Black ant, scientific name black thorn ant, Xuanju. This black ant is mainly produced in the virgin forests of Guangxi, Yunnan and Daxinganling. Black ants have the functions of nourishing yin, strengthening bones, resisting aging and preventing diseases. It contains more than 20 kinds of nutrients needed by human body, including 45-57% of protein and 0/6 kinds of trace elements, including zinc 190mg/kg. Ant has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-rheumatism, detoxification, sedation, antiasthmatic, liver protection and other pharmacological effects, and is suitable for yin deficiency, yang deficiency, blood deficiency and qi and blood deficiency. Can be used for treating renal insufficiency, sexual impotence, premature ejaculation, alopecia, hepatitis B, chronic hepatitis and diabetes.
Xuanju (a big black ant) has been used as medicine for a long time (clearly recorded in Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica). Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ants are a kind of mild tonic, which has the effects of strengthening the body resistance, tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, nourishing blood and relaxing muscles and tendons, removing blood stasis and dredging collaterals. Among them, the effect of tonifying kidney is particularly significant. The medicinal value and fitness effect of the big black ant have been gradually recognized by people. Studies have shown that it can improve immune function and treat rheumatoid arthritis; Can regulate endocrine function of gonad, and treat impotence, premature ejaculation, fatigue and hypoxia. Studies have also proved that ants also have sedative, sedative and anti-inflammatory effects.
First of all, the understanding of ants
Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty records that ants are everywhere ... Their eggs are named scorpions, which were dug by mountain people and eaten by the ancients, so the beans fed by the inner officials are also waxy: ordinary people eat them, and more and more people eat them.
As we all know, ants are a precious medicinal material. Polyrhachis vicina has been included in the world-recognized food and medicine, and has been named as green health food by the United Nations. Modern medical clinical experiments have proved that ant has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, sedative, spasmolytic, protective, antiasthmatic and anticonvulsant pharmacological effects.
Second, the nutritional components of ants
Ants contain 19 kinds of amino acids such as threonine, phenylalanine, valine, methionine and lysine, among which 8 kinds of amino acids are essential for human body, and the protein content is as high as 40-60%. It also contains vitamins B 1, B2, B3, C, D, E and so on. Trace elements contain 28 kinds of zinc, iron, selenium, phosphorus and calcium. Among them, 14 is needed by human body, especially zinc and selenium (flower of life, the foundation of immunity), which is higher than any food in nature 10- above. It also contains ATP, various enzymes, pantothenic acid, alkaloids, histamine and other bioactive substances. There are also special [ant antibiotics], that is, special antibiotics such as posterior thoracic hormone, so it is called a treasure house of micro-animal nutrition.
Third, the medicinal value of ants.
Proved by experiments of major medical research institutions; Ants have a wide range of protective effects, such as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, sedative, spasmolytic, protective, antiasthmatic, anticonvulsant, antiepileptic, enhancing erythrocyte deformability, inhibiting gastric acid secretion, and preventing acute ulcers. Such as: (1) Bone and joint system: rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, lumbago and leg pain; (2) Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems: coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, post-cerebral thrombosis, angina pectoris, myocarditis and heartburn; (3) Respiratory system: tracheitis, asthma and tuberculosis; (4) Urogenital system: nephritis, impotence, premature ejaculation, cold, prostatitis; (5) Nervous system: headache, insomnia, autonomic nervous dysfunction; (6) Immune system: lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, dermatomyositis and arteritis nodosa; (7) Others: diabetes, baldness, tooth loss, etc. , which is helpful for adjustment and recovery.
4. In historical documents, it can be verified that the royal aristocrats of past dynasties, the royal health preservation of Zhou Dynasty, Kangxi, Wu Zetian and Qianlong with a history of 800 years all regarded black ants as precious products, the recipes of Mexican birthday stars, the nutritional components and medicinal value of ants, all of which proved that ants can make people healthy. (See ants and health for details. )