What is the medicinal value of silkworm cocoons?

Research] from the "Compendium of Materia Medica": silkworm cocoon, the book is multi-purpose, and the Materia Medica does not speak, and the text is lacking. In modern times, carbuncles were used to replace needles, and one head was used to produce one head, and two pieces to produce two heads.

Boiling soup to quench thirst is very famous in ancient times. Danxi Zhu said that this thing can relieve the fire in the bladder and lead the clear qi to the mouth, so it can quench thirst.

Pharmacological effects] The cocoon of silkworm moth has cholinergic effect. The 90% ethanol extract of silkworm cocoons treated with petroleum ether, ether and chloroform showed cholinergic effects on blood pressure, isolated guinea pig ileum and rabbit duodenum in anesthetized cats. However, on frog rectus abdominis specimens, there is no effect on striated muscle.

Processing] Cut the cocoon to remove the internal impurities. Or put it in a jar for calcination.

Identification of raw medicinal materials] trait identification, silkworm cocoon oblong or slightly constricted in the middle, 3-4cm long, diameter. The surface is white or light yellow, with irregular wrinkles, and there is attached silk, which is fluffy. The filaments on its inner wall are very regular.

The body is light and tough, and it is not easy to tear. It has a slightly fishy smell and a light taste.

Efficacy classification] hemostatic drugs.

Sexual taste] "Compendium": sweet, warm, non-toxic. 【Indications】Treatment of blood in the stool, blood in the urine, blood collapse, thirst, nausea, sores, carbuncle swelling.

Compendium": Burnt ash and wine clothes, treat carbuncle without head, and break the next day; It also treats all kinds of boilers and blood, blood, and blood collapse. Boiled juice to drink, quench thirst, regurgitate, and remove roundworms.

Usage and dosage] Internal: decoction, 1 3 yuan; or into a powder. External use: grinding or dressing.

Prescription] Treatment of intestinal wind, blood in the urine and stool, drenching pain: cocoon yellow, silkworm molting paper (and burning), late silkworm sand, white zombie silkworm (and fried) equal parts. For the end, add a little musk. Two dollars per serving, sent down with rice drink, three times a day. ("Shenghui Fang" cocoon yellow scatter).

Quench thirst: boil silkworm cocoon soup, one per serving. ("Zhu's Collection of Medical Prescriptions").

Treatment of children due to acne residual poison, there are erosion sores on the limbs, pus is endless: out of the moth cocoon, no matter how much, with raw alum pounding, inside the cocoon, burned with charcoal, dried alum juice, taken out as the end. Dry stickers inside the mouth of the sore.

If it is swollen and painful, take a life drink. ("Pediatric Pox Rash Prescription" Mian Cocoon).

Treatment of nausea and vomiting: ten cocoons. Boil the juice, cook three chickens and eat them, and serve them twice a day with ashless wine. (Pu Ji Fang).

Treatment of chyme: burn ash in silkworm cocoons, mix honey, and wipe the mouth. (Quanzhou Materia Medica).

Mulberry cocoon is a kind of natural animal protein fiber secreted by mulberry silkworm when forming cocoons, which can be used to make silk clothing, silk quilts, silk, artificial products, artificial blood vessels, new storage media, etc., with a wide range of functions. The silk quilt made of it is warm, breathable, gentle and close-fitting, and it is not easy to be stuffy and not pressing.

Dispel wind and stop spasmodic, dissolve phlegm and dissipate knots, clear heat and detoxify.

1. Silkworm cocoons can dispel wind and stop spasms.

In the life of sudden stroke or sudden fainting, hemiplegia or even mouth and eye crooked symptoms and other symptoms, the effect of silkworm cocoons can have a good effect on these symptoms. In modern medical research, it has been found that silkworm cocoons have a good effect of dispelling wind and antispasmodic, and also have a good effect on some stroke diseases.

2. Silkworm cocoons can dissolve phlegm and disperse knots.

In some patients with phlegm nucleus and lymphitis, silkworm cocoon can be combined with other phlegm-reducing drugs, which can make sputum nucleus patients have a good effect, which is a valuable experience in many clinical diseases. The effect of silkworm cocoon is also a good relief effect for some patients with chronic pharyngitis.

3. Silkworm cocoon has a good effect of clearing heat and detoxifying.

Among the effects of silkworm cocoons, the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying is very good, since ancient times, there are many medical Kwai Bao medical books, there are records that the detoxification effect of silkworm cocoons is very good, especially for children and other types of fever, there is a good heat dissipation effect.

Quality inspection

1. The value of silk quantity.

It mainly refers to the silk yield and the silk yield of fresh cocoons.

2. Relief value.

Including the relaxation rate, the length of the silk and other traits related to the production efficiency of silk reeling.

3. Silk value.

Including cocoon silk denier, thickness gap and cocoon silk traits.

4. Group value.

It refers to the uniformity of various shapes between the cocoon grains of the same batch of silkworm cocoons and the number of cocoons in the batch.

These four values together constitute the commodity value of the cocoon, a raw material for the silk reeling industry. All cocoons with high cocoon rate and good relief, long silk and high silk production rate are excellent cocoons. In addition, the white color of the cocoon, the normal luster, the cocoon shape and other characteristics are also important criteria for high-quality cocoons.

The above-mentioned standards can generally be determined by the dry shell inspection method and the silk reeling inspection method.

Draw silk, make silk, and raise silkworm chrysalis.

Hello, the main use of silkworm cocoons is to make silk, silk is a high-grade textile, shed burial has the characteristics of soft, smooth, breathable, good hygroscopicity, etc., is widely used in clothing, household goods, handicrafts and other fields. In addition, chain cocoons can also be used to make cosmetics, medical supplies, food, etc. In cosmetics, silkworm cocoons can act as a natural moisturizer and antioxidant, helping to improve **quality.

In medical supplies, silkworm cocoons can be used to make dressings and hemostatic agents, which have good biocompatibility and biodegradability. In food, silkworm cocoons can be used as a high-protein, low-fat nutritious food, which has the effect of nourishing and maintaining health. In short, silkworm cocoon is a very natural material for sailing, and has a wide range of application prospects.

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<>1. The role and efficacy of silkworm cocoons are very extensive, generally having hemostasis, detoxification and other effects, followed by blood in the stool, regurgitation, etc., and secondly, it can also be used to make soup and drink.

2. Usually refers to mulberry cocoons. The sac-shaped protective layer of the pupal stage of the mulberry silkworm contains the pupal body. The protective layer includes parts such as cocoon coating, cocoon layer and pupal lining. The cocoon layer can be reeled, and the cocoon clothes and the reeled waste silk can be used as raw materials for silk cotton and silk spinning.

3. Silkworm cocoons are mainly made of fibrous protein silk fibrin, which is bonded with another protein, sericin, in addition to a small amount of oils, pigments, inorganic substances and so on. Sweet, warm, non-toxic, return to the spleen. It has the effect of stopping bleeding, quenching thirst and detoxifying.

4. Silkworm cocoons are sweet and leaky, warm, non-toxic, and return to the spleen meridian; It has the effect of stopping bleeding, quenching thirst and detoxifying; It is mainly used for the treatment of blood in the stool, blood in the urine, blood collapse, thirst, nausea, carbuncle and sores.