Instructions for the use of the wax moth for adults and children. Extract of wax moth larvae: composition and medicinal properties

On the basis of the wax moth, a tincture is prepared, which helps to cope with a number of pathological processes, for example, premature wilting, infertility, as well as other ailments, which will be described below. Beekeepers have been using this moth (moth moth) for quite a long time as a treatment, making an alcoholic extract from its larvae.

So that you know more, let's talk about this tool. Consider how the wax moth extract is useful, medicinal properties, doctors' reviews, remedy contraindications. By the way, this insect is also called the bee moth, which has long been used by traditional healers for some ailments.

Who is the wax moth extract indicated for, is it effective in what cases?

An extract prepared on the basis of a wax moth can be used in the following situations:

With diagnosed tuberculosis;
With chronic bronchitis, asthma, with pneumonia, as well as with bronchiectasis;
With some blood diseases, including anemia;
Ischemic disease, myocarditis, arrhythmias, hypertension, tachycardia, heart defects;
The extract is prescribed in pediatric practice with the consequences of generic pathology, with impaired growth, with weakened immunity, as well as with dysbiosis;
Recovery of the body after surgery;
With the pathology of the digestive tract: gastritis, colitis, hepatitis, pancreatitis;
With climacteric syndrome;
The extract is used in gerontology for some pathology in old age;

And also the extract of the larva of the wax moth "found a use for myself" in the rehabilitation of athletes after overload.

Despite such a significant list of applications for the extract prepared on the basis of the fire, there are some contraindications.

Does the wax moth extract have contraindications for use?

Contraindications include lesions of the digestive tract of an ulcerative nature; the extract should not be used by pregnant women, as well as in the presence of allergic reactions to the components of this agent.

Application of wax moth extract

The method of using the wax moth extract will be as follows. Usually appoint 50 drops twice a day thirty minutes before a meal. Treatment is started with 15 or 20 drops in order to reveal the body's reaction to the drug, if an allergy develops, then it is not recommended to use this remedy.

The full course of application of the extract lasts for three months. If necessary, it can be repeated after about thirty days. Before using this remedy directly, it is important to consult a doctor.

Healing properties of wax moth extract

The wax moth extract has an anti-sclerotic, antioxidant and strengthening effect, in addition, it normalizes blood microcirculation in tissues, improves trophic processes, reduces thrombus formation, and also has an immunostimulating effect, increases the body's defenses.

In addition, among other medicinal properties of the extract, antibacterial and antiviral effects can be noted, and it also normalizes metabolic processes in the body, causes hypoglycemia (lowers blood sugar), and also lowers cholesterol.

The drug has a psychotropic effect, in particular, the patient's mood improves, in addition, the ability to learn improves, which is useful for people with intense mental stress.

Such an extract contains a serine protease, which is an enzyme that prevents the formation of adhesions, and also dissolves scars, which is important if the patient has such formations after surgery.

Amino acids, for example, histidine and methionine, have been identified in the extract of the fireweed, which help to protect the body from the so-called ionizing radiation, remove toxic compounds and salts of heavy metals from the body.

Due to the acidic peptides and nucleosides present in the extract, together with amino acids: histidine, valine, isoleucine, the body's endurance increases, the muscles recover more fully after heavy loads.

This extract is also useful for athletes, as it helps to increase the energy supply of the body, enhances the biosynthesis of hemoglobin, and also affects the better absorption of calcium. This remedy can be classified as a natural anabolic.

Does the wax moth extract help, what are the doctors' reviews about it?

Based on the reviews of some doctors, we can conclude that if you do not abuse the extract, do not exceed its dosage, then it can be used and it will be effective, since it has a significant range of medicinal properties listed above.

Other doctors, on the other hand, tend to believe that the extract is completely useless, except for the placebo effect (dummy). Thoroughly chemical composition wax moth has not been studied, yes and no scientific evidence the therapeutic effect of this drug, respectively, should be approached with caution.

Over many years of practice, some doctors have come to the conclusion that such an extract helps someone, but does not have a therapeutic effect for others.

Conclusion

Does the extract of the wax moth larva have contraindications for use has been mentioned above. They must be taken into account. One of the qualities of an extract prepared from a wax moth is considered to be the absence of toxicity, as well as sufficient effectiveness. In this connection, its use can be justified only after preliminary consultation with a specialist and after assessing the patient's condition.

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CHAPTER 10.
PREPARATIONS BASED ON ALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF WAX Moth larvae. COMPOSITION, PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES. BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL PROPERTIES.

The wax moth is one of the few living creatures that are evolutionarily adapted to living in a bee hive. It got its name for unique ability digest and assimilate beeswax. Developing in the hive, the larvae destroy the combs and damage the brood of bees, and the mass reproduction of this insect can devastate the warehouse of wax raw materials. For this reason, the wax moth is not loved by beekeepers. However, few people know about its medicinal properties that can cover the damage. Meanwhile, wax moth larvae have long been used in Russian folk medicine for the treatment of tuberculosis, chronic broncho-pulmonary diseases and impotence in men.

The first mentions of this effective folk remedy refer to XVII century... The history of the study of this unusual insect is associated with the names of prominent Russian scientists. Its origins go back to I.I. Mechnikov, who turned to the wax moth at the end of the last century in search of a remedy for tuberculosis, an incurable disease at that time. Mechnikov's idea was that the digestive enzymes of an insect that eats beeswax, will be able to destroy the wax membrane of tuberculosis bacteria. The scientist noted: “I most I now devote time to this topic. I got the undeniable result that old larvae capable of pupating do not digest tubercular bacilli at all, while young ones, during the period full growth, they digest them perfectly ”. An attempt to use the bacilli killed in this way to obtain an anti-tuberculosis vaccine was unsuccessful.I.I. Mechnikov's research was continued by his student professor S.I. Metalnikov. Studying the immunity of the wax moth, he demonstrated the extremely high resistance of its larvae against the causative agents of tuberculosis, plague, diphtheria, tetanus and other microorganisms pathogenic for humans. The role of dissolved hemolymph enzymes in immune reactions has been shown. This is how the enzymatic immunity of insects was discovered.

