How Do Centipedes Reproduce? A Detailed Explanation of Their Reproductive Methods and Process

The centipede itself can be used as medicine, and quite a few people have started raising centipedes artificially, so how do centipedes reproduce? Let us take a look together below.

I. How do centipedes reproduce?

. The lifespan of a centipede is only 6 years. After reaching sexual maturity, they generally mate in the early morning after rain from March to May and from July to August, and begin laying eggs after 40 days. The female centipede lays the fertilized eggs on her own back so that they can hatch in time. Each female centipede lays eggs for as long as 2-3 hours at a time, laying 30-60 eggs each time. The surface of the eggs is rich in mucus, and the eggs stick to one another to form an egg mass. During the incubation period, the female centipede neither eats nor drinks until the young centipedes hatch, and then they grow to adulthood.

II. The Benefits of Centipedes

1. Eliminating pathogens

Eliminating pathogens is one of the important effects of centipedes as traditional Chinese medicine. After the medicinal centipede is purified and processed, the resulting medicinal liquid has a clear eliminating effect on many kinds of skin fungi in the human body. In addition, when scientists carried out scientific experiments on centipedes, they also found that the medicinal components it contains have a clear eliminating effect on Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans in the human body.

2. Improving human immune function

Medicinal centipedes can also improve human immune function. In daily life, people with low immune function who often suffer from recurrent diseases can, by taking an appropriate amount of centipedes, significantly improve their immune function, and the amount of immunoglobulin in the body will also increase considerably. It can help those recurrent diseases recover quickly.

3. Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain

Medicinal centipedes can also be steeped in liquor for external use. The medicinal liquor made from them can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and can also reduce swelling and relieve pain. When people suffer from swelling and pain caused by bruises and injuries, they can directly apply the prepared centipede medicinal liquor to the injured area, and the symptoms of swelling, pain or blood stasis will quickly disappear. In addition, when people have poisonous sores or nameless swellings and toxins, medicinal centipedes can also be used for treatment, with particularly outstanding results.

4. Dispelling wind and removing dampness, dredging collaterals and relieving pain

Medicinal centipedes can also dispel wind and remove dampness, and can dredge collaterals and relieve pain. They have an outstanding therapeutic effect on numbness of the limbs, joint pain and rheumatoid arthritis caused by blocked meridians in humans. During treatment, medicinal centipedes can be taken alone, or they can be used together with Chinese medicinal materials such as Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), Zuhuo and Weilingxian (Clematis chinensis).

Centipedes are very common in daily life, but they are somewhat toxic, so if you encounter a centipede in normal times, you must be careful.