Are slugs poisonous?

I believe that many people have not heard of slugs. Slugs are not worms that grow in the snot, but a kind of mollusk that grows in southern China. It is also known as water slugs and slugs. It looks like a snail without a shell. So, are slugs poisonous ? What are their uses? Many people still don't know this series of questions. In order to clarify the relevant issues of slugs, we need to understand the functions and uses of slugs.

What are slugs?

If you want to understand the functions and uses of slugs, you must first understand what slugs are. Only by fully understanding slugs can you know whether slugs are poisonous? Let us now learn about the morphology, living habits and killing methods of slugs.

It forms the order Stylophora with some snails. It looks like a snail without a shell, with a moist and mucus-covered body. A popular method of killing it is to sprinkle salt on it to dehydrate it to death.

It is a common mollusk with a lot of water in its body (almost 85% of the centipede's body is water). When we sprinkle salt on it, because the concentration of salt is greater than the concentration of water in its body, it will absorb all the water in its body (and it will also die), so it looks like it has turned into a pool of water.

The body often secretes mucus, leaving silvery-white traces after crawling. Lives in dark, humid places. Lurking during the day, active at night and on rainy days. They are hermaphrodites that mate and lay eggs. It feeds on the tender leaves and buds of plants and is a pest to vegetables, fruit trees, tobacco, cotton, etc. However, yellow slugs can be used in traditional Chinese medicine, which has the functions of reducing swelling, relieving pain, relieving asthma and treating infertility.

The medicinal value of slugs

[Functions and indications] Clears away heat and dispels wind, reduces swelling and detoxifies, breaks up phlegm and dredges menstruation. It is used to treat stroke, tendon spasm, epilepsy, wheezing, throat congestion, pharyngeal swelling, carbuncle, erysipelas, amenorrhea, abdominal masses, and centipede bites.

1. "Depei Materia Medica": "eliminates phlegm nodules."

2. Ben Jing: "It is used to treat wind-induced crookedness, tendon dysfunction, rectal prolapse, epilepsy and spasm."

3. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can treat centipede and scorpion venom."

4. "Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine": "It can dispel wind, calm nerves, and consolidate collaterals. It can treat swelling and pain caused by heat sores, bronchitis, and rectal prolapse."

5. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is good at treating all wind-heat, fire and dryness as ailments, and all wind-heat, fire and phlegm as diseases."

6. "Compendium of Materia Medica Chongyuan": "It is used to calm the nerves, clear away heat, detoxify and relax the muscles. It can treat sore throat, wind-heat throat numbness, and put it into the throat and swallow it."

7. "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "It can promote menstruation, remove blood stasis, detoxify and reduce swelling, and promote urination. It is mainly used to treat amenorrhea, abdominal pain caused by abdominal masses, pain caused by blood stasis caused by injuries, and carbuncle, swelling and erysipelas."

8. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is used to treat swelling, toxicity, heat, swelling and pain caused by heat sores."

Usage and dosage of slugs

For internal use: roast and grind into powder or grind into pills. For external use: grind into powder or mash for application.

1. Centipede bite. Apply the slug by mashing it raw.

2. Hemorrhoids are hot, swollen and painful. Mash a large slug into a paste, add three parts of borneol and half a penny of rouge, and apply it to the affected area. Before applying the medicine. It is better to use water boiled with stone sedge for fumigation and washing.

3. Ulcers on the shins. Use ten slugs, dry them on a tile, grind them into powder, mix with oil and apply to the affected area, the effect will be immediate.

Through the above understanding, I believe everyone already knows what slugs are. So are slugs poisonous ? Although slugs can be used to eliminate phlegm, eliminate swelling and pain, clear away heat and detoxify, etc., slugs cannot be taken casually, especially by children, because of their weak bodies. They must take slugs under the guidance of a doctor in a regular hospital to avoid improper use and cause harm.