The golden sand cow, also known as the ant lion, ant lion, and sand valley cow, is the dried body of the larva of the ant lion, an ant family insect. Although the golden sand cow is very small in size, it has high medicinal value. Let's take a look at the medicinal value of the golden sand cow.
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【Morphological characteristics of the golden sand cow】
The golden sand cow is grainy, 7-15 mm long, and is brown with black spots. The head is relatively flat and large, with well-developed mouthparts. There are 1 pair of maxillae, which are flat and inwardly curved like pincers. The thorax is large, and the abdomen has 10 segments. The thorax and abdomen are swollen or slightly swollen, with short hairs on both sides and thorns at the end. There are 3 pairs of legs, with the middle legs being the longest, which often fall off during collection and processing.
The body is light and fragile. It has a slight fishy smell and a slightly salty taste. The best quality is large in size, complete in shape, brownish-yellow, light in weight, and free of sand and mud.
The nest of the golden sand cow is in the shape of a funnel trap, and it is filled with fine sand. Large grains of sand will be pried out of the sand pit by its small horns, creating a spiral-shaped hourglass.
As long as the small insect falls into the fine sand, it will sink. At this time, the sand cow will drag the prey into the sand and bury it, causing the small insect to suffocate and die, and finally enjoy the delicious meal.
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【Medicinal value of the golden sand cow】
The golden sand cow has the effects of soothing the liver and extinguishing wind, relieving heat and spasm, detoxifying and eliminating rot, and reducing swelling. It is often used to treat high fever, convulsions, malaria, urinary tract infections, and bone fracture diseases in children.
The scientific name of the golden sand cow is "ant lion", and its main value is medicinal. It can be used to treat hypertension, urinary tract stones, gallstones, osteomyelitis, vasculitis, otitis media, and so on.
In folk medicine, this bug is usually ground into powder to treat tinnitus or otitis media. Currently, the number of this bug is very small and it is almost impossible to cultivate artificially, so its value is extremely high.
Treatment of malaria: Take eleven golden sand cows, mix with alcohol and swallow. Take it half an hour before the onset of malaria. For chronic malaria, take it for a week.
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【Treatment of kidney stones with golden sand cow】
Ingredients:
Desmodium styracifolium 50g, Lysimachia christinae 30g, Citrus seed 15g, Abelmoschus esculentus seed 30g, golden sand cow (golden sand cow) 10g, Hedyotis diffusa 30g (wrapped in cloth), talc 20g, pumice 20g, Equisetum arvense 15g, Smilax glabra 15g, and Rubia cordifolia 30g.
Usage:
Decoction, take one dose per day, take it once a day. Take it for five days. If there is pain and blood in urination, add 30g of white grass root.
Clinical application:
If the stone dissolved after it is the size of a peanut, it can be excreted from the body. This is the ancient Chinese medicine method of stone elimination, which has cured countless patients and has been proven effective.
