"Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine"·White Bombyx White Bombyx White Bombyx is the name of a Chinese medicine, which comes from "Shen Nong's Materia Medica". Also known as zombie silkworm, celestial worm, and zombie worm. Source and place of origin: The 4th to 5th instar larvae of Bombyx mori L. are infected or artificially inoculated with Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. And the fatal dryness of the whole. Mainly produced in Zhejiang. The nature and flavor are salty, pungent, and flat. Enters the liver and lung meridians. Function: Expelling wind and relieving spasm, resolving phlegm and dispersing stagnation. 1. Treat stroke, epileptic convulsions, facial paralysis, headache, dizziness, red eyes, sore throat, itchy skin, scrofula and tuberculosis. Oral administration: decoction, 4.5~9g; or grind into powder and swallow, 0.9~1.5g each time. 2. Treat diabetes and hyperlipidemia. Grind into powder and take as pills: 1~2g each time, 3~4 times a day. 3. Treat mastitis. Grind the raw product into fine powder and mix with vinegar. Pharmacological effects: This product contains fat and protein, and this protein has an anti-adrenocortical effect. It may also contain steroids, lipids, reducing sugars, etc., and the white powder on the body surface contains ammonium oxalate, which is an active ingredient in zombie silkworms against strychnine convulsions in mice, and has certain effects on the treatment of grand mal epilepsy. "* Dictionary"·BaijiānɡCán comes from the "Heritage" pinyin name Bái JiānɡCán, also known as bambooworm ("Qianjin Prescription"), celestial insect ("Compilation of Medicinal Materials"), and zombie ("Hebei Medicinal Materials"). The source is the dried whole larvae of the Bombyx moth, an insect of the family Bombyx moth, which is infected with Beauveria bassiana and dies. Collect the dead silkworms, pour them into lime, mix well, absorb the water, and dry or bake them in the sun. The original animal form is detailed in the article "Protosilkworm Moth". The shape is cylindrical, often curved and wrinkled. About 2 to 5 cm long and 4 to 7 mm in diameter. The surface is off-white or light brown, mostly covered with white powder. The head, feet and each segment are clearly distinguishable. There are often tangled threads outside the body. The head is yellowish brown and round. There are 8 pairs of legs, which are in the shape of protrusions. It is hard and brittle, easy to break; the cross section is flat, the color varies from brown to black, and is mostly shiny. The outer layer is white and pink, and there are 4 brown bright circles inside. There is a slight rancid smell and a slightly salty taste. The ones with straight, plump and strong texture, white color and bright cross-section are the best. Chemical composition The white powder on the body surface of white Bombyx silkworm contains ammonium oxalate. The culture of Beauveria bassiana can synthesize a large amount of oxalic acid, pyridine 2,6 dicarboxylic acid, and a large amount of fat. The fatty acid composition in fat is mainly palmitic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, a small amount of stearic acid, palmitoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid. Beauveria bassiana can secrete at least three kinds of hydrolytic enzymes, namely lipase, protease and chitinase, to promote penetration of the epidermis of infected larvae. And can utilize glutamic acid and aspartic acid

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