By the middle of this century, the wax moth has become one of the traditional objects of research in the biochemistry and physiology of insects. At the same time, its medicinal properties remained unknown outside the narrow circle of traditional healers.

We owe the revival of the ancient remedy to the Moscow doctor S.A. Mukhin, who has devoted more than 30 years to the study of the wax moth extract. S.A. Mukhin dealt with problems traditional medicine and homeopathy. For a long time he studied the cardioprotective properties of the extract. Using funds from handwritten medical books of Russian folk medicine, phytotherapeutic recipes of the old Western European pharmacopoeia, data of modern researchers and his own observations, he developed an effective combination of the extract with other biologically active components and created a complex preparation "Vita" on its basis. Its action seemed truly magical and justified the name given to it by the author.

According to the clinical data of S.A. Mukhin, the drug is able to heal tuberculous cavities in the lungs, to favorably influence the structure of the myocardium after a heart attack, preventing the formation of connective tissue scars.

A new page in the history of the ancient medicine was its research in the laboratory of Professor M.N. Kondrashova at the Institute of Biological Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where the chemical composition of the extract was studied, and some of its active components were identified. It was shown that the chemical composition and activity of the extract significantly depend on the nutrition of the wax moth.

In 1992, the RF patent "Method for obtaining a biologically active product from wax moth larvae" was received, while the authors of the patent were N.A. Spiridonov, A.K. Rachkov, S.A. Mukhin, M.N. Kondrashov. The patent describes a method for large-scale production of an active extract of standard chemical composition from a wax moth grown outside the hive under controlled conditions.

General chemical composition of wax moth extract

The content of elements in the extract of wax moth larvae

Composition of nonessential and irreplaceable amino acids (content in dry extract,%).

glycine 4.0 ± 1.2%
aspartic acid 4.9 ± 2.0%
alanine 8.4 ± 2.3%
glutamic acid 5.8 ± 2.3%
valine 4.1 ± 1.6%
lysine 2.3 ± 1.3%
leucine 5.0 ± 1.9%
arginine 0.7 ± 0.5%
isoleucine 2.6 ± 1.1%
histidine 1.1 ± 0.3%
serine 5.2 ± 2.0%
tyrosine 1.3 ± 0.6%
thyreonine 2.6 ± 1.3%
finylalanine 1.9 ± 0.7%
proline 4.9 ± 1.1%
tryptrophan 0.07%
methionine 0.7 ± 0.3%
gamma-aminobutyric 0.03 ± 0.02%
cysteine ​​+ cystine, traces.

Content of mono- and disaccharides in the extract of wax moth larvae (in dry extract,%)

glucose 2.12 ± 1.37%
ribose 0.14 ± 0.13%
fructose 0.19 ± 0.12%
mannose 0.14 ± 0.13%
arabinose 0.19 ± 0.10%
maltose 0.09 ± 0.06%
trehalose 0.16 ± 0.09%
cellobiose 0.04 ± 0.03%

Used in folk medicine, the extract of wax moth larvae grown on natural food is a transparent reddish-yellow liquid containing about 1% dry matter in 40% ethanol and exhibiting characteristic luminescence (luminescence maximum at 430-440 nm, at the length of the exciting light 350 nm). The extract contains significant amounts of potassium, phosphates, magnesium, zinc and iron. It also contains trace elements with significant biological effects (copper, manganese, selenium, chromium, molybdenum, cobalt).Free amino acids from insect hemolymph make up 50-60% of the dry matter of the extract. V the greatest number represented by alanine, glutamic and aspartic acids, serine, leucine and proline. The extract also contains lysine, histidine, arginine, methionine and a small amount of gamma-aminobutyric acid.

About 1.5% of the dry extract are nucleosides, nucleotide bases and their derivatives. Adenosine, uridine, adeiine, uracil, thymine, xanthine, hypoxanthine, and 2-methyladenine were isolated. The total fatty acid content of the extract is relatively low (about 0.1% dry matter). The main part of fatty acids is palmitic (C 16: 0), oleic (C 16: 1) and linolenic (C 18: 3) acids.

The high molecular weight fraction is 1-2% of the dry matter of the extract. It contains proteins, peptides, and conjugates with a molecular weight of 2-6 kilodaltons. Conjugates contain about 70% peptides. The peptide component of the conjugates is dominated by glutamate and aspartate (31.6%) with a relatively low content of basic (10.1%) and aromatic (2%) amino acids. The extract also contains unidentified serotonin-like substances that have a myotropic effect on smooth muscles. The components of the extract capable of exerting a therapeutic effect include nucleotide bases and nucleosides, glutamate, aspartate; proline, lysine, histidine and other amino acids that affect tissue metabolism, gamma-aminobutyric acid, which has an inhibitory and antistress effect, as well as biologically important trace elements contained in the extract.

Conjugated compounds entering the extract with bee products, as well as an unidentified low molecular weight factor contained in the extract, which stimulates the growth of certain cells, also exhibit biological activity. There is an assumption that endogenous steroid hormones of insects, regulating the processes of development and metamorphosis, have anabolic, adaptogenic and hypocholesterolemic effects in mammals. Similar biologically active compounds found in wax moth larvae (ecdysterone, ecdysone, 3-epiecdysone, 3-epihydroxyecdysone), according to N.A. Spiridonov (1994), may contribute to the therapeutic effect of the extract.

