What are the benefits and effects of centipede-infused liquor?
The centipede is also known as Tianlong, Baijiaochong, Shaoci centipede, and so on. Common centipedes come in three types: red-headed, green-headed, and black-headed. It ranks first among the five poisonous creatures, but the centipede itself can be used as medicine, and infusing it in liquor also has great benefits. So what are the benefits of centipede-infused liquor? How do you infuse centipedes in liquor? Let's take a look together below!
Can centipedes be infused in liquor?
Centipedes can be infused in liquor. Although centipedes are poisonous, their venom is a neurotoxin whose constituent component is protein, and soaking them in liquor easily makes it lose its activity. First scald them to death with boiling water; after scalding them to death with boiling water, it is best to find thin bamboo strips, insert bamboo strips sharpened at both ends into the head and tail ends, stretch them straight, then dry them in the sun or air-dry them before infusing them in liquor. Centipede, from the "Shennong Bencao Jing" materia medica: among the prepared slices there is also processed centipede, which is made by spraying and stir-frying with a small amount of liquor to counteract its fishy and foul odor.
Can centipede-infused liquor be drunk?
Centipede-infused liquor is for external use only; drinking it directly is toxic.
The benefits of centipede-infused liquor
1. Calms wind and stops spasms: mainly treats liver-wind convulsions, acute and chronic infantile convulsions.
2. Unblocks collaterals and relieves pain: suitable for stubborn rheumatic impediment and latent-wind headache.
3. Detoxifies and dissipates nodules: applied externally for sores and carbuncles, and scrofula.
4. Treats traumatic injuries: for swelling and pain from bruises caused by falls that have not broken the skin, wiping with centipede liquor can quickly reduce swelling and relieve pain, and it also has good effects on poisonous sores and unnamed swelling and toxicity.
How to make centipede-infused liquor
The method of infusing centipedes in liquor is actually very simple: put the sun-dried, chopped medicinal materials into baijiu and soak them together with the centipedes for at least half a month before use. Although this is a good thing, it is only useful for people who need it; healthy people had better not drink it. In addition, if you catch centipedes yourself, you cannot know whether they are poisonous, so it is better not to make medicinal liquor yourself; those who need it can buy it from a legitimate store.
Precautions for centipede-infused liquor
1. Centipede-infused liquor is toxic; the dosage must not be too large.
2. Centipede-infused liquor is for external use only; drinking it directly is toxic.
3. Contraindicated for pregnant women.
4. After contact with both hands, wash them clean with soap or hand sanitizer before touching food.