Jinsha Niu is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb. Jinsha Niu can be harvested throughout the year, but it is mostly collected in the summer and autumn from the habitats of ants and termites by shoveling and sieving sand. After being captured, it is lightly stir-fried over low heat until the insect body expands to a certain degree.
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【Properties and Functions of Jinsha Niu】
It has a pungent and salty taste and a warm nature. It belongs to the kidney and bladder meridians. It can relieve fever, calm spasms, disperse masses, promote diuresis and relieve stranguria, and detoxify boils. It is used for high fever in children, kidney and urinary stones, urinary difficulty, scrofula, and boils.
The recommended dosage is 3-9 grams, to be decocted or taken as a powder.
Functions: Belongs to the kidney and bladder meridians. It can relieve fever, calm spasms, disperse masses, promote diuresis and relieve stranguria, and detoxify boils. It is used for high fever in children, kidney and urinary stones, urinary difficulty, scrofula, and boils.
The recommended dosage is 3-9 grams, to be decocted or taken as a powder.
【Medicinal Value of Jinsha Niu】
1. "Essentials of Medicinal Properties": It is used to treat scrofula, promote dispersion, and remove toxins.
2. "Seeking the Origin of Medicinal Herbs": It can clear passages and promote diuresis. It is used to treat stranguria, to be fried and ground and taken with white sugar soup.
3. "Compilation of Folk Commonly Used Medicinal Herbs": It can promote the healing of wounds caused by ulcers.
4. "Luchuan Materia Medica": It is used to treat wind-phlegm in children, spasms, sand stranguria, and to apply to boils.
5. "Sichuan Medicinal Herbs": It is used to treat masses, malaria, constipation, and to remove thorns and iron sand from the flesh.
【Side Effects and Contraindications of Jinsha Niu】
Jinsha Niu is toxic.