Thus, the extract of the larvae of the large wax moth, used in folk medicine, contains a wide range of biologically active components of both endogenous and exogenous origin. The activity of the extract is largely due to the nutritional characteristics of the wax moth, which absorbs the waste products of bees. The alcoholic extract of the large wax moth is applied by mouth and topically. Attempts are being made to create soft dosage forms (ointments, liniments and cosmetic creams) containing the extract. Ophthalmologists are showing interest in eye drops and ointments with an extract. A well-known Moscow doctor and homeopath created a mixture called "Vita", which, in addition to the wax moth extract, contains extracts from many medicinal plants.

The combination of an alcoholic extract of the larvae of a large wax moth and a liquid alcoholic extract of Leuzea (Dr. Rachkov's balm) is very promising.

Biological and therapeutic effects of the alcoholic extract of the larvae of the large wax moth.

The biological effects of the extract are largely due to biologically active components:
1.Factors that stimulate the growth of neurites and inhibit the aggregation of neurons in culture;
2. A factor that stimulates the growth of lymphoblastic cells;
3. Alkaline serine protease.

The factor that stimulates the growth of neurites is of exogenous origin and is found in the natural food of wax moth larvae (dark waxy dryness). Stimulation of neurite growth is due to a fraction containing acidic peptides, as well as a non-protein component.

Stimulation of the growth of lymphoblastoid cells is due to the low molecular weight fraction of the extract. Presence in the extract this factor due to the absorption of products of the bee colony by the larvae.

The extract does not contain toxic components and does not have a damaging effect on animal cell cultures. A.K. Rachkov and his co-workers showed (1992) that the acute toxicity of the extract is very low even in comparison with such a non-toxic drug as a liquid extract of Eleutherococcus. A.K. Rachkov showed (1992) that long-term administration of the extract to laboratory animals (white rats, rabbits, Guinea pigs) in doses of 0.05, 0.25 and 0.50 ml / kg body weight / day, orally and subcutaneously did not cause adverse changes in blood biochemical parameters... The activity of aspartate and alanine aminotransaminases moderately increased, which, apparently, reflects an increase in energy metabolism under the action of the extract. Long-term administration of the drug did not cause pathological changes in the tissues and organs of laboratory animals.The study of the effect of the drug on the blood pressure of rabbits with long-term administration of the extract (180 days) at doses of 0.05, 0.25 and 0.5 ml / kg of body weight / day showed that the systemic pressure gradually steadily decreases by 12-19% of initial level. The drop in blood pressure is detected by the 10th day of the experiment and remains low until the end of the experiment.

Course administration of the extract to rats at a dose of 0.5 ml / kg of body weight / day (through the mouth) led to a pronounced slowdown in blood coagulation by the end of the second week of the experiment. This, as well as the accumulation of glycogen by the cardiac tissue and a decrease in systemic blood pressure observed at the same time, testify to the optimization of the state of the cardiovascular system under the action of the extract. On the 30th day of the introduction of the extract, some hypercoagulation was observed, apparently due to a change in the state of the sympatho-adrenal system. These phenomena disappeared after the withdrawal of the extract.

According to the clinical data of Dr. S.A. Mukhin (1961), the main therapeutic effect of the extract is cardioprotective.

An important indicator of the functional stability of organs is the content of glycogen, one of the main energy reserve substances. The extract caused a significant increase in its content in the heart muscle (myocardium), which reached a maximum on the 15th day of the experiment (A.K. Rachkov, 1992). The increased content of glycogen to the myocardium persisted after discontinuation of the drug. The accumulation of glycogen in the liver and skeletal muscles was less pronounced.

In the tissues of the heart and aorta, an increase in the amount of pyruvic acid and a decrease in the content of lactic acid were observed, which indicated an increase in aerobic processes in these organs. Physiological studies carried out on preparations of rat heart muscle showed that the extract increased the strength of contractions by 25-55%, and also showed pronounced cardioprotective properties, increasing the resistance of the heart to toxic effects cardiotropic poisons (cardiac glycoside strophanthin K).

Experiments carried out on aging rats showed that a course administration of the extract (0.25 ml / kg body weight / day) increased the resistance of the heart muscle of animals to artificial ischemia. By the end of the first week of administration of the extract, the duration of tolerated ischemia increased 2 times compared with the control, and by the end of the second week - 3 times. By the end of 3 weeks, there was a slight decrease in the anti-ischemic effect. In parallel experiments, the effect of the course administration of the extract (0.25 ml / kg / day, through the mouth) on the respiration parameters of the heart mitochondria of aging rats was investigated. Aging animals are characterized by a state of chronic stress, which manifests itself at the mitochondrial level in the form of hyperactivation of oxidative processes (oxidative phosphorylation). The introduction of the extract led to a significant decrease in the rate of oxidative phosphorylation, bringing it closer to the level characteristic of young animals in a calm state.The extract of the wax moth has pronounced adaptogenic properties, increasing the endurance of animals to physical activity... The adaptogenic effect begins from the 5th day of the experiment and reaches a maximum on the 20-25th day of the extract administration (A.K. Rachkov, 1992, 1994).

The appearance of signs of hypercoagulation after 30-day administration of the extract, characteristic of hyperadrenalinemia, as well as a decrease in glycogen content in skeletal muscles and liver observed at the same time, suggested that one of the adverse effects of high doses of the extract is an increase in the level of catecholamines in body tissues. Doses of the extract of 10 and 100 μl / day caused an increase in the content of catecholamines in the tissues of the heart and aorta, which is characteristic of stress, accompanied by a decrease in their content in the adrenal glands.

Short-term administration of the extract to rats causes a decrease in the content of catecholamines in the heart muscle, which can be considered a favorable factor.

