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What are the benefits of eating Yunnan acid ants?
Acid ant, also known as golden ant, scientific name is yellow cunning ant. Mainly produced in Xishuangbanna and Lincang, the "animal treasure house" in China. As a traditional health care resource, yellow ant has been widely eaten by Dai people for more than 3000 years.

Acid ants are huge, with sharp mouthparts and an acidic solution in their bodies. Catch an ant and put it under your nose. The unique and mellow sour taste makes you want to sneeze, even your whole nose is sour.

Medical clinical practice has proved that formic acid has a strong function of expelling wind and promoting blood circulation, strengthening body resistance and eliminating evil, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain. Ordinary people insist on using it to strengthen muscles and bones, nourish hair and beautify, and resist aging. The content of protein is over 50%, and it contains 20 kinds of amino acids such as threonine and lysine, including 8 kinds of amino acids that are necessary for human body but cannot be synthesized, and 28 kinds of trace elements such as calcium, iron, cadmium, magnesium, zinc, iodine and selenium. The most special thing is that ants contain a lot of formic acid, various enzymes and coenzymes, Zi compounds, oxaliplatin and a lot of high-energy phosphide ATP. Ordinary people insist on using it to strengthen muscles and bones, nourish hair and beautify, and resist aging, which has good preventive and therapeutic effects.