The medicinal value of scorpion is very high, and there are more than 100 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions made from scorpion. Scorpion is an important raw material for more than 30 kinds of Chinese patent medicines, such as Ginseng Zaizao Pill, Dahuoluo Pill, Qizhen Pill, Baoan Lingdan, Zheng Qian Powder, etc. And it is an animal medicine commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine.

For many years, the market supply of scorpions mainly depended on wild catching. However, with the extensive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the ecological environment of wild scorpions has been destroyed, the number of natural populations has dropped sharply, and the market is in short supply. The national output can only meet the demand of about 30%, and the market price has risen steadily.

Life habits of scorpions

Scorpions are all carnivores, and very few species will take a small amount of plant feed (such as scorpions) and feed on invertebrates, such as spiders, crickets, centipedes, larvae and nymphs of various insects, and even small geckos. It finds the location of its prey by hearing the hair on its limbs or tarsal joints and sewing up its receptors. Desert scorpions can identify cockroaches 50 cm deep.

When the scorpion feeds, it grips the catch with its limbs, lifts its rear abdomen (scorpion tail), bends to the front of its body, and needles it with poison. It is composed of six parts, which is trapezoidal. Its back is covered with a hood, which is densely covered with granular protrusions. The muscles outside the poison gland contract, and the venom flows out from the opening of the poison needle.

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