Black ant eggs: A valuable medicinal ingredient.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, ant eggs are considered a valuable medicinal ingredient, with a salty and spicy taste, and are used to clear heat, detoxify, reduce swelling, and relieve pain.
Black ants are wingless insects, measuring 1.3-1.5 cm in length and having a glossy black color.
They live in large groups in the mountains and forests, building nests underground, and during the rainy season they move up into trees to build shelters.
Black ants contain 40%-67% protein, including many types of amino acids, among which are eight essential amino acids. In traditional medicine, they are known as "hắc mã nghị" and are consumed raw. In Mexico, the eggs of the giant black ant species, scientifically known as Liometopum, are used to make cheese. Recently, some restaurants in Vietnam have also featured a specialty dish made from black ant eggs on their menus.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, ant eggs are considered a valuable medicinal ingredient, with a salty and spicy taste, and are used to clear heat, detoxify, reduce swelling, and relieve pain. Ancient medical texts also mention therapeutic remedies using black ants. Here are a few typical remedies.
- To treat arthritis, rheumatism, and chronic hepatitis: Every day, wash black ants thoroughly, stir-fry them with bitter melon and eat; combine this with soaking ants in oil (castor oil or peanut oil) for a period of time, then use it for massage.
- As a tonic, to boost physical strength and improve skin: People often use black ant eggs to cook sticky rice and eat it daily as a tonic to boost physical strength. Women who eat a lot of black ant eggs will have beautiful, smooth, and radiant skin.
Clinical trials on humans have shown that consuming alcohol infused with black ant eggs improves health, nervous system function, increases energy for intellectual workers and those with physical weakness, enhances physiological function, supports the treatment of male sexual dysfunction, and addresses issues related to muscles, bones, and joints.
According to Nguoi Lao Dong - NT
