Are mealybugs poisonous?

Mealybugs are non-toxic, but should not be used indiscriminately and must be directed by a doctor. Mealybug is included in the “Chinese Pharmacopoeia” of a Chinese medicine, is the gecko animal mealybug dry body, its medicinal properties of salty and flat, into the lungs and kidneys two meridians, the good tonic kidney and lungs, to help the yang Yi Jing, the gas fixed wheezing, for the lungs and kidneys insufficiency, false wheezing and shortness of breath, impotence and spermatorrhea, cough and coughing up blood and other illnesses. This medicine is not toxic, but should not be used indiscriminately, especially those who have wind-cold or real heat should be avoided. Clinically, mealybugs are often combined with shellac to improve coughing and wheezing caused by phlegm-heat in lung deficiency. Its and Yi Zhi Ren, can also warm and tonify the kidney yang (warm and supplement the kidney yang), consolidate and cultivate, applicable to spermatorrhea and urination, kidney impotence. Besides, mealybugs can also be made into Chinese medicines such as mealybugs asthma capsules and Hailong mealybug oral solution. Although mealybugs are non-toxic, improper use of mealybugs may aggravate the condition, so it must be guided by a Chinese medicine practitioner.