Bamboo bee

Bamboo bee

(notes on materia medica)

[synonyms] flute master (guopujie in dialect), Liushi (the collection of Materia Medica), bamboo bee (Baikong Liutie), bamboo screen bee (Luchuan materia medica), black bee, bumblebee and elephant bee (records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the whole insect of Bambusa.

[animal morphology] bamboo bee

Body shape obtuse round hypertrophy, about 2.5 cm long. Body black, dense soft black hair. One pair of compound eyes. Antennae slightly curved. The back of the chest is densely yellow. The wings are purplish blue, the color of the base is deep, the tip of the wings is light, and the whole wing is golden. Three pairs of feet, black and short.

They often nest in the stems of bamboo and wood, and mix saliva with bamboo and sawdust to make a partition. The nests were divided into several compartments, each compartment was used to store the mixture of pollen and honey, and lay eggs in it.

[collection] when bees live in bamboo in autumn and winter, the holes of bamboo are closed, the bamboo is cut down and heated by fire. After bees suffocate, the broken bamboo is taken out and dried in the sun. Or marinate with salt water for storage.

[nature and taste] Guangxi records of traditional Chinese medicine: "sweet and sour in taste, cold in nature, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine: "two meridians of stomach and large intestine. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, resolving phlegm and calming shock. Treatment of infantile convulsion, sore mouth, sore throat.

① Lu Ben Chuan's treatment of acute abdominal distension, expectoration and asthma, dispelling wind and water, relieving asthma. "

② Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "clearing heat, purging fire, dispelling wind. Treat tooth Xia, sore mouth, sore throat, infantile convulsion. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: dry grind powder, 2-4.