The scientific name of toad belongs to Bufo family. Because the skin on the back of it is sparse and varies in size, it looks a bit ugly. The largest pair of toads' cantharis are located in the retroauricular glands above the eardrum on the head side. These glands can secrete white venom, so people will stay away from it.
The toad head has a bone ridge, and the tympanic membrane is mostly obvious. Short hind legs, strong terrestrial nature, lying during the day and coming out at night. Common toad, Xinjiang green toad, flower-backed toad in the north of the Yangtze River, Tibetan toad in the south, black-eyed toad and so on.
Although the appearance of toad is not liked by people, it has many benefits to human beings.
The researchers found that most frogs and toads live in farmland, cultivated land, forests and grasslands, and their prey are mainly locusts, grasshoppers and pine caterpillars, which seriously harm crops. Among them, Bufo bufo gargarizans has a large number of pests and high beneficial coefficient to crops.
The benefits of toad to human health
There are many places where toad can be used as medicine, such as toad venom, toad skin, dried toad, toad head, toad tongue, toad liver, toad gall and so on. Among them, Venenum Bufonis, Venenum Bufonis, Venenum Bufonis and Venenum Bufonis, which are widely used in clinic, are the secretions of glands behind the ears or skin of buffalo or frog, the dry whole body, epidermis and naturally exfoliated cuticle.
Toad products have high medicinal value. Venenum Bufonis has detoxification, detumescence and analgesic effects, and can be used to treat carbuncle and furuncle, sore throat and dental caries pain. The use of toad skin has a long history, mainly used to treat swelling and chronic bronchitis.
Frogs and toads have many benefits to human beings. However, due to the indiscriminate killing of them and the continuous destruction of their habitats, their numbers in the wild have dropped sharply. Therefore, we call on everyone to protect the ecological environment, protect living things and protect toads.