Dear Members,
I am looking for information about Ants that are being used or have been used in Europe in the past. This could be as part of medicines used by TCM practitioners or incorporated into various foodstuffs.
For example sometimes ants are incorporated into chocolate bars. I can find plenty of use of ants in Asia and Africa as foods and medicinal agents (they are used as immune stimulants) but can't find much about their use in Europe.
Has anyone got any ideas or leads?
Many thanks in advance,
Dr John A. Wilkinson BSc PhD DIC MRSC C Chem
List owner Phytopharmacognosy Group,
Consultant in Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry and Herbal Sciences
Senior Lecturer in Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy, Middlesex University, UK
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