What are the uses of centipede?

(1) Medicinal use Centipede is pungent, warm and poisonous in nature, and its medicinal use has a very long history in China. As early as in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was recorded in the Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica that centipedes were used to treat snakes, insects and fish poison, to treat malaria, and to remove three insects. Since then, it has been recorded in many herbs. The "Famous Doctors' Record" contains "treating cold and heat agglomeration in the heart and abdomen, aborting fetuses, and dispelling bad blood". Rihuazi Materia Medica contains "treatment of addiction, snake venom". Ming Dynasty "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains "treating children's convulsions, umbilical cord wind and mouth forbidding, dengdeng, bald sores, scrofula, poisons, hemorrhoids, snake obstruction, snake miasma, snake injuries". 1995 published "Chinese People's **** and the National Pharmacopoeia", in the "centipede" item download has "It is used for calming wind and suppressing spasm, attacking toxins and dispersing knots, and relieving pain. Used for children's convulsions, convulsions and spasms, stroke, hemiplegia, tetanus, rheumatism and paralysis, scrofula, snake bites," etc., its use is very broad, is one of the commonly used traditional Chinese medicines.

(2) Edible In recent years, centipede, as a kind of special food with rich nutrition and unique flavor, has come to the public table. After centipede is cleaned and fried in oil, it is fragrant, crispy and crunchy, making it unforgettable for a long time after eating.

(3) Other Uses Because of the peculiar shape of centipede, since ancient times, people have used centipede as a graphic to make a wide variety of beautiful objects. People in Southern Ocean often use centipedes to feed the valuable goldfish, which makes the goldfish beautiful and less sick, and sells at a high price in the market, even up to hundreds of thousands of dollars per fish.

This article is from: China Agricultural Publishing House, "Green Development, Green Plant Protection"

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