Medicinal flower snail

Oa nguu is a medicinal herb from the flower snail (Achatina fulica) - the largest snail in the snail family, living on land, in humid places, commonly in tree holes, bushes, especially in hedges of three-sided cactus. It is a mollusk with a large shell, a tower with 5 - 6 spirals, a large and wide mouth.

In terms of food, flower snails are a protein-rich food in daily meals and used as medicine when necessary. When catching snails, we leave them for 24 hours to release all the dirt or toxins from the plants they eat. Break the shell, intestines, stomach and esophagus, take only the meat, rub with salt and alum, wash to remove all the slime. Or spread the snails into a thin layer, sprinkle salt on them, stir 3 times, 5 minutes apart. Take the snails out, dip them in boiling water for 5-7 minutes, then wash them. Remove the snail meat from the shell, cut out the intestines. Soak the snail meat in 5% salt water for half an hour. Take the snails out, wash off the slime and impurities, and drain.

After processing, flower snail meat is also crispy and delicious, not less than stuffed snails when stir-fried, cooked, fried...

In traditional medicine, flower snails are used with the medicinal name of oa nguu, which has a salty taste, cold properties, fresh mucus, and has the effect of nourishing, detoxifying, anti-inflammatory, pain relief, antispasmodic, and diuretic. 1-2 flower snails, take the meat, crush it, add a little water, spread it on paper leaving a small hole in the middle, and apply it to treat acne on the face (Nam Duoc Than Hieu). Equal amounts of flower snail meat and apricot pulp, crush them, and make lozenges to treat sore throats and inability to swallow. Hydrolyzed flower snail juice, concentrated until it becomes a product called "snail protein", is used as a very good tonic. One of the medicinal recipes with flower snails to nourish the brain for the elderly is as follows: 1,000g flower snail meat, 600g Chinese yam, 750g sugar, 12.5g sodium bicarbonate, 2.5g benzoic acid, 0.03g menthol. Steam the cleaned snail meat with sodium bicarbonate until soft, then pound it. Add sugar and cook thoroughly. Mix in benzoic acid for preservation. Roast the Chinese yam until crispy, grind it into powder, sift it, and mix well with the snail meat until it becomes a non-sticky dough. Make 4g pills. Dry them. Take 4 pills a day for 15-30 days.

To cure asthma and rheumatism, take 2 snails, roast them until golden brown, chop them, and cook them to get the thick liquid. Wash 50g bamboo shoots, crush them, and squeeze out the juice. Mix the two liquids together and drink 1-2 times a day. Use for a long time.

Snail slime is a layer of mucus that covers the entire snail's body in its shell and is also used as a medicine according to folk experience. People get the slime by catching snails, using a towel to wipe off the dirt stuck on the snail's mouth, then using a sharp stick to continuously stimulate the snail's body, the slime will secrete a lot. Use a clean cotton swab to sweep the slime and use it immediately, do not let the slime stay overnight. Snail slime is very good for treating centipede bites. The reason for this effect is because the slime is a slime that has an alkaline reaction. When applied to a centipede bite, the slime neutralizes the acidity of the centipede's venom, causing a cool, pleasant feeling, and relieving pain.

According to foreign documents, in France, people have raised flower snails on an industrial scale and processed snail meat into a dish - a medicine that many people love. Dried flower snail meat, use 15g each time, roast until burnt, boil water to drink 3 times a day for 3-5 days, cure dysentery, diarrhea. To cure scrofula, take 60g fresh flower snail meat or 30g dried flower snail meat, chop finely, cook with 100g lean pork, add spices and eat during the day.

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