Miscellaneous Notes "On "Boiled Eggs in Boy Urine""

In the past, when I was in Zhejiang, I heard that in Dongyang, Jinhua, there is a custom of boiling eggs in the urine of children every spring at the beginning of spring. It is said that it can cure sleepiness in spring and heatstroke in summer, and it has also been included in the intangible cultural heritage.

?At this time, the busiest thing is the kindergarten. Every day, the door is crowded with people collecting children's urine, with large buckets and small buckets, and the atmosphere is high. And the conditions are very strict, he must be a boy and his age cannot be more than five years old.

?Because some scientists question its scientific nature, many people have found fragments from the Compendium of Materia Medica to support its rationality. However, the Compendium of Materia Medica only states that children's urine is cold in nature and decoction is mainly used to treat syncope and laxatives. It does not mention the prescription of boiled eggs.

?Traditional Chinese medicine is very mysterious and mysterious. I dare not make any comments in case a large number of Chinese medicine dogs come to tear me apart. However, judging from the fact that isatis can cure SARS and Shuanghuang Lian can cure non-coronavirus, it is mostly a joke.

?Fortunately, (pseudo)experts are not saying that eating poop can suppress non-coronavirus. Otherwise, the septic tank will be pried open by someone in the middle of the night. If that were the case, it would later be discovered that the patient's stool carried the virus, which would only add to the joke.

? Disasters have been frequent recently. The non-coronavirus has just turned around. I heard that African locusts are coming again and are raging, and they are likely to invade China in the near future. People can’t help but think of American carp and crayfish, species that were almost eaten to extinction by Chinese people. Are locusts an exception?

Of course, China has a custom of eating insects. Whether it is cicadas, locusts, scorpions, centipedes, etc., they have all been on our dining tables. There are even more disgusting artificial maggots that some people have feasted on. It is said that maggots can cure bedwetting.

? There are also ants, which are said to be aphrodisiacs. Suddenly, people from all over the mountains and plains are rushing to dig ant nests, almost preventing the ants from becoming extinct. Because of this, there is an MLM organization that takes advantage of people's curiosity to create the product "Yi Li Shen".

?So, are African locusts edible? I don’t know. I think the experts may not be able to tell for a while. Domestic locusts are edible, especially at barbecue stalls in summer. They cost five yuan a bunch, so no bargaining is allowed.

?However, as seen from some foreign videos, African locusts are yellow-brown, while domestic locusts are green. This shows that African locusts have mutated and can break through the hunting of birds. They are likely to carry viruses like bats.

To be precise, domestic green locusts are like green food. African mutated locusts, like genetically modified foods, have some problems. Therefore, we advise diners to eat less to prevent the spread of a new virus.

?At this time, it is even more necessary for experts to come forward and provide the basis for the conclusion that it is inedible. Don't mention some of the basis for aphrodisiac. In the end, there were many silly jokes about isatis root, Shuanghuanglian, and even children boiling eggs in urine.