Ground bull

Ground bull

(collection of common folk herbs)

[synonyms] Sha? Zi, Daoxing Gouzi, shuichong (the collection of Materia Medica), Sha Gu Niu (the preparation of raw herbs), Sha Niu (the origin of Materia Medica), ant lion (zoology Dictionary), Sha Niu Chong (Luchuan materia medica), Jinsha Niu (the manual of raw herbs), Di Gong (Sichuan Chinese materia medica).

[source] it is the larva of dragonfly.

[animal morphology] dragonfly, also known as ant sandfly.

The body is slender, slightly like a dragonfly. About 4 cm long, dark brown. There are 1 pair of large compound eyes on the head, without monocular eyes; 1 pair of antennae, stick shaped, black; mouthparts are suitable for chewing. There are 2 pairs of wings on the back of the chest, membranous, with reticulate veins; the front wings are transparent, with dark brown veins; the four wings have oval white border lines. Three pairs of chest and foot. The abdomen is slender. The larva looks like a spider, about 18 mm in length, with dark brown patterns on the body; the head and chest are small, chewing mouth, with forceps like jaws; wingless, 5 pairs of chest and feet, and large abdomen. There is more hair on the whole body.

Adults live in the grass and fly more than at dusk. The larvae usually live in the dry sand ground under the cave and the elm, and they are in the basin like cave and lurk at the bottom of the cave. When the small insects fall into the cave, they will prey. Most of the fallen insects are ants, so it is called ant lion.

[collection] all year round. Kill and dry after catching.

[flavor] spicy, salty, warm, toxic.

① Materia medica: poisonous. "

② Lu Chuan's materia medica: "flat, light. "

③ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "warm in nature, pungent and salty in taste, toxic. "

[function indications] it is used to treat sand drenching, malaria, sores and sores.

① According to the essential preparation of raw herbal medicine, it can be said that "when it comes to the treatment of pilferage, it will dissipate at the beginning, and it will be torn, extracted and buried in the mouth. "

② "Seeking the source of Materia Medica": "Tongqiao Lishui. Zhilin, fried with sugar soup. "

③ "Tui Chuang Guan" (collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines). "

④ Lu benchuan: treating infantile spasm by applying phlegm and herbs. "

⑤ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "treat malaria block, malaria mother, stool closed knot impassable, back bamboo wood thorn and iron sand into the meat. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 yuan; or powder. External use: grind, sprinkle or mash.

[selection] 1. Malaria control: Eleven dikuniu. Swallow with wine, once half an hour before the onset of malaria. Chronic malaria, take it for a week.

② Treatment of infantile malaria: seven dikuniu. Stir fry until fragrant. Swallow in boiling water.

③ Cure poison: seven ground withered cattle. Apply six pieces of rammed wool to the top of the pot, and put the other one on the head of the pot without ramming, and wrap it with cloth. (1) the following prescription is the secret prescription of traditional Chinese medicine in Guizhou Province.)

④ Treatment of scrofula: shagu cattle with borax, borneol a little, beat ulcers, covered with plaster. (essential preparation of raw herbs)

⑤ Treat bamboo and wood thorn and iron sand into the meat not out: dry cattle with pumpkin pulp applied to the affected area. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Di Gu Niu