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Medicinal value of locusts
Locust is also called locust. Wingless larvae are called "worms" and adults are called "locusts", which are crop pests. Farmers in the north often catch them and scald them to death with boiling water, then fry them in fried sauce or make them into non-staple food, which tastes like shrimp. Or baked and ground, its powder can be used to make soy sauce, which is quite delicious. It is nutritious and can also be used as medicine.

≮ Delicious ≯ salty, flat and non-toxic.

≮ Food ingredients ≯ Rich in protein, fat, calcium, salt, phosphorus, vitamins A and B, etc.

≮ Food function ≯ Tonifying and strengthening, mainly treating tuberculosis and infantile malnutrition.

Children's adenopathy, cervical lymph node tuberculosis: locusts, removing wings and feet, baking and grinding, taking 3 grams of warm water each time, 2-3 times a day.

Neurasthenia, insomnia, tuberculosis, and shortness of breath: 6 grams of locust powder, 2- 13 times a day, after meals.

Asthma and whooping cough: 5~6 locusts are decocted with water to remove residues, and a little yellow wine is added twice a day (or decocted with insects, with similar effect).