Mole cricket

The insect body is dry and mostly broken but rarely complete. The intact one is about 3 cm long. The head and thorax are dark brown, mixed with dark brown; the compound eyes are black and shiny; the wings are membranous and mostly broken, the legs are often broken and incomplete, and the abdomen is wrinkled, light yellow, and some are black. brown. The hair is sparsely short or hairless, soft and brittle. There is a peculiar fishy smell. It is better if the body is dry, complete, and free of impurities and soil.

Chemical composition There are 13 kinds of free amino acids in hemolymph, among which alanine, histidine and valine are relatively high in content. The free amino acids in the testicles include alanine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, proline, serine, tyrosine, and valine, among which The concentration of proline is the highest, and aspartic acid, serine, and tyrosine are the lowest. Amino acids in urine include cystine, lysine, arginine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine and unspecified amino acids; these amino acids are also owned by hemolymph. Arginine and lysine are not found in the seminal vesicles.

Pharmacological effects: The diuretic effect of mole cricket powder suspension cannot be confirmed on rabbits after oral administration. Long-term feeding of mole crickets has shown no toxicity to rabbits and mice. [1]

Clinical application:

Prescription for treating menstrual bleeding that is not enough for one year ("Compendium of Materia Medica"). For women who are not sick, but for menstrual blood that is not good for one year: pound 2 mole crickets and wrap them in cotton silk , plug it into the vagina, and it will clear up in one day. In the prescription, mole cricket is used to treat stranguria, which is the king medicine.

Prescription for afterbirth failure ("Waitai Mi Yao"): Treat afterbirth failure: 1 mole cricket. Boil 1 liter of water for 3 seconds and take it in 2 servings. In the prescription, mole cricket is used to treat stranguria, which is the king medicine.

("National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine") To treat dysuria and edema: 3 to 5 mole crickets, dried and ground into powder. Serve with rice wine or warm boiled water. In the prescription, mole cricket relieves stranguria, diuresis and swelling, and is the king medicine. [9]