CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What kind of insect is this? Is it harmful to humans?

This is the earthworm [tǔ biē], also known as earthworm, earth bleating, "winnowing dustpan bug", Guanyin bug (in the southwest region), etc.

The Chinese earthworm is a medicinal insect, and its dried female body is a traditional animal medicine. "Compendium of Materia Medica" Insects Volume 41 V. Medicinal name. It is another name for V., see "V.". It is the dried female body of Eupolyphaga sinensis Walker or Steleophaga plancyi (Boleny) of the family Eupolyphaga. After catching, put it in boiling water to kill it, and then dry it in the sun or oven.

This is what people often call earthworms, also known as earthworms. After becoming adults, they are processed into a traditional Chinese medicine. It usually lives in dark and humid places and is harmless to the human body.

The ground beetle likes dark and humid environments and may enter human houses to hibernate in winter.

Scientific name: Earthworm

Other names: Soakable insect, earth beetle, earth beetle, street turtle, ground turtle, segmented insect, bedbug, etc., earthworm.

It is a traditional Chinese medicine that has the effect of breaking up blood stasis and repairing tendons and bones. It is used for tendon and bone fractures, blood stasis, amenorrhea, and lumps.