The main functions of Xianzhufeng are: clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, treating infantile convulsions, aphthous sores, sore throat, dispelling wind and resolving phlegm, promoting qi and reducing swelling, treating wind and phlegm and closed orifices, asthma, abdominal distension, and Feng Shui edema.
Xianzhufeng is a traditional Chinese medicine. It is made from the whole insect of the Apidae insect, the Bamboo Bee. After breaking the bamboo, it is taken out and dried in the sun. Or pickled and stored in salt water.
Bamboo bees are also known as black bees, bumble bees, elephant bees, bamboo bees and bamboo tube bees. The body shape is obtuse and plump, black, with dense soft black hair and one pair of compound eyes. The antennae are slightly curved, and the back of the chest is densely covered with yellow hairs. The wings are purple-blue, with darker color at the base and lighter color at the tip of the wings, with the whole wings shining golden. There are 3 pairs of legs, black and short.
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Bamboo peaks are distributed throughout southern my country. They often live in the stems of bamboos and mix their saliva with bamboo sawdust from drilling wood to make partitions. Divide the nest into several grids, store a mixture of pollen and honey in each grid, and lay eggs in them.
The dried whole adult bamboo bee can be used as medicine. No obvious toxicity of bamboo bee has been found, but the dosage should not be too large. It is generally recommended to use it in conjunction with other drugs. Bamboo bees live in wild bamboo forests. They fly quickly and come and go frequently. They often drill holes in decaying bamboo trees under the eaves to make nests. Bamboo bees return to their nests in winter and drill into bamboo tubes.
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