The silkworm chrysalis can be eaten, but the skin is probably not edible. The white layer outside is silk and cannot be eaten. According to traditional Chinese medicine, silkworm chrysalis is sweet, warm, salty, and pungent in nature and taste, and returns to the spleen, stomach, and kidney meridians. It has the functions of warming yang and nourishing the kidney, dispelling wind and dampness, strengthening the spleen and eliminating accumulation, and is suitable for kidney yang deficiency, impotence and spermatorrhea, rheumatic arthralgia, and malnutrition in children.