Golden Sand Beetle is granular, 7-15 millimeters long, and reddish-brown in color with black-brown spots. It is mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Hunan, and other places. It can be captured all year round. What are the effects and functions of Golden Sand Beetle, and what are the dosage requirements?
Golden Sand Beetle
Golden Sand Beetle
Golden Sand Beetle is the dried body of the larva of the antlion Myrmeleon formicarius Linnaeus.
Origin: It is mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hainan, and other places.
Harvesting and processing: It can be captured all year round. It is usually sieved from the sand where the antlion lives in summer and autumn. After capture, it is lightly stir-fried over low heat until the body of the insect expands.
Taste: Spicy, salty, and warm.
Meridian tropism: It enters the kidney and bladder meridians.
Function: Clears heat, relieves spasms, disperses nodules, promotes diuresis and treats stranguria, and detoxifies abscesses.
Main uses: Used for high fever in children, kidney and urinary stones, difficulty urinating, scrofula, and carbuncles.
Golden Sand Beetle for Treating Kidney Stones
Golden Sand Beetle 10g, Desmodium styracifolium 30g, Plantago asiatica 20g, Polygonum aviculare 10g, Lepidium apetalum 20g, Taraxacum mongolicum 20g, Lysimachia christinae 10g, Scutellaria barbata 10g, Plantago depressa 10g, and Glycyrrhiza uralensis 6g.
