The Chinese True Ground Turtle is an insect belonging to the cockroach family of the order Blattidae, and is also known by many aliases, such as earth dollar, earth baa baa, ground turtle, ground turtle, and so on. The female is nearly black and the male is light brown, with an ovoid body shape and a body length of about 35 millimeters. They like to live in dark and moist loose humus soil, hidden during the day and active at night. Dried female worms are a traditional Chinese medicine that can treat bruises, amenorrhea, postpartum bruises and other conditions, and have also been found to treat cancer.