The "knife mantis" of "non-singing world"
From the idiom "mantis catches cicadas, yellow finches are behind", we know that mantises are carnivorous; from the idiom of "mantis arm as a car", we know that mantises are Hercules. It is actually said that the praying mantis has a mouth of "copper teeth and iron teeth", and a pair of "double halberds", a proper "steel warrior". But here I would like to call it a "knife mantis" of "non-singing circles", stemming from its "deep love" for its spouse and offspring" like "West Sea Love Song", although it cannot call out the voice. Why?
Not entirely because the praying mantis has the nickname of "knife mantis", it turns out that from the broadcast footage of "Natural World", people will find that when the mantis mates, the female mantis will bite off the head of the male mantis and eat the male mantis completely after mating. Do you think it's simply incomprehensible?
In fact, on the one hand, because the mantis is cruel by nature, the female mantis is much larger than the male mantis, and even the mate can be used as food when the stomach is hungry, at the same time, this is also a natural phenomenon of biological evolution, the male mantis is dedicated to the belly of the mate, and can reproduce for the offspring. In this sense, is this a kind of "deep love like a love song in the West Sea"?
The qi of the mulberry is called the mulberry sheath
Back to the point. The Chinese medicine "mulberry mantis sheath" to be studied today is the dried egg sheath of the mantis insects big knife mantis, small knife mantis or giant axe mantis, which is covered with unhatched eggs of mantises. A little embarrassed to say that here, Chinese medicine acts as a "yellow bird". Of course, as Sun Simiao of the Tang Dynasty said, everyone who is forced to kill another life to save this life is really a perfect medicine given by Heaven to human beings who are the chief of all things!
According to the ancient herb, only those produced on mulberry trees are called mulberry mantises, and those produced on other plants can only be called mantises, because the essence of mulberry white bark jin liquid that is produced on mulberry trees is the best medicine. In order to make up for these deficiencies, some old Chinese medicine practitioners add some mulberry white skin to the formula to increase some water-benefiting effects.
Speaking of mulberry trees, it is a witness to the communication of Chinese civilization with the world. Sima Qian used the phrase "chiseling the western region" to describe the difficulty of the creation of the "Silk Road", which is the merit of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty from the subjective side. On the other hand, the objective side is that silk, as a traditional monopoly industry and hard currency from which the Chinese nation originated, is the main trade object on the "Silk Road" and the objective reason for the long-term existence of the "Silk Road". Tracing back to the roots, without Mulberry, there would be no Silk Road.
As a long-term agricultural power in history, China has been "nongsang" since ancient times. No matter which dynasty or generation, in order to survive, it is necessary to "persuade the peasants to teach.". According to reports, the Yellow Emperor's wife, Concubine Zu, invented the cultivation of mulberry silkworms, and she assisted the Yellow Emperor to establish nongsang as the foundation of the country, and initiated marriage and motherhood in the world. We can imagine that five thousand years ago, our ancestors mastered the ability to grow mulberry silkworms and weave clothes, and how long the history of the Chinese nation was!
History of mulberry mantis medicinal use
In Traditional Chinese medicine, one of the important manifestations of Chinese civilization, the medicinal history of mulberry sheath is also very long. It was first published in the Shennong Materia Medica, listed as a superior product, its taste is sweet and salty, the qi is flat and non-toxic, the qi is thin and the taste is strong, and it carries the words "in the main wound, hernia, yin, and sperm to give birth." The woman's blood closed waist pain, through the five showers, sharp urination waterway. ”
The "Famous Doctors' Catalogue" added: "Treat the man's weakness, the five internal organs are weak, the dream is lost, and the drowning is lost." "That is, it is suitable for enuresis, frequency, spermatozoa, premature ejaculation, impotence and other diseases caused by insufficient kidney and yang.
In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen further improved the medicinal status of mulberry mantis, calling it "liver, kidney, and life medicine, which were used by the ancients." Kou Zongyi also believes that the mulberry mantis is "weak in both men and women, kidney failure and yin, sperm loss in dreams, drowning, white cloudy hernia, and cannot be quenched." ”
Medicinal value of mulberry mantis
Therefore, the main effect of mulberry mantis is to consolidate sperm and shrink urine, supplement the kidneys and help yang. It is used for spermatozoa, frequent enuresis, white and turbid urine.
Here it should be emphasized that the mulberry mantis "solid essence and shrinkage" is the symptom of treatment, and "tonifying the kidney and helping the yang" is the root cause. In fact, mulberry mantis is a drug for enuresis, frequent urination, sperm retention, slippery sperm, leukorrhea, gonorrhea, etc.! This flavored medicine can actually become a common tonic medicine at home!
Therefore, in many tonic recipes, the figure of mulberry mantis can often be seen. The "Outer Terrace Secret Essentials" are often used for the treatment of this product and the astringent keel, in order to cure the lack of yuan, the sperm of the fine guan is not solid, and the white turbidity; or with the keel, schisandra, and the system of appendages, such as the mulberry mantis pill of the "World Medicine"; the mulberry slug scattering of the "Materia Medica" is the mulberry mantis and the poria, angelica, calcined dragon bone, the hot turtle board, the stone calamus, the yuanzhi, the party ginseng eight flavors of chinese medicine, which has the effect of tonifying the heart and kidneys and shrinking the urine and solidifying the essence.
And the famous black chicken white phoenix pills, which also contain mulberry mantis. This party sets the methods of temperature supplementation, yin nourishment, astringency, and reconciliation on one side, and has the functions of filling the lean essence, double supplementing qi and blood, and adjusting the meridian and stopping the belt. Among them, the mulberry mantis has the dual role of replenishing the yang and astringent.
Similarities and differences between mulberry mantis and sea mantis
In addition, chinese medicine in the name of mantis is also a sea mantis, which is a white squid bone. Mulberry mantis and sea mantis, both in the name of "mantis", can be used for sperm retention, premature ejaculation, red and white belt and other evidence, but mulberry mantis supplement kidney solid sperm cessation, to supplement as the key, sea mantis astringent astringent astringent remains, astringent as the weight, the two drugs are the same.
Mulberry mantis (animal medicine)
01【Medicinal Source】
It is a dried egg sheath of the mantis family insects Large knife mantis, knife mantis or giant axe mantis. There are many sericulture areas in southern China, harvested in late autumn to the following spring, removing impurities, steaming dead insect eggs, and drying.
02【Prescription Application】
Black chicken white phoenix pills and so on.
03【Sexual Taste Returns】
Sweet, salty, flat. Return to the liver and kidney meridians.
04【Function】
Tonify the kidneys and help the yang, fix the sperm, shrink the urine, stop the turbidity.
05【Performance characteristics】
This product is sweet and salty into the kidneys, focusing on tonifying the kidneys, aiding the yang, solid astringency, often used for sperm retention, slippery sperm, enuresis, frequent urination, and excessive vaginal discharge caused by kidney weakness. Take its ability to supplement the kidney and help the yang, and can be used for kidney deficiency and impotence.
06【Main Application】
1. It is used for sperm loss, slippery sperm, enuresis, frequent urination, and excessive vaginal discharge caused by kidney deficiency and yang failure. Frequent enuresis is particularly common. It is often used with nootropics, silk seeds, astragalus, etc.
2. For kidney deficiency impotence. It is often used with goji berries, bayonne, xianmao, etc.
07【Note】
This product helps the yang to be solid, so the yin deficiency is more fire, the bladder is hot and the urination is frequent.