Are geckos poisonous? The efficacy and function of geckos

Geckos are relatively common animals in our daily lives, especially in cool and shady places. Geckos are beneficial insects that mainly survive by preying on mosquitoes. The gecko itself is not poisonous. At the same time, the gecko is mainly used as a medicinal material. It has good effects on the body, such as dispelling wind and relieving pain, clearing away heat and detoxifying. Gecko urine is somewhat toxic. If you need to catch a gecko, you should wear gloves because if your skin comes into contact with gecko urine, it will easily cause skin allergies, and in severe cases, redness and swelling will occur. Generally, there is no need to capture geckos. If geckos are needed for medicine, it is best to use them with the advice of a doctor.

Are geckos poisonous?

Geckos are generally non-toxic and have certain medicinal value. Traditional Chinese medicine uses geckos to treat rheumatism, paralysis, colds, etc. However, the excrement of geckos is poisonous. Some people may accidentally get water-like liquid on their hands when cleaning eaves, corners or incense burners. Usually, people will experience itching, redness, swelling, and rash on their hands after coming into contact with gecko urine. If you wash your clothes repeatedly with plenty of water after getting stained with gecko urine, this behavior is a stress response unique to humans. If you find geckos in your kitchen, try not to kill them; just catch them outside. Ingesting gecko urine may cause local discomfort, pain, and foreign body sensation in the throat and esophagus, which will aggravate the condition for people with pharyngitis. The kitchen is where people cook, so geckos in the kitchen need to be driven away more than geckos in the bedroom. To avoid accidentally ingesting gecko urine.

The efficacy and function of geckos

1. Calming down wind and calming nerves

Geckos taste salty and are cold in nature. They are reptiles that are good at promoting blood circulation and activating collaterals, extinguishing wind and calming the nerves. They are used to treat convulsions in children, paralysis caused by stroke, convulsions caused by tetanus, rheumatic pain, wind-phlegm convulsions and epilepsy.

2. Softening and dispersing lumps

Gecko tastes salty, which can soften and disperse lumps. It is cold in nature and good at clearing away heat and detoxifying, unblocking meridians and relieving pain. It is often used for diseases such as scrofula, cancer, etc.

3. Dispel wind and relieve pain

Geckos are cold in nature and have the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying, removing wind and relieving pain. They are often used for rheumatic pain. Patients are affected by wind-heat and dampness, which lead to rheumatism. Or because the wind-cold-dampness arthritis does not heal for a long time, the evil stays in the meridians and joints, and becomes hot due to depression and heat. For example, in "Jinkui Yi·Rebi" it says: "Rebi is the accumulation of heat inside the body..., there is heat in the viscera and meridians, and then the wind, cold and dampness invade it. Heat is blocked by cold, and qi cannot flow. Long-term cold turns into heat, which causes paralysis and stuffiness." Symptoms include joint pain, local burning, redness and swelling, which are slightly relieved by cold, and the pain cannot be touched. The disease can affect one or more joints, and is often accompanied by fever. Systemic symptoms include aversion to wind, thirst, restlessness, yellow and dry tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse. The treatment should use gecko, which can clear away heat, dredge meridians, dispel wind and dampness, disperse blood stasis and relieve pain.

4. Clear away heat and detoxify

Geckos are reptiles that are good at walking and running. They are salty and cold in nature, and have strong heat-clearing and detoxifying abilities. They are often used for various vicious sores and carbuncles. For example, the "Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor" says: "When the nutrient qi is not in harmony and goes against the flow in the flesh, carbuncles and swellings will occur." Another example is the "Jingyue Complete Works of Surgery". "Lun Ji" : "Carbuncle is caused by heat congestion outside the body, which is the poisonous qi of yang. It is high in swelling, red in color, very painful, with a thin and shiny skin, pus that is easy to turn into pus, and the mouth that closes easily. The quicker it comes, the quicker it heals." Its treatment should use gecko to clear away heat and detoxify, soften and disperse nodules, and relieve blood stasis and pain.