CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What are the medical uses of Chinese earthworms? How much does a wild one cost per pound?

1. What are the medical uses of earthworms? How much does a wild one cost per pound?

[Nature and flavor and meridians] Salty, cold; slightly toxic. Enters the liver meridian.

[Function and indications] It can break up blood stasis and repair tendons and bones. It is used for tendon and bone fractures, blood stasis, amenorrhea, and abdominal masses.

The price is 28-45 yuan per kilogram.

2. What kind of insect is this?

The return of the woodchuck

The earthworm, commonly known as the earthworm, earth beetle, ground turtle, and winnowing grass, is a traditional precious medicinal material in my country. In the late 1990s, the State Science and Technology Commission identified the breeding of earthworms as a "spark technology" and a project for the adjustment of agricultural industrial structure. For five consecutive years from 1999 to the present, due to the depletion of wild earthworm resources, the short time, small scale, poor technology and low yield of artificial breeding, the market demand has been increasing year by year, and the price has also been rising year by year. However, due to factors such as the influence of seed speculation, the high price of earthworm seeds and backward breeding technology, the breeding of this product has been in a tepid situation in the past few years. From 2000 to the present, driven by the market and the continuous improvement of breeding technology, the artificial breeding of earthworms and the market demand have been heating up year by year, and it has become a dazzling highlight in my country's special breeding and medicinal materials market. Since 2004, the price of earthworms has remained high, and the price of clear water goods has risen to 38-42 yuan (kilogram price, the same below), which has increased by more than 1 times compared with 18-20 yuan in 2001, and there is still room for upward movement in the future. Why did the earthworm make a comeback? Market research shows:

1. Expansion of uses

The wild earthworm is mainly produced in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Henan and other provinces and regions. It is also found in other places, but the output is very small. This product has the effects of removing blood stasis, clearing blood, eliminating lumps, healing fractures and stopping long-term malaria. It has significant effects on postpartum blood stasis, abdominal pain and swelling, sprains, hepatosplenomegaly, heart and stomach cold and heat, and mad dog bites. Modern medical research and clinical trials have proved that the earthworm also has the effects of inhibiting tumors, regulating blood lipids, anti-aging, anti-mutation, and hypoxia resistance. It has certain rehabilitation and health care effects on the treatment of liver cirrhosis, brain injury, vasculitis, osteomyelitis, etc. Over the years, major pharmaceutical groups (factories) in my country have developed hundreds of Chinese patent medicines using earthworms, which are sold well at home and abroad, such as ginseng turtle pills, chasing wind pills, Zhishang powder, Qili powder, Xiaozhong paste, Dieda pills, Chinese earthworm capsules, etc. The earthworm contains a variety of biological enzymes, proteins and trace elements such as selenium and zinc, and has extremely high value in nourishing, health care and beauty. In recent years, it has been on the table and has become a high-end dish. At the same time, a series of deep-processed products such as earthworm nourishing wine have also been put on the market and become a hot commodity.

2. Market demand is heating up

According to the survey, with the scientific and technological progress of traditional Chinese medicine and the development of modern medicine, the use of earthworms has been expanding year by year. The scope of application has gradually expanded from the single pharmaceutical market to many fields such as food, health care, and beauty. The amount of earthworms (dried and fresh) required has increased year by year, and it is estimated that the annual increase is about 20%. According to the calculations of relevant departments, the market demand for dried earthworms in 2000 was about 2,000 tons and fresh earthworms were 5,000 tons; from 2001 to 2003, they rose to 6,000 tons and 12,000 tons respectively. It is predicted that the demand in 2004 will be 12,000 tons and 20,000 tons respectively, an increase of 6 times and 4 times respectively.

It is reported that my country's large and medium-sized pharmaceutical groups (factories) and large and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies will vigorously develop new drugs, special drugs and Chinese patent medicines with earthworms as the main raw materials after passing GMP and GSP certification, and the raw materials earthworms required will increase exponentially; the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan markets have also imported a large amount of goods from the mainland in recent years, with an annual demand of more than 100 tons of dry products. At the same time, high-end restaurants and hotels in large and medium-sized cities in China such as Beijing, Tianjin, Harbin, Shenyang, Xi'an, Chongqing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, etc. need to use live earthworms as the main ingredients to develop dozens of delicious dishes, such as earthworm beauty liquid, earthworm powder, fire-roasted earthworms, silver turtles climbing on snow, etc., which are favored by consumers. With the renewal of people's consumption concepts, the enhancement of health awareness and the increasing consumption level, earthworms have entered the field of fashionable food consumption more and more widely. The rapid rise of the earthworm market has brought unlimited business opportunities for the development of the earthworm industry, and its market prospects will be very broad.

