materials

half a catty of cocoon and pupa, minced ginger and garlic, chopped green onion, salad oil, salt, pepper, soy sauce,

methods

1. Soak cocoon and pupa, then rinse it

2. Boil it in cold water, then drain it

3. After the pot is hot, everything is drained. Stir-fry the stir-fried cocoon and pupa, add pepper, soy sauce and salt to taste, and finally add chopped green onion and take out the pan.

Nutritional value of cicada pupa

Cicada pupa is commonly known as Meat Bone Dragon, Jiela Monkey, Climbing Monkey, Jieliu Turtle and Lei Zhenzi. It is a common insect in Northeast China, North China and other northern regions, and it is a nymph of cicada.

The cicada pupa is rich in protein and various amino acids, and it is an advanced nutritional supplement for the weak, the sick, the elderly and the postpartum women. Cicada pupae can produce substances with pharmacological activity, which can effectively increase the level of white blood cells in human body, thus improving human immune function and delaying human functional aging. Cicada pupae oil can reduce blood fat and cholesterol, and has a significant effect on treating hypercholesterolemia and improving liver function.

According to China Pharmacology, Cicada is beneficial to strengthening yang, relieving cough and promoting fluid production, protecting lung and kidney, resisting bacteria and lowering blood pressure, and treating alopecia and cancer. Cicadas cicada slough is rich in Methylcholine, Isoxanthopterin and adenosine triphosphatase, and is often used to treat exogenous wind-heat, hoarse cough, sore throat, rubella itching, conjunctival congestion, tetanus, children crying at night and other symptoms. Chinese medicine believes that cicada slough is salty and sweet, cold in nature, and can clear away heat, calm down wind and relieve convulsion.