Surgery" recorded the vermicule needle method, which was used in Japan in the 13th century.

Zhang Xi chunyun: "Leeches are the most suitable for raw use, and even avoid fire", "Where the medicine that breaks the blood hurts the qi, but the leech tastes salty, the blood of the special person, the qi is not damaged at all, and the stasis is silently eliminated in the invisible, and the real medicine is also".

【Clinical Application】

1. Blood stasis is closed, and fistula accumulates.

Leeches are salty and bitter into the blood, breaking the blood and bruising force is strong, mainly used for blood stagnation and menstrual closure, fistula accumulation and other evidence. It is often used with fly insects, and is also often used for medicinal purposes such as three ridges, curcuma, peach kernels, and safflower, such as Dangdang soup ("On Typhoid Fever"),If it is both weak, it can be accompanied by ginseng, angelica and other tonic qi and blood medicines, such as the rejuvenation of the ringworm ("Wen Disease Article Discrimination").

2. Bruises, abdominal pain.

The blood-breaking and stasis of leeches is also often used for bruises, and can be used with medicinal uses such as sumu and natural copper, such as elder fire dragon Dan ("Pujifang"). To cure blood stasis and internal obstruction, abdominal pain, and stool obstruction, it is matched with rhubarb and morning glory, such as killing people ("Ji Sheng Fang").

【Dosage】Decoction, 1.5~3g; It is advisable to take it into pills, powder or at the end of the study. Or placed in a fresh person on the stasis local blood sucking to eliminate stasis.

【Use caution】Pregnant women and menorrhagia are contraindicated.

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