Efficacy and effects of cuttlebone

Mulberry cuttlebone is the dried egg sheath of several species of praying mantis, such as the large knife mantis, small knife mantis, giant axe mantis, is a traditional Chinese medicine in China, its nutritional value is rich, not only can be used as medicine, but also can be eaten, so what are the efficacy and function of mulberry cuttlebone?

Treatment of kidney deficiency

Chinese medicine believes that the kidney to seal for use, the kidney should be solid and secret, the kidney essence should be sealed. If the kidney Yang is weak. Kidney qi can not be fixed, it will lead to spermatorrhea, slippery sperm, premature ejaculation, enuresis and frequent urination. It is a common drug for treating spermatorrhea, spermatorrhea, enuresis and urinary frequency caused by the loss of kidney seal and the lack of consolidation of essence. It is often used with Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Semen Cuscutae, Salviae Sinensis and Raspberry to consolidate spermatorrhea and stop enuresis, and with Puzzle Nut, Dragon Bone and Yuan Zhi to shrink urine and stop enuresis. It can also be used to treat women with soreness of the waist and dysmenorrhea. impotence due to deficiency of kidney qi and deficiency of kidney essence.

Treatment of pediatric enuresis

Mulberry cuttlebone has a strong therapeutic effect on functional enuresis, while pediatric enuresis is mostly functional, which is most appropriately treated with mulberry cuttlebone. A common formula for the treatment of pediatric enuresis: 10g each of mulberry cuttlebone, yam, puzzle nut, wolfberry, bone marrow and cuscuta, and 6g each of dulcimer and schisandra, can be taken with a decoction of water.

Treatment of night sweats and deficiency labor

The function of the internal organs of the human body is weakening with age, and the middle-aged and elderly and young people who are overworked with intercourse are prone to the phenomenon of white semen and night sweating. Mulberry cuttlebone has a good restorative and therapeutic effect on this functional sexual organ damage, and is often used as the primary treatment for night sweats. Commonly used remedy for night sweats: equal parts of roasted mantis and keel, caused to be ground into a powder, each time with an empty stomach with salt soup to take 6g.

Promote digestion

Cuttlebone has a certain stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, the first manifestation is the stimulating effect on the mucous membrane of the stomach wall, can promote the secretion of large amounts of gastric acid, which is related to cuttlebone contains more protein and active acid, can help digestion, and on can promote the peristalsis of the intestines, also has a certain therapeutic effect on constipation.

Cuttlebone dietary contraindications

1. cuttlebone in Chinese medicine belongs to a hot Chinese medicine, their own hot body should not eat, normal people are not a lot of food, so as not to cause physical discomfort. 2. mulberry cuttlebone warm nature of the medicine, help Yang solid astringent, so Yin deficiency more fire, hands and feet heart heat, dry mouth and throat, two cheek flushing, and bladder wrist heat and urine yellow, astringent pain in the urethra, the frequency of more people should not be used.

The nutritional value of cuttlebone

Cuttlebone mainly contains protein, fat, crude fiber, iron, calcium, carotenoid pigments, amino acids, phospholipids, lipoproteins, glycoproteinogen catechuic acid, bile green, etc.