Water strider

Water strider

(notes on materia medica)

[synonyms] Shui MA (a collection of Materia Medica), Shui reptile (compendium), Po Zi (Eastern medicine treasure), Shui monk, Shui douyou (insect taxonomy) by Cai Banghua.

[source] it is the whole insect of water strider.

[animal form] water strider

Slender body, dark brown, about 1 cm long. The head is triangular and slightly longer. Compound eye 1 pair, located on both sides; monocular degeneration; muzzle slightly long, divided into 3 segments, the second segment is the longest; antennae filiform, 4 segments, protruding in front of the head. It has 3 pairs of feet, short forefeet, long middle and hind feet, and 2 tarsals. The ventral surface is gray, and the lower part of the body is covered with silky fine hairs.

It lives on water and can jump and prey on other insects. Eggs are laid on aquatic plants. It is often covered with filaments.

[nature and taste] herbal Heritage: "poisonous. "

[function and indications] "treatment of hemorrhoids". "

[prescription selection] for all hemorrhoids: 30 old women, wrapped in three pieces of paper, each with 10 pieces, hanging in the back of the Yin. Each bag is made into a suit, which is grinded and rotten. The hollow warm wine is adjusted and eaten for a long time. Three days in a row. Long hemorrhoids pus blood, 20, 30 take. (Shuima powder, a treasure of Eastern medicine)