Recently, on social media, there has been a video circulating about feeding children lizard meat to treat asthma. In the video, the lizard is fried and given to the child, especially those under 6 years old, to treat asthma. The owner of this video also frequently talks about lizards. Many viewers have seen the video and have information that suggests that children must swallow live lizards.
In fact, this story has been passed down through folklore for a long time about the method of eating lizards in some rural areas to cure illnesses. In the past, many people, when they were hungry, also grilled lizards as food. Many people who watched the lizard video also shared their experiences in this field and their experiences with lizards.
Expert opinion
According to an interview by Thanh Nien newspaper, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Triet, Deputy Head of the Traditional Medicine Department – University of Medicine and Pharmacy Ho Chi Minh City, said that gecko (lizard) is a type of animal that often lives on ceilings and walls and is active at night.
In traditional medicine, geckos have a salty taste, cold properties, less toxicity, and have effects on tonifying the kidney, promoting blood circulation, specified for asthma, calming the mind, and anti-convulsant. Geckos are often used to treat diseases such as stroke sequelae (paralysis caused by cerebral vascular accident), childhood epilepsy (seizures), infantile malnutrition, tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, coughing up blood, low-grade fever, low-back pain, nerve-related pain, fungal infection of the skin…
Although lizards are considered medicine, caution must be exercised when using them because:
Geckos can be affected by diseases: As vertebrate animals, they can be affected by pathogens or infected with parasites. Geckos are infected with many external and internal parasites, which can be dangerous to human life. Some small lizard species contain toxins that can be mistaken for geckos, which, if handled carelessly, can cause poisoning when used.
These animals can contain many bacteria, fungi, especially dangerous bacteria like Salmonella, a type of bacteria that causes gastrointestinal infections, septicemia, and is life-threatening.
In families, geckos often eat mosquitoes and cockroaches and they do not disturb or harm humans. The use of geckos in traditional medicine to treat asthma, although recorded according to folk experience, still does not have enough scientific evidence to support this treatment method.
Asthma is a potentially dangerous disease when an acute attack occurs. Therefore, families with asthma patients should follow the treatment prescribed by the doctor and not neglect it, especially when the weather gets colder.
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