摘要
The medicinal application and functions of big black ants can be found in Shen Nong’s Canon of Herbs, the first Chinese medicinal book written about 2000 years ago. In his work Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty described the edible value and curative effects of the black ants in the treatment of swelling, deep-rooted ulcers and other complaints.