3. Resources are on the verge of extinction

More than 85% of the Chinese earthworms needed for the pharmaceutical and food markets are wild products. However, since the 1990s, the output of wild products has been declining year by year, decreasing by about 30% each year. In the past two years, wild earthworms have been on the verge of extinction, resulting in a growing market gap. The main reasons for the year-on-year decline of wild earthworms are: market shortages, supply and demand, high purchase prices, which greatly stimulate farmers and laid-off workers in the production areas to catch them indiscriminately; the ecological environment of earthworms has deteriorated year by year, and the long-term use of pesticides and fertilizers in various places has caused a large number of earthworms to die and cannot be replaced; with the mining, road construction, house demolition and reconstruction of old cities, the environment for wild earthworms to survive has been decreasing. These reasons have led to the extinction of earthworms, while market demand has been growing year by year, and the contradiction between supply and demand has become increasingly acute. At present, in the 17 large-scale Chinese herbal medicine professional markets across the country, large and good products are hard to find, and there are only sporadic stocks, which can only be a drop in the bucket for the large demand from pharmaceutical factories, hospitals, and pharmacies. According to estimates by industry veterans, the domestic shortage of ground beetles is over 80%. If timely measures are not taken, the shortage will not be alleviated within 3-5 years. Therefore, it is urgent to protect wild ground beetle resources, make sustainable use of them, vigorously develop artificial breeding, increase investment in science and technology, develop high-quality medicinal and edible varieties, form scale and industrialization, and meet domestic and foreign market demand.

The earthworm, also known as the earthworm, can be used as medicine

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3. Is earthworm breeding supported by the government as mentioned on TV? Are there risks for farmers to breed it?

Now on TV it is said that earthworm farming is not supported by the national government.

Farming is risky for farmers, and it is huge.

Earthworm is the Chinese medicine name of the common earthworm, which is widely distributed in my country. The main species include Chinese true earthworm, Hebei earthworm, golden edge earthworm, etc. Among them, Chinese true earthworm is widely distributed and has high medicinal value. At present, the vast majority of artificially bred earthworms are Chinese true earthworms, which are traditional and commonly used Chinese medicinal materials. The medicinal name is Su Tuyuan. Earthworm contains high protein, fat and sugar. In addition to medicinal and edible uses, people often use it as live feed for animals and rare birds and animals, high-grade feed for pets, precious fish bait, production of handicrafts and specimens. Therefore, earthworm breeding is a technology with very broad market prospects and development prospects.

Breeding points

1. Breeding conditions. Earthworms like to live in dark, moist, loose soil rich in humus. They are very adaptable and can be raised anywhere as long as a certain temperature and humidity are maintained.

2. Three-dimensional factory breeding. The equipment used to raise earthworms is relatively simple, and plastic basins can be used for small-scale breeding. If you want to breed earthworms on a large scale, you can adopt a three-dimensional multi-layer breeding platform. The specific method is: lay bricks against the wall in the house, and the height of each layer should be about 30-38cm. It is best to use cement boards for the layer boards, and 5-7 layers of breeding platforms can be built on each wall. Practice has shown that this kind of breeding platform can make the indoor temperature 6-10℃ higher than that of a flat pool, and the growth and development of earthworms is significantly accelerated. It only takes about 7 months to complete a generation, and the annual output is significantly increased.

3. Feed configuration. Earthworms are omnivorous insects. They can be fed with anything that pigs can eat, such as wheat bran, rice bran, cake meal, green fodder, potatoes, vegetable leaves, bones, etc. They only need to be fed once every night. Earthworms are the most voracious food for earthworms, so they can be used in breeding.

4. Scientific management. Scientific management is the key to success in artificially raising earthworms. Mites are common parasites in raising earthworms. The prevention and control methods include using trichlorfon and 20% mite egg ester powder, which are diluted 1:400 and mixed into the raising soil. Mites can also be removed by timely changing the raising soil or using fried dough sticks, bones, and pumpkin flowers as bait.

There are risks, but they are real.

I don't know whether there is such a policy. I only know that the breeding can be successful, but it is not profitable. You can go to the nearest Chinese medicine store and ask about the price of the finished product to find out.