Post Date April, 15 2023
Silkworm pupa is an absolute high protein food, and there are several folk sayings about the protein content of an egg on top of a silkworm pupa. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that silkworm pupa is suitable for kidney yang deficiency, impotence and ejaculation, rheumatic pain, and infantile malnutrition. It is a great product for nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang with silkworm pupa. Let's take a closer look at the aphrodisiac effect of silkworm pupa.
Silkworm pupa is a great tonic for kidney and yang
The silkworm pupa is the pupa of the silkworm moth family. The use of silkworm pupae as medicine has a long history in China. Silkworm pupae have a mild and sweet taste, and according to Sun Simiao of the Tang Dynasty's "Prescription for Preparing Urgent Qianjin Yaofang", they "benefit the essence and qi, strengthen the male Yang Dao... and treat ejaculation; According to Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" of the Ming Dynasty, "it is used to treat infantile malnutrition and slimming, lengthen muscles, reduce fever, eliminate roundworms, and decoct juice to drink to stop thirst." The "Compilation of Medical Records" states that "it harmonizes the spleen and stomach, dispels wind and dampness, and increases yang qi. It indicates that silkworm pupae have the effects of dispelling wind, strengthening the spleen, stopping thirst, calming nerves, and benefiting essence and yang.
Silkworm pupa is also an excellent nutritional fitness food. Biochemical analysis showed that the silkworm pupa contained deciduous pine, pupal oil sterol, pupal alcohol, a variety of unsaturated fat acids, phenols, folic acid, vitamin B2 and amino acids, and the crude protein content was up to 50%. Silkworm pupae have the characteristics of high protein and low fat, which can enhance human functions, resist aging, and provide nourishment.
Pharmacological studies have shown that silkworm pupae contain 28% to 30% fat, 56% to 63% protein, as well as minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, and abundant vitamins and hormones. The protein contained is easily hydrolyzed and similar to human protein, with a human absorption rate of around 90%.
Silkworm pupae contain a large amount of arginine, which exceeds that of chickens, fish, meat, and eggs. Arginine can eliminate fatigue, improve sexual function, and is an important raw material for producing male sperm protein. It has significant therapeutic effects on chronic hepatitis, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, leukopenia, and malnutrition. Chinese and Swedish scientists have collaborated to extract a broad-spectrum immune substance from tussah pupa.
This substance has therapeutic effects on cancer, arteriosclerosis, hepatitis, nephritis, etc. Silkworm pupae have inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and have better anti-inflammatory and anti infection effects. The unsaturated fat acid contained in it can reduce the excess cholesterol in human body. It has been confirmed that silkworm pupae have a certain regulatory effect on the metabolism of sugar and fat in the body.
