PriMera Scientific Surgical Research and Practice (ISSN: 2836-0028)

Case Study

Volume 5 Issue 6

Earthworms Indirect Effect on Medicine – A Novel Concept

John Warren Reynolds* and Wilma M Reynolds

May 28, 2025

DOI : 10.56831/PSSRP-05-190

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Abstract

Since we began reporting on earthworms in medicine over half a century ago (Reynolds and Reynolds, 1972, 1979)[19, 20] and more recently (Reynolds and Reynolds, 2025)[21], we concentrated on direct effect of earthworms in medicine.

Early remedies in old Chinese volumes used species of Amynthas and Pheretima which they termed as “Dilong” [Emperor Dragon]. They ground up the earthworms and used them as antipyretics or antiaesthetics for a variety of ailments such as hypertension, arthritis, burns and inflammation (Huang, 1956)[5].

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