The extract of the larvae of the large wax moth has a myotropic effect, causing a dose-dependent contraction of smooth muscle preparations.

The myotropic activity of the extract is due to the absorption of products of the bee colony by the larvae (bee bread, honey, wax, propolis), which contain acetylcholine, serotonin, as well as myotropic factors of an unknown chemical nature.

Thus, the studies carried out have shown that the extract of the larvae of the large wax moth exhibits wide range biological activity, with a pronounced ability to adapt the body to extreme physical activity. An essential link in the general adaptogenic effect of the extract is its cardiotropic and cardioprotective effect. It is expressed in the intensification of oxidative processes in the heart, as well as an increase in the weight coefficients of the heart, the content of glycogen in it, in an increase in the resistance of the myocardium to the toxic effect of strophanthin.

The optimization of the state of the cardiovascular system under the influence of the extract is evidenced by a drop in systemic arterial pressure and hypocoagulation. These experimental data are consistent with the results of clinical studies by S.A. Mukhina, who was the first to discover noticeable cardiotropic and cardioprotective properties of the extract.Long-term administration of the drug to laboratory animals in moderate doses did not lead to adverse metabolic changes. Moderate activation of transaminases, in contrast to a significant increase in their activity in pathology, can be considered as a sign of activation of intracellular energy metabolism.

The wax moth preparation used in traditional medicine has an adaptogenic, cardiotropic, cardioprotective, hypotensive and anticoagulant effect on the body, which makes it promising for its use both in cardiovascular diseases and to prevent aging of the body.

Indications and contraindications for the appointment.
Undesirable side effects.
Combinations with drugs and BAPP.

The extract of the larvae of the large wax moth is an old remedy Russian folk medicine used to treat pulmonary, cardiovascular and senile diseases. Since the 17th century, the extract has been used in folk medicine for the treatment of tuberculosis and senile diseases. In the 50s-70s of our century, the extract of the wax moth was successfully used by Dr. S.A. Mukhin as part of the complex drug "Vita" for the treatment of atherosclerosis, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases.

In 1992, the RF patent "Method for obtaining a biologically active product from larvae of a large wax moth" was received (N.A.Spiridonov, A.K.Rachkov, S.A.Mukhin, M.N. Kondrashova).

At the Department of Pediatrics, Ryazan State medical university(Head of Department Prof. NV Dmitrieva) the extract was used in children with broncho-pulmonary diseases. This drug can be the agent of choice in treatment, since it has an adaptogenic, anabolic effect, increases functionality organism and contains a rich set of biologically active substances. Children received the extract by mouth at a dose of 10 drops per 60 kg of body weight. The drug was administered once on an empty stomach with a small amount of water. Spirometry was performed in sick children, blood gas composition, content of T- and B-lymphocytes, immunoglobulins were determined by the Mancini method, the state of peripheral blood was assessed with determination of the number of reticulocytes, osmotic resistance of erythrocytes, energy status of cells (content of pyruvate, lactate, NAD / NAD .N. ORP LACT / PIR). Already in the early stages of drug use, patients showed a noticeable improvement in their general condition, disappearance of bronchospasm, wheezing, normalization of peripheral blood (content of erythrocytes, hemoglobin, reticulocytes), gas composition and acid-base balance of blood, the content of T-helpers, an increase in the osmotic resistance of erythrocytes, the normalization of spirometric parameters. None of the patients had side effects.

The authors of the clinical studies concluded that the study of the drug in the clinic gave positive results, it is necessary to continue clinical trials, to clarify the indications for the use of the wax moth drug, the possibility of combining it with other drugs, and the selection of an individual dose (single, daily and course).

In 1961, the famous Moscow doctor SA Mukhin proposed the drug "Vita", the main component and the main active principle of which is the alcoholic extract of the larvae of the large wax moth. Biologically active drug "Vita" is intended for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases - atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, arrhythmias. The drug is recommended as a geriatric agent for the prevention and treatment of age-related diseases.

Medicinal plants (dandelion root, motherwort, marsh beetle, hawthorn flowers, horsetail herb, white mistletoe herb, periwinkle leaves, yarrow herb, bearded cystoseira, rue herb, cinquefoil goose herb, arnica flowers, St. John's wort, caraway seeds, lemon balm leaves, valerian root, lily of the valley flowers, creeping thyme herb, chamomile flowers, peppermint leaves, foxglove, fennel, hops, spring adonis herb) are included in the Vita preparation in various combinations and quantities. These medicinal plants insist for 2 weeks at 40 ° ethyl alcohol in the dark at room temperature. The tincture is filtered or filtered, 6 ml of the wax moth preparation is added.

The drug "Vita" is taken 7 drops daily in the evening for 2 months. After a 2-3 month break, the course of drug treatment should be repeated.

An experience practical application the drug "Vita" by Dr. S.А. Mukhin showed that a 2-week intake of the drug by patients with angina pectoris, myocardiosclerosis, myocarditis in most cases leads to the cessation of pain attacks, a decrease or disappearance of shortness of breath, and the normalization of ECG indicators. Taking the drug for 2-4 weeks in patients with myocardial infarction led to the disappearance of angina attacks, a decrease in the signs of heart failure. With long-term administration of the drug (1-1.5 years) in courses of 2-3 months, a positive dynamics of changes in the structure of the myocardium was observed. The drug prevented cicatricial degeneration of the myocardium. Disorders of atrioventricular conduction, arrhythmias disappeared, intraventricular conduction improved. The drug has positively established itself as a geriatric agent when used in courses in the spring and autumn periods of the year.

