Mealybug is a terrestrial reptile, also known as big gecko and immortal toad. It has been recorded in detail in China since the Western Han Dynasty as a medicine, and it is a relatively common and valuable tonic for Yang and pacifying asthma. Because of its use in traditional Chinese medicine, the Chinese giant gecko has been caught in large numbers and is in a depleted state. In addition, the natural environment has been destroyed and the habitat of the giant gecko is gradually shrinking, which is also an important factor affecting its decreasing population. Mealybug is a local medicinal herb in Guangxi, and all kinds of dishes made of it as the main ingredient have the effect of great tonic. The story of mealybug and warlord is also circulated in Guangxi. The story of mealybug and Lu Rongting It is said that before Lu Rongting, a warlord of the Qing Dynasty, was recruited by the court, he crossed the border and became a “chivalrous bandit” in Vietnam. “The French naturally hated him to the bone and demanded that the Qing government exterminate the “Three Dots Club”. The Qing government, afraid of offending the French, ordered the border governor Su Yuanchun to send troops to clean up. On the one hand, the three points will not hurt the local people, so often get the people’s cover, on the other hand, the Qing army is not active in this purge, but only to deal with the matter, do the show. Therefore, despite the repeated deployment of troops, but not effective. So, the Qing government asked Lu Rongting with the imperial decree to recruit the “Three Points Association” for the court, Su Yuanchun of course agreed. However, Su Yuanchun’s staff said that Lu Rongting was a fierce tiger in the mountain forest, so he might not be willing to accept the decree in such a big way, and he had to think of a euphemistic and foolproof plan. Su Yuanchun knew that Lu Rongting’s wife was the one he feared the most, so he prepared mealybug stew and mealybug wine in advance in the name of feasting, and secretly called some prostitutes. This stewed mealybug with pangolin has the effect of nourishing Yin, tonifying the kidneys, aphrodisiac and benefiting the essence, and the general robust postulants dare not drink it, after drinking it, they are bound to have erection and even nosebleed. If you add drinking mealybug wine, it will be even more powerful. During the meal, Lu Rongting finished drinking mealybug stew and mealybug wine, and after a while, Su Yuanchun saw that the time had come and immediately made a wink to his men and called the prostitute to come in. When he was fooling around with the prostitute, Su Yuanchun secretly informed his wife to catch the adultery. Source and function of mealybug Source: The whole of the gutted mealybug of the gecko family. Origin: It is mainly produced in Longjin, Daxin, Baise and Rongxian in Guangxi. It is also produced in Yunnan, Fujian, Guangdong and other areas, and is artificially cultured in other areas. Taste: salty, flat; belongs to the lung and kidney meridians. Effects: Tonifying lung energy, stabilizing asthma, helping kidney yang, and benefiting essence and blood. Note: 1. “The power of medicine is in the tail, and those with incomplete tails will not be effective” (Compendium of Materia Medica), therefore, when using mealybugs, all of them must be intact. 2. “It is necessary to use both male and female in medicine, or to use male for yang people and female for yin people” (Compendium of Materia Medica). Therefore, mealybug can be used as a pair of medicine, not as a single one. The compendium of materia medica: “Mealybug is the same as ginseng in replenishing lung energy, fixing asthma and quenching thirst; it is the same as mutton in benefiting yin and blood, helping essence and supporting lethargy.” Therefore, mealybugs can be used to treat: 1. cough and asthma in the deficiency of lung and kidney, and cough in the deficiency of labor. It is often used together with mother of pearl, aster, and almond. 2, hemoptysis. It is often used in the same way as maitake, maidenhair and huhuanglian. 3. Kidney deficiency and impotence, spermatorrhea. Often used with Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Schisandra Chinensis, Bupleurum 4, frequent urination. It is often used in combination with mulberry cuttlebone, ginseng and deer antler. 5, thirst. Often used with Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng and Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni. Three snakes mealybug wine Three snakes mealybug wine is mainly made of wild mealybug and golden-ringed snake, cobra and gray rat snake, together with deer whip, dog whip, angelica, barberry, cistanches, epimedium and other precious Chinese medicines, and soaked in pure rice small currant wine made by the unique mineral water in Guangxi for a long time. The function of mealybug wine: tonifying kidney and benefiting lung, helping Yang and benefiting essence, dispelling wind and activating blood.