Rubella itching, conjunctival congestion, tetanus, convulsion epilepsy, night crying, etc. According to China Pharmacology, it also helps to strengthen yang, relieve cough and promote fluid production, protect lung and kidney, resist bacteria and reduce blood pressure, treat alopecia and inhibit diseases.
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Cicada, whose skin is called cicada slough, is rich in chitin, isoflavone pterin, pterin and adenosine triphosphatase, and is often used to treat cough caused by exogenous wind and heat and hoarseness. Sore throat. Rubella itching, conjunctival congestion, tetanus, convulsion epilepsy, night crying, etc. According to China Pharmacology, it also helps to strengthen yang, relieve cough and promote fluid production, protect lung and kidney, resist bacteria and reduce blood pressure, treat alopecia and inhibit diseases.
When the mature nymph of cicada becomes an adult, the shell under cicada slough is called cicada slough, also called "cicada slough" or "cicada skin". Its main components contain chitin and protein, which are sweet, salty and cold, and enter the lung and liver meridians. This product is an important traditional Chinese medicine for pungent and cold relieving exterior syndrome.
Knowing that cicadas are cold and fragrant, they have the functions of dispelling wind and spreading lung, relieving fever and relieving shock. Cicada is nutritious and delicious, and has become a fashionable delicacy. It can be fried before the larvae become cicadas, or it can be pickled with edible salt and then fried.
Cicada is rich in nutrition, with protein content above 70% and fat around 7%, and its vitamins and various beneficial trace elements are higher than those of ordinary meat food, so it can be called the king of protein in today's food.
Cicada is also called cicada, and its cicada slough and male cicada can be used as medicine. The newly unearthed mature larvae are rich in nutrition, with protein content of 58-58% and fat content of 10-32%. In recent years, cicadas have been put on the table. As a health food, the market demand is increasing and the price is getting higher and higher.
0.3-0.5 yuan per fresh cicada. Wild resources alone can no longer meet the needs, so artificial breeding began today. People concerned believe that cicadas will become one of the important green foods for human beings. Artificial cicada breeding has the advantages of low investment, easy mastery of technology, labor saving, high efficiency and no risk, and it is a new project for rural prosperity.
Cooking method
Take some newly unearthed mature larvae (nymphs), soak them in clear water and a little salt, remove the soil, wash them with clear water, put them into barrels or pots, add a perforated cover with clear water, let them spit out dirty water, dry them for later use or put them in the refrigerator for freezing.
1, fried golden cicada. Take a proper amount of vegetable oil, heat it to 80% heat in a pot, add the processed ingredients, fry for 2-3 minutes, take it out, control the oil, and add salt, allspice powder, cumin, etc. According to your taste.
2, spiced golden cicada. Put the lightly fried golden cicada into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, add star anise, fennel, pepper, dried tangerine peel, ginger, pepper and salt to stew.
Feeding method
To raise cicadas, we must first provide sufficient supplies and nutritious forests. To cultivate trees, we must first cultivate seedlings of broad-leaved trees. Broad-leaved trees such as willow, poplar and elm can be planted. The trunk should be shorter and covered with nylon net.
In summer, the adults caught by cicadas are placed in the trees in the net room to lay eggs, and then the eggs are collected; Branches with cicada eggs collected in autumn are also buried in the roots of the net room. Can also be combined with planting fruit trees to raise cicadas.
For example, you can plant 300-660 square meters of peach trees, set the trunk lower, enclose the peach garden with welded nets, and cap the top with nylon nets. Adult cicadas are stocked in the peach garden, and cicada eggs are buried at the root of the peach tree.
Cooking method
Take some newly unearthed mature larvae (nymphs), soak them in clear water and a little salt, remove the soil, wash them with clear water, put them into barrels or pots, add a perforated cover with clear water, let them spit out dirty water, dry them for later use or put them in the refrigerator for freezing.
1, fried golden cicada. Take a proper amount of vegetable oil, heat it to 80% heat in a pot, add the processed ingredients, fry for 2-3 minutes, take it out, control the oil, and add salt, allspice powder, cumin, etc. According to your taste.
2, spiced golden cicada. Put the lightly fried golden cicada into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, add star anise, fennel, pepper, dried tangerine peel, ginger, pepper and salt to stew.
3. Lishui people are also particular about burning cicadas, and they should choose mature cicadas that have climbed trees. First remove the head, tail and wings of cicada, and then wash them with clear water. The most common method is "fried cicada".
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-cicada