土元又叫地鳖虫,为鳖蠊科昆虫。是一种重要的中药材,具有活血散瘀,通经止痛等作用。过去以野生土元为主,现在已经有了家养繁殖方法,是农村脱贫致富的好门路。一、生活习性土元喜生活在阴潮的腐殖质土层中,昼伏夜出,常见于柴草堆底下和旧房墙角等阴暗处。冬季到早春为冬眠期,一般惊蛰后开始活动。 Tu yuan is also called ground turtle insects, as cockroaches insects. Is an important Chinese herbal medicine, with blood stasis, through the role of painkillers. In the past to the main soil of the earth, now have a domestic breeding methods, is a good way out of poverty in rural areas. First, the habits of life Tu-hi living in the humus humus soil layer, nocturnal, common in the bottom of the firewood pile and the dark corner of the old house. Winter to early spring for the hibernation period, the general Jingzhe start activities.