Black ant eggs: Precious medicinal herbs

According to oriental medicine, ant eggs are considered a precious medicinal herb, salty and spicy, with the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling, and relieving pain.

Black ants are wingless insects, 1.3-1.5 cm long, shiny black.

They live in large flocks in the mountains and forests, making nests on the ground. During the rainy season, they gather in trees to build nests.

Black ants contain up to 40% - 67% protein including many types of amino acids, including 8 irreplaceable amino acids, the medicinal name in traditional medicine is black horse, used raw. In Mexico, people have taken the eggs of giant black ants with the scientific name Liometopum to make cheese. Recently, on the menu of some restaurants in Vietnam, there is also a specialty dish made from black ant eggs.

According to oriental medicine, ant eggs are considered a precious medicinal herb, with a salty, spicy taste, and the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling, and relieving pain. Ancient medical books also mention treatments from black ants. Here are some typical treatments.

- Treat arthritis, rheumatism, chronic hepatitis: Every day, wash black ants, stir-fry with bitter melon and eat; combine with ants soaked in oil (castor or peanut) for a while, use for massage.

- As a tonic, to strengthen the body, and beautify the skin: People often use black ant eggs to make sticky rice and eat it every day as a tonic, to strengthen the body. Women who eat a lot of black ant eggs will have beautiful, smooth, and fresh skin.

Clinical trials on humans show that using wine soaked with black ant eggs improves health, nerves, increases energy for mental workers, people with physical weakness, enhances physiological function, supports male sexual dysfunction or problems with muscles, bones, joints...

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