本文整理了《本草纲目》中有关虫类动物作为食品供人们食用的记载，并分别进行了简略的分析。提出应加强虫类食品的开发研究，这样既能发展祖国饮食文化，丰富人们的食物品种，又能祛病健身，延年益寿。此外，食用某些害虫，更是化害为利，一举两得的好事 This article collates the records of the worms as food for human consumption in the “Compendium of Materia Medica”, and carries out a brief analysis. It is proposed that the research and development of insect foods should be strengthened so that it can develop the dietary culture of the motherland, enrich people’s food varieties, and reduce illness, fitness and longevity. In addition, the consumption of certain pests is even more beneficial and it is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.