Tussah is edible and its cocoon can be reeled, which is mainly used for weaving tussah silk. Insects are edible and can be used as medicinal materials. It is a unique insect resource with important economic value in China.

The 4th instar larvae of Tussah can cultivate Cordyceps sinensis. As a special insect food, 5th instar larvae and pupae can be eaten directly or as fillings by cooking methods such as frying, frying, boiling, frying and sliding. The fifth instar larvae of Tussah in Tonghua, Jilin are used to eating.

Jilin Institute of Sericulture Science has developed more than 40 kinds of cooking methods of tussah pupa dishes and bread, cake and other tussah pupa foods. Since then, the Institute has successively developed silkworm pupa wafer biscuits, silkworm pupa cans, silkworm pupa cakes, silkworm pupa milk, silkworm pupa wine, silkworm pupa soy sauce and silkworm pupa sausages. In addition, tussah pupa powder can also replace fish meal in poultry compound feed.

Second, what is the role of tussah?

In order to reproduce, tussah moth not only accumulated a lot of nutrients, but also contained extremely rich physiological active substances. Silkworm moth has been a kind of traditional Chinese medicine since ancient times, and it was regarded as a precious tonic by the royal family as early as the Tang and Song Dynasties. Compendium of Materia Medica records: male silkworm moth, aphrodisiac, stopping ejaculation, urinating blood, warm water dirty, treating violence, golden sore, soup fire sore, eliminating scar. In addition, there are also records of male silkworm moths tonifying kidney and strengthening yang in the dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine.

There are cholesterol-like hormones in male silkworm moths, which can prevent and treat brain development defects, maintain the integrity and perfection of brain structure and function of the elderly, delay aging and prevent endometrial cancer and prostatic hyperplasia. Steroid hormones, such as ecdysone, are physiologically active substances in moth oil, which can promote the synthesis of protein, eliminate cholesterol, reduce blood lipid and inhibit the increase of blood sugar.