Flower mosquito

Flower mosquito

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] yellow ant (Dermatology, selected works of the exhibition).

[source] it is the whole body of Paederus Polychaeta.

[animal morphology] paederus hirsutus

It is shaped like an ant, with brown hair scattered all over the body. Its Coleoptera are very short, rectangular, dark blue or dark green. Antennae filiform, terminal for dark brown. The gill consists of three or four segments. The fourth segment is very short and the end is verrucous and dark brown. The posterior head is neck shaped, and the two segments of the head and tail are black. The prothoracic plate is slightly ovate, and its abdomen and feet are reddish brown.

Most of them live near fields, ditches and corn roots. They have phototaxis and often fly in late summer.

[collection] collected in summer and autumn, fresh.

It's poisonous.

[function indications] detoxification, insecticidal, antipruritic. Treatment of neurodermatitis, ringworm.

[should avoid] this product is toxic and should not be taken orally.

[selected formula] ① for neurodermatitis and tinea: appropriate amount of ant worm. After soaking in 75% alcohol for three days, take out the solution and wipe the affected area, once every seven days. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine comes from nature and taste)

② Treatment of neurodermatitis: appropriate amount of yellow ants, remove the ant head, squeeze out the visceral juice and apply it to the affected part, once every 6-8 days. After 4-6 hours, the skin of the affected area was irritating and painful, then red and hot, forming a flaky papular dermatitis; then nitroamine ointment was applied, scab formed in 2-3 days, pruritus disappeared, scab removed in 4-5 days, skin was smooth, soft and cured. (selected works of the whole exhibition: Dermatology)