Cockroaches that can be used as medicine usually refer to cockroaches of the genus Blattella, Periplaneta americana, Periplaneta australis and cockroaches of the genus Blattella. These cockroaches are used as a whole.
Medicinal cockroach, cold in nature and slightly salty in taste, can detoxify and eliminate malnutrition by entering the spleen, liver and kidney meridians, and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Use them to decoct soup or grind into powder for oral administration to treat infantile malnutrition (children have chronic diseases, which are manifested as emaciation, abnormal diet, abdominal distension, sparse and yellow hair, etc. ) and dysentery.
Cockroaches can also be mashed and applied externally to treat furuncle and nameless swelling and pain.
I also know that insects are used as medicines.
1. hippocampus
Function and efficacy: tonify kidney and qi, strengthen yang and soothe the nerves, relieve physical fatigue, commonly used by the elderly, relieve various degenerative diseases, strengthen bones and protect the human body. Usage: decocted or drunk.
2.tortoise shell
Function and efficacy: nourishing yin and strengthening yang, strengthening tendons and bones, chronic cough, nocturnal emission, hemorrhoids, infantile fontanelle, low back pain, skeletal atrophy, physical weakness, vomiting blood and dizziness. Usage: Take orally and grind externally.
3. Dog kidney
Function and efficacy: male deficiency of qi and blood, deficiency of essence, infertility, mental fatigue, scrotum dampness, postpartum weakness, female asthenic cold zone, amnesia, tinnitus, soreness of waist and knees, and trance. Usage: decoct soup, grind into powder, and make pills.
4. Antlers
Function and efficacy: nourishing, tonifying kidney essence, strengthening bones and muscles, benefiting qi and nourishing blood, regulating menstruation and stopping leukorrhagia, weak body, weak waist and knees, listlessness, frequent urination, dispelling cold and being afraid of cold. Usage: grinding outside, soaking in wine and taking orally, and decocting.
5. Honeycomb
Function and efficacy: detoxification, analgesia, insecticide, sore poison, infection, abscess, female mastitis, acute lymphangitis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. Usage: Take it with boiling water.
6. pearls
Function and efficacy: it is often used as a medicine to calm the heart and soothe the nerves. It can quench thirst and spasm, and the skin ulcer will not heal for a long time. Usage: external grinding.
The above is all the information I know, I hope it will help you.