S.A. Mukhin in 1961 thus substantiated the use of the drug "Vita". He noted: “Two weeks after the onset of a heart attack, when the recovery processes in the myocardium begin, we usually prescribed the homeopathic complex preparation“ Vita ”to the patients. The composition of this drug, in addition to cardiac homeopathic remedies, includes agents affecting the central nervous system, gastrointestinal tract, liver, strengthening and increasing sexual function, agents affecting the exchange of connective tissue, peripheral circulation. The basis of this complex homeopathic preparation was the geriatric recipes we found in the manuscripts of Russian folk medicine (a manuscript of the 17th century in the manuscript department of the State historical museum in Moscow), as well as other recipes described in Hager's manual. " According to S.A. Mukhin, the drug was taken by a group of elderly people in the amount of 300 people. The material was reported by the author at the Longevity Conference in Moscow in 1959.

In obstetric practice, for the first time, this drug was studied by the associate professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Ryazan State Medical University Yu.K. Gusak. The extract was used in pregnant women with recurrent miscarriage, in patients with placental insufficiency, anemia. Treatment of sick women was carried out under the control of biochemical studies, ultrasound scan data in the dynamics of pregnancy.

The complex effect of the extract helps to improve microcirculation, rheological properties of blood, improve uteroplacental blood circulation, which ultimately maintains the functional activity of the placenta and preserves pregnancy.

The restoration of various types of metabolism under the influence of wax moth extract is characterized by an increase in the level of hemoglobin in erythrocytes in pregnant women with anemia. Observations of 250 pregnant women with recurrent miscarriage showed high efficiency therapy. She allowed women to endure pregnancy, give birth to live and healthy children. In 1997, a patent application "Method for the treatment of placental insufficiency" was filed (authors YK Gusak, VN Morozov, AK Rachkov, VG Chikin). This goal was achieved by the fact that Dr. Mukhin's Balm (an alcoholic extract from wax moth larvae) was prescribed in order to normalize adaptive reactions and increase the synthetic function of the placenta.The use of the wax moth preparation in athletes of average qualification (middle and long distance runners, marathon runners) in the above dosage increased their resistance to extreme physical activity, prevented the phenomena of overtraining, normalized sleep, and accelerated the recovery of athletes.

Combination of wax moth preparation with drugs and BAPP.

1. Cardiac glycosides (strophanthin, digitoxin): reduction of toxic effects, increased cardiotonic action.
2. Anticoagulants of direct action (heparin): increased action of heparin, danger of overdose.
3. Antihypertensive drugs: increased antihypertensive and sedative effects.
4. Antianginal drugs (nitroglycerin, nifedinine): increase the effect, decrease the toxicity of nitro drugs.

Tincture of wax moth - known folk remedy, originally used to combat tuberculosis and some other diseases of the lungs, bronchi and the respiratory tract in general. However, later, with the increase in the popularity of this remedy, numerous additional features, and today healers recommend using it for almost any disease.

However, as popular as the wax moth is as a healing agent, its tincture is never prescribed by certified doctors to treat patients. Its effectiveness, it would seem, is justified using scientific terms, but in reality there was no large-scale scientific research and work on its study.

Therefore, the use of wax moth tincture should be treated with sufficient caution and remember that history does not know statistically significant documented cases of cure with its help, and reviews of the effectiveness of the tincture are often of very dubious reliability.

How and from what is the wax moth tincture prepared?

Tincture of wax moth larvae is prepared from caterpillars of the penultimate age of the wax moth butterfly, a well-known pest of bee hives. Both the caterpillar itself and the butterfly of this species emit special substances, the same smell as those secreted by bees. Accordingly, the bees in the hive do not perceive them as strangers and do not attack them.

Wax moth larvae feed on honey, wax, bee bread, they can sometimes eat eggs and even young bee larvae, which is very harmful to the entire bee family. If there are too many moths in the hive, the bee colony may die altogether.

“Tincture of wax moth is an excellent remedy for chest pains and migraines. I am an experienced beekeeper, for more than ten years I have been preparing such a tincture according to my recipe and drinking it. Previously, I had a constant headache due to the weather, and in winter there were clear signs of tuberculosis, although the doctors did not find him. As soon as he began to drink, everything went away. I recommend this remedy to everyone. "

Ilya Ivanovich Smirny, Belozersk

It is believed that the ability of the wax moth larvae to assimilate wax as food is due to the presence in their digestive tract of the enzyme cerrase, a special substance that breaks down the chemical components of wax. Since the tubercle bacillus has a shell similar in chemical nature to wax, a theory arose that cerrase can break down the outer covers of mycobacterium tuberculosis and lead to its death.

For the sake of truth, it is worth noting that biochemistry knows neither such a substance - cerrase (at least with that name), nor reliable data confirming that when using tincture of wax moth larvae, the causative agent of tuberculosis dies in the human body. Therefore, the very evidence of the properties of wax moth tincture remains not very convincing.

It is interesting

The fact that the contradictory properties of the wax moth tincture can be confirmed by any student of the Faculty of Biology also adds fuel to the fire of doubts. The only person who tried to confirm the effectiveness of the application of the wax moth infusion is a certain "academician" Mukhin, neither of his scientific achievements, nor even of whose name and surname nothing is known. It was he who "invented" cerraza, and he convincingly proved the effectiveness of the drug itself for the poorly informed.

For the preparation of the wax moth tincture, large larvae are used that continue to feed. On the last stage development, the amount of digestive enzyme in the caterpillar sharply decreases, since during this period it needs to prepare for pupation, and the younger larvae contain, accordingly, a smaller amount of nutrients.

On a note

The more reliable is the assumption that the larger the larvae, the less they are needed to prepare a portion of the tincture. Accordingly, it is easier for the beekeeper to prepare the required amount of medicine from large caterpillars than from small ones.

The recipe for the wax moth tincture is simple: the larvae (usually live) are filled with 40% alcohol in a ratio of 1:10 by weight, that is, 100 grams of alcohol is added to 10 grams of larvae. After that, the whole mixture is infused in a cool, dark place for 1-2 months.

