Wasps nest is mainly used to diminish inflammation

What is wasp nest(Hornets Nest, Lu Feng Fang)? It mainly refers to the nests of Polistes mandarinus Saussure, which is an insect in the family Vespidae. But sometimes the nests of Polistes olivaceus (DeGeer), Polistes japonicus Saussure, or Parapolybia varia Fabricius, etc. are also used medicinally too. Other names include Nidus Vespae, Honeycomb, Hornet Nest, and so on. It is produced all over China, especially in the south. It is usually collected during autumn and winter. And the following steps are drying in the sun, or slightly steaming, removing dead wasps and wasp nest eggs, and then drying in the sun. It is used raw or fried.

Female Polistes mandarinus Saussure is black, 20 to 25mm long. Triangle head is with 1 pair of compound eyes and 3 ocelli. Antennae are 1 pair. Tawny stripes are on face, vertex, occiput, clypeus, palate, and cheeks; Punctum is on chest; And 2 yellow vertical lines are on the trailing edgeprothorax and back and mesonotum. Wings are 2 pairs and the fore ones are bigger than the hind ones. Propodeum is black and with 4 vertical brown lines. Abdominal patterns are hammer-shaped. The center of each abdominal segment is with black vertical lines. And it has a barb at the end of it tail. Slender brown feet are 3 pairs. It often droops and stretches its 6 feet when it is flying. Wasp nests are usually found on porch, air conditioner, above front door, attic, eaves, chimney, in window frame, high in tree, and so on.

Wasp nest health benefits
Traditionally wasps nest is mainly used to diminish inflammation, relieve pain, and cure Impotence. And many TCM masters have given it very high evaluations. Zhu Liang Chun, one of the most prestigious contemporary TCM doctors in mainland China, ever mentioned it in his work of Zhu Liang-Chun Yong Yao Jing Yan Ji (A collection of Zhu Liangchun’s Experience in the Use of Drugs) and said that it could cure thin clear leucorrhea, impotence, and chronic cough. Besides, Huang Sanyuan, a professor from Taiwan, claimed that hornet’s nest is better than penicillin on antibacterial effect.