Can ants be used as medicine?

Yes, all kinds of non-toxic ants, such as brown ants and multi-winged ants, can be used as medicine.

Ants have the effects of tonifying kidney and essence, dredging meridians, detoxifying and reducing swelling. Commonly used for kidney deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, dreaminess, impotence, nocturnal emission, rheumatic joint pain, stroke, hemiplegia, numbness of hands and feet, lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, dermatomyositis, carbuncle, furuncle and snake bite.

Medicinal material properties:

1, Formica sericata

About 13mm long, black, smooth and shiny. The base of the anterior thoracic backboard is developed, the middle thoracic backboard is smaller, and there are 1 upward scales on the umbilicus. Crisp and crisp, often with head and foot defects, it tastes sour.

2. Hydrozoa

4-5 mm long, black, with thorns on both sides of the chest. Crisp and crisp, often with head and foot defects, it tastes sour.

Extended data

1, the main species of ants

Subgenera and classes of fierce ants: There are 42 genera and about 2000 species recorded in the world.

Small yellow ants, yellow ants, big-headed ants, Rochelle ants, smelly ants, leaf-cutting ants, bulldog ants, red imported fire ants, arrow ants, big-toothed ants, army ants, harvesting ants, weaving ants, Argentine ants, nomadic ants, Mexican honey ant ants, army ants, bullet ants, fierce ants and so on.

2. Distribution range

It is estimated that there are about 1 1700 known ants in the world. More extensive research on ant fauna is needed. There are more than 600 kinds of ants in China.

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