When preparing a 20% tincture, 20 grams of larvae are taken per 100 grams of alcohol.

On a note

Very often alcoholic tincture of wax moth is called by the people (and "folk" manufacturers) extract. This is not entirely correct - the extract is usually prepared from crushed raw materials. In the proposed drugs, "drowned caterpillars" always float at the bottom.

Despite the simplicity of preparing wax moth tincture, beekeepers have a monopoly on it. It is simply impossible to get enough larvae in a place other than artificial hives. Some honey producers sell the caterpillars themselves, but at such a price that it is more rational to buy ready-made alcohol tincture larvae of wax moth.

“My father-in-law has four pieces of evidence at his dacha. When I found out how to make a tincture of a wax moth, I asked him, he says that sometimes he finds these butterflies and caterpillars, but there are too few of them. I don’t think that even 50 grams of infusion is enough. ”

Petr, Big Valley

Indications for using the tincture

Initially, when the remedy was just gaining popularity, it was recommended to take wax moth tincture for patients with tuberculosis. It was believed that it was the tubercle bacillus that was destroyed by this remedy.

It is interesting

In fact, if the prerequisites for the effectiveness of the use of wax moth tincture were correct, then it could be used against a huge number of bacterial infections - very many bacteria have lipid components in their shell. Obviously, there were no really experienced doctors among the defenders of this remedy: instead of promoting the tincture as a remedy specifically for bacterial infections, they began to use it against high blood pressure, impotence and hemorrhoids. This is clear evidence that the remedy has simply acquired a panacea halo.

Today, the use of tincture of wax moth is advised for those who suffer from the following diseases (we note only the most popular ones):

• asthma
• tuberculosis
• thrombophlebitis
• hemorrhoids
• headaches
• atherosclerosis
• cardiac arrhythmia
• suffers from the consequences of a stroke
• prostate adenoma
• depression
• infertility
• and is also used to treat cancer.

Of course, traditional healers prescribe their own dosages for each case and can explain how the remedy works at the "cellular" level. Therefore, before taking the wax moth tincture, or even better before buying it, you should ask a doctor about the advisability of such a step, who has successful experience in treating a specific disease.

“My husband is a beekeeper, he prepared the wax moth tincture himself. I drank against pain in the heart, this remedy seemed to help a little, but not for long. By the spring, the bubble ended, and a few weeks after the cessation of pain began again.

Anna, Taganrog

Rules for using the product

Instructions for the use of tincture of wax moth larvae inspire the same doubts about the effectiveness of the tool, as well as its scientific justification. Regardless of the disease, its timing, the nature of the course and the degree of neglect, you should take 15-20 drops of tincture, diluted in any other liquid, 3 times a day.

If not a 10%, but a stronger, 20% solution is used, the number of drops should be reduced to 7-10 2-3 times a day. However, for complete confidence in the safety of such treatment, it is necessary to coordinate the program of using wax moth tincture with the attending physician, who takes responsibility for the patient's health.

Contraindications to taking wax moth tincture

Contraindications to the use of wax moth tincture are few: the remedy is not recommended for children under 14 years of age, for pregnant and lactating women.

“The tincture of wax moth larvae did not help me. I fought with thrombophlebitis, took it for three months, strictly according to the instructions. The result is zero. Even the pain didn't go away. But then there were constant headaches. I quit drinking, the pains disappeared. "

Oksana Yurievna, Novosibirsk

Reviews of serious side effects from the use of wax moth tincture are not known. Contraindications to use are justified by simple common sense: this remedy is unlikely to harm an adult, and a sufficiently sensitive child can react to it with an acute allergic reaction.

Price, manufacturers and methods of buying wax moth tincture

Only private beekeepers and small private companies specializing in the sale of beekeeping products are engaged in the preparation of tincture of wax moth larvae. No licensed pharmaceutical company manufactures or sells wax moth tincture.

The wax moth tincture and the recipe for this product are not patented developments.

“… Diagnosed with tuberculosis in the upper lobe of the left lung. Prescribed medication, but I decided to drink a tincture of wax fire. It is almost impossible to buy it anywhere, my mother ran around all the pharmacies, but did not find it anywhere. We ordered it from some beekeeper from Nevinnomyssk via the Internet. "

Timur, Bryansk

You can usually buy wax moth tincture online. Typically sold here are 100 and 250 ml pharmacy-style vials with screw caps. Through the transparent walls of the vials, whitish larvae are visible floating there.

The price of a 20% wax moth tincture in a 100 ml bottle is approximately 750-800 rubles. A 10% solution is one and a half times cheaper. At the same time, the price of tincture when buying directly from hands in an apiary can be about 250-300 rubles, although with the ability to bargain, it is a little less.

For a long time I was looking for where to buy tincture from in Donetsk, but no one sells it either in the region or even in Zaporozhye. I ordered from Uman, at Dmitrov's apiary, the bottle arrived a week later.

Galina Evgenievna, Mariupol

Private tincture producers from Russia and Ukraine send the product all over the world. An important point: if you have already decided to buy a tincture of wax moth larvae, then it is better to order on sites on which, apart from the tincture itself and beekeeping products, nothing else is sold.

Wax moth (bee moth) is a pest in beekeeping. Its caterpillars feed on honey, bee bread, wax frames, damaging the bee offspring and the hive. With a strong infection, the bee colony can completely die or leave its house.

What is treated with wax moth:

• bronchopulmonary ailments, even such serious ones as pneumonia and asthma;
• oncological pathologies;
• heart disease (heart attack, ischemia, anemia, atherosclerosis);
• lack of hemoglobin and red blood cells;
• normalize blood pressure;
• liver disease.

