The Therapeutic Benefits of Dragonflies in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Strengthening Kidney Yang and Enhancing Essence
The dragonfly, also known as qingling, is a beneficial insect whose primary food sources include the larvae of mayflies and midges found in water. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), it is also used as a medicinal ingredient, with the earliest records found in the “Bie Lu” by the physician Tao Hongjing from the Liang dynasty … Read more