Can centipedes be eaten raw?

Centipedes rank first among the five poisons. The first pair of feet is hooked, with pointed venomous glands at the end of the hook, which can expel poisonous juice. Pharmacological properties: salty, spicy, warm. Toxic recovery of liver, spleen and lung meridians. It can be septicemic and anti-cancer, but it usually requires bamboo slices, cleaned, baked over light heat, and sliced. So can centipedes be eaten raw?

Generally speaking, centipedes can not be eaten raw, they are too toxic, have poor effect on eating raw, and are harmful to the body. But for special people, maybe it can cure the disease.

The harm of eating centipedes raw

According to the official website of Hong Kong's South China Morning Post on July 31, the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene published a study on July 30, saying that this is the first time a foodborne parasite that can be deadly to humans has been found in centipedes.

Lu Lingli, a neurologist at Pearl River Hospital and one of the leaders of the research project, said: "We have not heard of centipedes that eat centipedes, but obviously these two patients think that eating centipedes raw is good for their health. But it makes them sick. "

Centipedes are commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine, but they are usually dried or ground into powder, so they do not carry the parasite, the report said.

This is the first time that researchers have tested Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a foodborne parasite, also known as mouse lung nematode, in centipedes because its adults like to live in the pulmonary arteries of mice. This roundworm is mainly found in snails and other molluscs.

An example of eating centipedes raw

I have also heard that there is a person who eats centipedes to cure diseases, but that person lives in deep mountains and forests all the year round and keeps company with these insects. Moreover, that person eats centipedes while drinking liquor, so, relatively speaking, his physical condition is more complicated than ours. Moreover, he has become accustomed to the toxicity of centipedes so as not to get sick, but ordinary people cannot easily try. It has been reported that some people who eat centipedes are still alive and have cured their rheumatism for many years, but experts believe that this is only an isolated phenomenon and that the toxicity of raw centipedes needs to be studied.