Bee fire in gynecology: promotes conception, gestation, relieves symptoms of toxicosis, fights anemia. For men, it is useful in that it prevents impotence, infertility, increases the activity of sperm.

In order not to harm the body, you need to strictly adhere to the dosage, which is calculated from weight and age. For children under 14 years of age, a medicine is given at the rate of 1 year - 1 drop, for adults at the rate of 1 kg - 1 drop. But the dosage can fluctuate depending on the purpose of using the product.

An example of a 10% tincture dosage:

• to strengthen the immune system and in order to prevent colds - for children 2 drops / year, for adults - 4 drops / per 10 kg of weight;
• for respiratory diseases - for children 2 drops / year of life, for adults 5 drops / per 10 kg of weight.

Tincture of wax moth is taken shortly before a meal in pure form or diluted with water (a third glass).

For prevention purposes, the course lasts 3-4 weeks, then take a break for a month. Preventive course for children - 21 days and the same amount of break. Prevention is carried out for 1-3 months.

A product with a high concentration of active substances acts in the following directions:

• prevention of aging - has a beneficial effect on the skin, hair; improves the functioning of the heart and the state of blood vessels, preventing heart attack, stroke and other diseases;
• treatment of male and female sexual disorders (infertility, impotence);
• treatment of tuberculosis - destroys the protective shell of Koch's bacillus, making it susceptible to medications;
• elimination of scars, scars. The extract contains lysine, a substance that helps scars to dissolve;
• treatment of bronchitis and asthma;
• beneficial effect on the nervous system, the brain - relieves fatigue, fights stress;
• improves the function of the gastrointestinal tract.

How to prepare wax moth extract:

• Mix the larvae and 70% alcohol in a ratio of 1 to 5. As you can see, the tincture is less concentrated than the extract.
• Leave in a dark glass container for 2 weeks at room temperature, shake daily.

After insisting, you can strain the extract and add water to it in the amount of ½ dose of alcohol.

Means based on bee moth, like other beekeeping products, are forbidden to be used internally and externally in the presence of hypersensitivity to them. Individual intolerance is a strict contraindication.

Otherwise, as well as in case of an overdose, nausea, headache, general weakness, and skin rash may appear. In such a situation, the drug is immediately stopped.

It is preliminarily recommended to conduct a tolerance test: apply a little product on delicate skin (ex. inner side wrists). If irritation does not appear, the agent is used. Treatment should also be started with minimal doses.

Wax moth excrement: application

To get this raw material, beekeepers put black honeycombs (already treated with fire flames) in the hive. They are covered with special devices and after a maximum of six months a black substance appears at the bottom of the hive - excrement itself. The fire fire processes them several times during this time, due to which they are saturated with useful enzymes.

The excrement of this pest in folk medicine is used in such cases:

• bronchial diseases;
• adenoma, prostatitis in men;
• benign tumors of the mammary glands and uterus in women;
• infertility and not carrying a pregnancy;
• tuberculosis and lung and other organs;
• diseases of the heart and blood vessels (heart attack, ischemia, hypertension, angina pectoris).

How to prepare excrement tincture:

• 25 ml of substance requires 220 ml of 70% alcohol;
• the components are mixed;
• leave the composition for 2 weeks, shaking regularly.

Application:

The excrement tincture is taken orally. Single dose - 15 drops per 50 ml of liquid (tea, water, juice). They drink it up to 3 times a day, doing it shortly before a meal.

With tuberculosis, a single dose is increased - 30 drops.

The duration of the course is 2 months. There are 3 weeks breaks between courses.

Conclusion

Both the wax moth and the tincture of larvae and excrement are traditional medicine proven by more than one generation. For a long time, our ancestors used recipes based on them, and they managed to cure many diseases, even serious ones.

Nowadays beekeeping products are becoming more and more popular. Honey, of course, remains a favorite, but everyone more people give preference to others: wax, propolis, bee bread, beading and even such pests.

When choosing a treatment, they take into account the presence of contraindications and strictly observe the dosage. If a product is natural, this does not mean at all that it is absolutely safe. Even those need to be able to apply correctly.

The wax moth is well known to many amateur beekeepers as a well-known pest of bee hives. The insect is a medium-sized light yellow caterpillar up to 20 mm long, which is sedentary and very voracious.

The butterfly itself is not harmful, and the appearance of wax moth larvae becomes a problem for many hive owners. They eat wax, bee bread, honey, and sometimes also bee larvae.

Including pests can entangle the honeycomb with a cobweb, blocking access to the brood, due to which future bees die. It is from these larvae of pests that a medicinal tincture or a medicinal extract is prepared, with the help of which many well-known diseases, including diabetes mellitus, are treated.

The main food of the larvae is not pure wax, but material obtained after processing by bees. It includes great amount useful trace elements and vitamins, which is important for diabetics.

Thus, the wax moth, as shown by numerous reviews, is a unique biological drug that allows you to quickly and effectively heal the human body. Treatment with this remedy is of great benefit to the patient.

The composition of the wax moth tincture

The wax moth tincture is made from larvae that have not yet transformed into pupae. Due to the fact that these insects feed on bee products, their body has a unique enzyme that allows you to break down and absorb wax, which no other organism can do.

A medicine from the larvae is prepared by insisting on an alcohol solution of 40 percent. The resulting tincture has a light brownish tint and a delicate honey-protein smell. In order not to form a precipitate, before carrying out the treatment, the tincture must be shaken thoroughly. In some cases, it allows the use of such a tincture.

The composition of the medicinal tincture includes:

• valine;

• glycine;
• leucine;
• serine;
• alanine;
• lysine;
• aspartic, gamma-aminobutyric and glutamic acid.

Such a composition makes the medicine a very useful product that is used to treat many diseases.

