The swollen locust is a common detoxifying and anti-inflammatory medicine. It not only has the effect of appetizing and relieving summer heat, but also can treat snake bites, playing a role in detoxification and pain relief. In addition to these, the swollen locust has many other benefits and uses. Let's learn about them together below!
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Effects and Uses of Swollen Locust
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that swollen locust has the effects of promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, detoxifying, and reducing swelling. It is mainly used to treat abdominal pain, malnutrition in children, dry blood deficiency in women, lumbar sprains, wounds, urethritis, parotitis, snake bites, and other conditions.
1. "Emei Medicinal Plants": Clears heat and promotes urination.
2. "Guizhou Herbal Medicine": Strengthens the weak, promotes blood circulation, treats malaria, and relieves pain.
3. "Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine": Relieves indigestion and pain, detoxifies snake bites. Treats stomach diseases, malnutrition in children, and snake bites.
4. "Fujian Drug Records": "Clears heat and promotes urination, detoxifies, reduces swelling, relieves indigestion and removes stagnation. Treats stomach pain, malnutrition in children, heatstroke, urethritis, parotitis, lymphadenitis, and snake bites."
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Uses of Swollen Locust
When suffering from stomach diseases, you may lose your appetite, feel nauseous, and have less energy to work. In this case, you can use swollen locust to boil water and drink it to relieve the discomfort caused by stomach pain.
In addition to boiling water, you can also use swollen locust to stew meat. The taste of meat stewed with swollen locust is quite good and can stimulate your appetite.
Swollen locust can prevent heat stroke. In the hot weather, you can use swollen locust to make soup.
Swollen locust has a sweet taste and a cool nature. After grinding it into a paste, you can apply it to the area bitten by a poisonous snake to detoxify and quickly relieve the pain.
Swollen locust can also be used to treat female blood deficiency.
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Precautions for Using Swollen Locust
1. Pregnant women should not consume it as swollen locust is a cold-natured food, which can cause excessive coldness in the body.
2. People with weak spleen and stomach should use it with caution.
3. Women during menstruation should consume it in moderation as excessive consumption can lead to menstrual disorders.
4. However, everything should be done in moderation. Swollen locust should not be consumed in large quantities, and it is important to follow medical advice. Pregnant and lactating women should avoid using it to avoid irreversible harm to infants.
5. It is also worth reminding everyone that untreated swollen locust should not be given to children. Everyone should be aware that medicine can be toxic if not used properly.
