CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What are the benefits of ants?

1. What are the benefits of ants?

Ants taste good.

Ants are directly sent to Chinese medicine slice factories, and basically only need to go through simple processes such as selection and drying. There are two types of retail products: dried ants and ant powder. Ants are powdered and packaged before they can be sold. Ant products are mainly used as health products and medicines. When used as health products, basically no deep processing is required. If it is used as medicine to make plasters or capsules, the ingredients must be refined and extracted.

Although there are many ants in Guangxi, many people find ants disgusting, so the retail sales are not as good as the medicinal sales. In fact, it tastes very fragrant. It is very crisp and has a bit of sour plum flavor.

You can't keep it alive at home, you can only use wild ones

Producing ants is actually very simple. Just hire people to catch them in the fields. However, wouldn’t it be more convenient if we could raise ants like raising bees? The raising of ants was tried more than ten years ago, and the conclusion was that black ants are not suitable for domestication. If we raise ants like raising pigs and chickens, they will grow fast and become fat. However, after countless experiments, it was found that domestic ants cannot be kept alive. Therefore, ants can only be used in the wild.

Three small ant nests can yield about one kilogram of yield, and sometimes one large ant nest can yield almost one kilogram, but now there are very few large ant nests. Experts said that after years of operation, they have a fixed "downline": farmers who want to use their spare time to make some extra money. When catching ants, just wrap the entire nest with a sack and seal it up. Do not touch it with your hands during this period, otherwise they will crawl all over your body and may bite you. After collecting them, the staff will manually screen and separate them, and then they are basically finished products.

Where did all these ants go?

The annual sales volume of ants in Guangxi is about 500 tons, which are sold all over the country and even exported abroad. The Japanese are particularly fond of taking black ants. What makes people curious is how to use so many ants?

The medicinal effects of ants were discovered by our ancestors long ago and applied to the treatment of rheumatism, kidney tonification, diabetes and other diseases. That is why ants have such a large sales volume. It turns out that after they sell black ants to Chinese medicine decoction factories, the pharmaceutical factories will extract the formic acid components of ants and use them as medicine to make rheumatism plasters or capsules, which have a wide range of applications.

In addition to the needs of pharmaceutical companies, some patients with rheumatoid arthritis are another group of consumers. This group of people often use ants for food therapy. Ants can be used to soak in wine to eliminate rheumatism. Rice wine is the best, which can remove the sour taste of black ants and taste better. White wine is also OK. If you take it with water, you can buy ready-made ant powder and take 10 to 20 grams a day. If you feel that the taste is not good, you can add some sugar. In general, patients with rheumatism, kidney deficiency, qi deficiency, high blood sugar, etc. have become the consumer army of 500 tons of ants.

Do ants really work?

It has been recorded that ancient emperors including King Wen of Zhou, Empress Wu Zetian, and Emperor Qianlong all liked to eat ants. There are also some ways for people to eat ants, such as adding ant powder to an appropriate amount of egg white and honey to make pills as a winter tonic food; some people crush ants and add them to seasonings to make special seasonings; in ancient times, they were also used as dishes, such as ant mooncakes, black colt balls, diamond wheat cakes, diamond bean paste, etc. So, do ants really have the effect of health care and disease treatment?

Experts believe that ants are often used to soak in wine in the folks, which has the effects of nourishing the kidney, strengthening the body, reducing swelling and detoxification, and is mostly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, bronchitis, kidney deficiency, etc. "However, ants are not available in general pharmacies now, because ants are not considered a real Chinese medicine, but an animal that can be used as both medicine and food, and there are many folk legends about their ability to cure diseases." It should be reminded that people who are prone to allergies when eating seafood should be cautious when eating ants, because ants are high-protein animals, and people who are allergic to seafood are also prone to allergies to ants.

2. The advantages and disadvantages of raising ants

Ants can be eaten raw, and are used medically to treat kidney problems. If they are specially raised, you can eat them. If they are wild, it is best not to eat them because they may carry bacteria! They taste unique when eaten raw.

3. Does anyone know what is used in the bottles sold in the market to raise ants? The bottles allow ants to dig holes at will and are colorful.

Ecological toys-Ant Workshop.

The solid substance is a nutrient gel that contains a variety of nutrients needed for ant growth. Ants use this as a nesting medium to dig holes and build caves, so we can intuitively understand the growth process of ants.

4. What are the benefits of understanding the habits of ants for humans?

Create value for mankind.

Ants have medicinal value. If you understand their habits, you can raise them.

The habits of ants can provide ideas and methods for scientific research.