{"id":39438,"date":"2024-08-20T15:33:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T13:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d1b4b926-4ec3-4fff-bddb-3cb390eb4a19"},"modified":"2024-08-20T16:26:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T14:26:39","slug":"does-slug-slime-have-medicinal-properties-well-it-might-have-but-we-dont-recommend-trying-it","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/does-slug-slime-have-medicinal-properties-well-it-might-have-but-we-dont-recommend-trying-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Does slug slime have medicinal properties? Well it might have, but we don’t recommend trying it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is there any truth in the myth snail and slug slime has medicinal properties? Malacologist Tony Cook investigates <\/p>

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Published: Tuesday, 20 August 2024 at 13:33 PM<\/p>

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The idea that the slime of land snails or slugs has medicinal properties is an ancient one. Pliny the Elder, for example, suggested treating burns with snail pulp.<\/strong><\/p>

But anyone considering testing this should remember that snails and slugs carry the intermediate stages of human parasites – so I would definitely not recommend it!<\/p>

However in past centuries, concoctions of snails brewed with wine, milk, salt or sugar have been used to treat ailments ranging from nephritis to vertigo and whooping cough to insanity.<\/p>

Slime<\/a> does have some active ingredients. It is certainly antibacterial and also contains substances that will relax the bronchi. Using snail mucus<\/a> on a burn should therefore reduce infection and protect the wound from drying out.<\/p>