For most people, a hornet's nest is equivalent to a wasp. As Miss Zhu, a resident of Golden New Town, said, she is afraid of being stung, so she can rest assured when she takes off. As for the use of hornet's nest, she doesn't care.
For Zhang Quanlong, a Chinese pharmacist with 30 years' experience, hornet's nest is a treasure because of its high medicinal value. Zhang Quanlong said that according to the records in the Pharmacopoeia of China, hornets' nests are also called beehives and beehives, which are disc-shaped or irregular flat blocks, some are lotus-shaped, with different sizes and one or several short black handles on the back. It has the effects of expelling pathogenic wind, attacking toxin, killing insects, relieving pain and resisting allergy, and is widely used in clinic.
Zhang Quanlong reminded that some people use honeycomb to soak wine to treat rheumatism and use honeycomb to boil water to treat children's autumn dryness and cough. These folk remedies have not gone through special scientific research, and their safety cannot be guaranteed. It's best to use them carefully.
Now the hive is thrown away as garbage.
Now every time a hornet's nest is dismantled, fire fighters will kill it with pesticides, and then put it into woven bags and throw it into the garbage bin after confirming that it is harmless. However, in other places, someone specially bought the removed beehives.
Mr. Cao used to buy beehives, but now he sells Chinese herbal pieces.
Mr. Cao said that hornet's nest is mainly used to make traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces, which has high medicinal value, but has few sources. There used to be a Chinese herbal medicine decoction piece factory in Changzhou, which would buy wild hornet's nest. Of course, not all hives can be harvested, such as those that are small and shaped like sunflowers, even if they are good; And like hanging from the roof, the big one is worthless and will not be accepted.
On average, the purchase price of beehives is about 180 yuan/kg.
Since the closure of Changzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Pieces Factory, there are still no pharmaceutical companies buying hives. Mr. Cao said he wanted to ask more questions. But he knows that almost every township will have private pharmacies to buy, and the old Chinese medicine practitioners inside will process and sell them in the form of folk remedies, which is said to have a good effect. Photo by Chen Jia Shu Wen Yi