The worm is a product formed by the death and hardening of young silkworms infected with bacteria, and is generally used as a traditional Chinese medicine. Worm is a mild medicinal material, which has a good effect on resolving phlegm and relieving cough. The worm can be eaten directly, but the smell will be heavier. If you can't accept the smell of the worm, you can fry the worm before taking it. So, what are the effects and functions of the worm?

Bombyx batryticatus, alias "Tianchong" and "Ginger Silkworm". It is a special product, also known as Beauveria bassiana, which is the drying and hardening of silkworm larvae caused by Beauveria bassiana infection before spinning.

Worm body, named after its surface covered with white hyphae and conidia, looks like a white membrane, is mainly used for convulsion, sore throat, submandibular lymphadenitis, facial paralysis, itchy skin and other diseases. Bombyx Batryticatus is a commonly used Chinese medicine, which is pungent, salty and flat in nature. It has the effects of expelling wind, relieving spasm, resolving phlegm, resolving hard mass, clearing away heat, detoxicating and eliminating dampness. It is mostly used in clinic to treat cough due to heat, phlegm, vomiting blood, collapse, leukorrhagia, traumatic injury, rheumatic pain, sore poison and so on. In recent years, its application scope and field have been expanding.

Efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine Bombyx Batryticatus

Relieving wind and relieving spasm is similar to Gastrodia elata, which is relatively peaceful. Both cold and heat are compatible, and it is often combined with Gastrodia elata. The difference is that Gastrodia elata is calming the liver, which is of special significance to liver yang and transforming wind, and Bombyx Batryticatus has a little effect of clearing heat and eliminating phlegm, so it is more suitable for liver wind to move internally and phlegm heat than Gastrodia elata. For example, infantile convulsion, stroke and epilepsy often have phlegm-heat internal resistance. Dispelling wind and dredging collaterals, and expelling wind and heat have the functions of relieving sore throat, relieving pain and relieving itching. It can be used for skin itching caused by wind and heat, sore throat caused by wind and heat, dizziness and headache caused by wind and heat attack. Tongluo, treating stroke, numbness and hemiplegia with skewed mouth and eyes. Resolving phlegm and resolving stagnation. It is used for eliminating phlegm and phlegm. Used for cough due to lung heat and excessive phlegm. Raw food smells fishy. Generally, it should be fried to correct odor and taste. Now Beauveria bassiana is infected with silkworm chrysalis in cocoon, which is called dead pupa instead of dead silkworm.

Function of traditional Chinese medicine Bombyx Batryticatus

1. Bombyx Batryticatus contains protein, fat, and body confession powder contains ammonium oxalate. In addition, it also contains yellow pigment from Bombyx Batryticatus and fibrinolytic enzyme. The alcohol-water extract of Bombyx Batryticatus has hypnotic and anticonvulsant effects; Bombyx Batryticatus, Bombyx Batryticatus and ammonium oxalate have antiepileptic effects. Its extract has anticoagulant effect in vivo and in vitro. In addition, this product has a slight inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

2. Silkworm pupa is a finished product fermented by Beauveria bassiana. Clinical observation and experimental research show that the function of stiff pupa is similar to that of stiff silkworm, but the function of stiff pupa is alleviated. The existing tablets are used in clinic to treat epilepsy, mumps, chronic bronchitis and so on, and are effective. 0.3g per tablet, 20-30 tablets per day for adults, taken orally three times.

3. The male silkworm moth is the whole male silkworm moth of Bombycidae. Sexual taste is salty and warm. Liver and kidney meridians entered. Function of nourishing liver and kidney, strengthening yang and astringent essence. It is mostly used for impotence, nocturnal emission, white turbidity, hematuria, trauma, ulcer and scald. Decoct, 5 ~ 9g. Or ground and swallowed, each time1~1.5g.

Application of traditional Chinese medicine Bombyx Batryticatus

1. It is used for various syndromes of liver wind moving internally. This product is similar to Gastrodia elata, which has the effect of calming wind and relieving spasm, and its property is mild. Therefore, the spasm and convulsion of liver wind moving internally can be applied in combination with heat syndrome, cold syndrome, deficiency syndrome and excess syndrome. For children with acute convulsion, high fever, coma and convulsion, it should be combined with heat-clearing and detoxicating, wind-calming and antispasmodic drugs, for example, it is combined with Niuhuang, Scorpio and Huanglian in Qianjin Powder from Shou Shi Bao Yuan. If the limbs twitch due to chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, it should be combined with qi-invigorating and spleen-strengthening herbs such as Dangshen and Baizhu. It is often combined with drugs for expelling wind and relieving spasm to treat tetanus spasticity and angular arch inversion. For epilepsy, hand and foot convulsions and unconsciousness, it should be combined with drugs for resolving phlegm, calming wind and inducing resuscitation.

2. Used for wind-heat eye diseases, sore throat, rubella, etc. This product not only has the function of expelling wind, but also has the effects of improving eyesight, relieving sore throat and relieving itching. It is often combined with mulberry leaves, equisetum, Schizonepeta and other herbs for dispersing wind-heat and clearing liver-fire and improving eyesight to treat swelling and pain in eyes due to wind-heat, headache and weeping in the wind. For sore throat and hoarseness caused by exogenous wind-heat, it should be combined with herbs for dispersing wind-heat and relieving sore throat. Rubella pruritus, used alone, or with wind-dispelling and itching-relieving drugs.

3. Used for stroke, mouth and eyes? Oblique This product has the effect of expelling wind and dredging collaterals. Treatment of hemiplegia after wind, or meridians, mouth and eyes in wind? For patients with twitch of oblique and facial muscles or numbness of limbs, it can be combined with herbs for resolving phlegm and dredging collaterals, benefiting qi and promoting blood circulation.

4. Used for phlegm and scrofula. This product can resolve phlegm and dissipate stagnation. For phlegm core and scrofula due to stagnation of phlegm in meridians, it can be used equally with heat-clearing and phlegm-resolving herbs, such as Fritillaria and Prunella vulgaris.