Wax moth extract treatment

Tincture of wax moth larvae is primarily intended to cure tuberculosis. According to scientists, insects contain an enzyme called cerrase, which breaks down fats and allows the larvae to feed on wax.

It is this enzyme that is capable of cleaving the lipid membranes of Koch's bacillus and thereby killing the causative agent of tuberculosis.

Despite the fact that with scientific point vision, it has not been proven how effective the tincture of wax moth larvae is in treatment, today it is actively being treated not only for tuberculosis, but also for other diseases not associated with a bacterial infection.

Tincture of wax moth larvae is used in the treatment of the following diseases:

• Cancer treatment;
• Treatment of varicose veins;
• Treatment of prostatitis;
• Treatment of atherosclerosis;
• Normalization of the nervous system;
• Treatment of infertility and impotence;
• Helps lower blood sugar, including diabetes.

A therapeutic agent based on wax moth larvae is rich in various useful substances, enzymes, vitamins and macroelements that a person needs for full life.

Features of the medicinal tincture

Despite the fact that the extract based on wax moth larvae has numerous positive reviews, science has not proven the effectiveness of this drug, so its use should be careful and moderate.

The medicinal extract of the wax moth has the following features, due to which the medicinal tincture is popular with many patients:

1. The drug strengthens the body as a whole;
2. Improves immunity;
3. Has a beneficial effect on the nervous and cardiovascular system;
4. Relieves fatigue, improves sleep and increases efficiency;
5. Has a beneficial effect on increasing endurance and strength;
6. Helps to cope with infectious activity;
7. Reduces blood sugar;
8. Cleans blood vessels from excess cholesterol;
9. Improves metabolism;
10. Accelerates the absorbability of scars;
11. Improves blood circulation, accelerating tissue regeneration.

That is, you can use the tincture with high cholesterol. Naturally, not as the only treatment, but combining it with cholesterol pills, for example, can be an excellent solution.

The extract from the larvae of the wax moth prevents early aging, improves the condition of the body during age-related changes, and avoids the development of many diseases.

With the help of this drug, colitis, gastritis, stomach ulcers, pancreatitis, cholecystitis are treated. Also, the tincture is effective in the treatment of anemia and other blood diseases.

Tincture of larvae is used for female or male infertility... This medication can help if the patient has poor sexual activity or menopause.

Especially the extract from the wax moth can be useful for people who need treatment for heart disease - with arrhythmias, cardioneurosis, myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, hypertension.

The main feature of the medicinal product is that the tincture allows you to normalize a weakened body with a deficiency of vitamins. Treatment with the extract is carried out for bronchial asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia and other diseases of the respiratory tract.

In surgery, tincture of wax moth larvae is an effective remedy for recovery in the postoperative period, treatment of cysts, osteoporosis. Including the extract is allowed for the treatment of children.

• The medicinal product is compatible with almost all medicines;
• It is non-toxic and highly effective. medicine;
• When using it, there is no risk of adverse reactions;
• The drug is stored for more than three years, therefore it retains its valuable properties for a long time.

Unwanted side effects when using tincture was not revealed.

Method of treatment with medicinal extract

Treatment of any diseases, including diabetes mellitus and pancreatitis, using the extract is carried out daily. For this, 50 drops of the drug are added to a small amount of drinking water and drunk twice a day 30 minutes before meals.

Before starting treatment, it is necessary to check whether this extract from the wax moth larvae is suitable for the body. As you know, honey is a rather allegorical drug, so it is important to be careful when taking this medication. You need to start treatment with a minimum dose of five drops of the drug.

After the body gets used to it and there are no allergic reactions, the dosage can be gradually increased. The course of taking the drug is three months. After a month, treatment with a tincture of wax moth larvae can be repeated. The drug can be stored for no longer than two years from the date of manufacture.

For the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, you need to take three drops of the medicine twice a day, per 10 kilograms of weight. To treat the disease, the number of doses of the drug should be increased up to three times a day.

After myocardial infarction, the extract can be taken ten days later as a therapeutic therapy. The dosage can be increased to four drops per 10 kilograms of body weight.

If there is a severe form of a disease, it is recommended to increase the dosage to five drops for every 10 kilograms of weight.

Who is allowed to take the drug?

The wax moth larva extract can be used to treat both adults and children. Pediatricians recommend treating chronic bronchopulmonary diseases if taking antibiotics does not give the desired results.

If you start treatment, after a while the temperature of children decreases, the cough subsides, the level of hemoglobin, leukocytes and erythrocytes normalizes. At the same time, the immune system returns to normal. The extract normalizes the nervous system and has a beneficial effect on the overall development of the child. Including the tincture is effective in the treatment of tuberculous diseases in children.

Treatment with the drug for children is carried out according to the instructions at the rate of 1.5 drops of the drug for each year of the child. The duration of treatment is 21 days. After a month's break, the treatment can be repeated again. Children over 14 years of age can use the extract at the same dose as adult patients.

During pregnancy, treatment with a tincture of a wax moth mask can be carried out only after agreement with the attending physician, since this drug may be allergenic to the expectant mother and fetus. It is advisable to use an extract of larvae, as it is a less concentrated and milder remedy. It is often used to get rid of toxicosis.

Also, as shown by numerous positive reviews, the extract is excellent for various pathologies during pregnancy. Thanks to this drug, many women have managed to give birth to healthy babies.

Contraindications when using the drug

An extract or tincture of the mask of a wax moth is contraindicated for those people who have an individual intolerance to any beekeeping products. Some patients may have an allergic reaction to honey or wax. It also needs to be consumed sparingly.

For this reason, before starting treatment, it is necessary to consult with your doctor and check the body's response to the drug. If any suspicious reactions appear, the drug should be stopped immediately.