Fish is one of the important sources of animal protein in human food. Fish contains animal protein, calcium, phosphorus, vitamins A, D, B 1, B2, etc., which is higher than animal meat such as pork and chicken, and is easily digested and absorbed by human body, with the absorption rate as high as 96%. Fish meat is more suitable for patients, middle-aged and elderly people because of its fine muscle fiber and soft structure. Fish also contains a variety of unsaturated fatty acids unique to aquatic animals, which can reduce cholesterol and triglycerides, prevent blood coagulation, and have a good effect on preventing coronary heart disease and cerebral hemorrhage.
According to the survey, Eskimos seldom suffer from coronary heart disease, which has a lot to do with their eating fish all the year round. According to an international joint survey conducted by WHO 1984, the blood of 25 men in their fifties in Nashville, Tennessee, USA was compared with that of 50 male fishermen and 50 farmers of the same age in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. The results showed that the values of unsaturated fatty acids in fish fat in Japan and the United States were very different, so the mortality rates of myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular infarction were also obviously different. The blood ratio of fishermen in Shimane Prefecture of Japan is 13.6%, that of farmers is 12.24%, and that of Nashville citizens who eat less fish is 2. 12%. According to further statistics, the mortality rate of the above two diseases per100000 people in ten years was 408 in Natuvius, 203 in fishermen and 244 in Shimane farmers. It shows that eating more fish is helpful to prevent myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular infarction. Experiments show that most of this substance exists in fish heads, gills and internal organs, and eating more is of great benefit to maintaining blood flow.
As we all know, fish oil contains a lot of vitamin D, which is an indispensable substance in children's growth period and can prevent rickets and night blindness. In our country, the squid turtle soup recorded in writing or circulated by the people can cure the liver and make up for the lack of milk for lactating women; Carp, crucian carp and eel can cure pneumonia and dysentery; Misgurnus anguillicaudatus can treat arthritis, otitis media and traumatic injury; It is reasonable for snakehead to remove blood stasis and promote tissue regeneration, which can play an auxiliary therapeutic role and has obvious effects on anti-aging, mourning and prolonging life.
Different kinds of fish have different nutritional values.
Crucian carp has the functions of invigorating qi and spleen, inducing diuresis to reduce swelling, clearing away heat and toxic materials, dredging collaterals and promoting lactation. Patients with ascites use fresh crucian carp and red beans to make soup, and the effect is remarkable. Simmer fresh crucian carp and pig's trotters together and eat soup together, which can cure puerpera's hypogalactia. Crucian carp oil is beneficial to cardiovascular function, and can also reduce blood viscosity and promote blood circulation.
Carp has the functions of invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, promoting diuresis, relieving swelling, relieving cough and asthma, preventing miscarriage and promoting lactation, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. Carp, wax gourd and onion are boiled in soup to treat nephritis edema. Scaled carp, intestinal impurities, slow fire stew, respectively, to treat jaundice. Taking live carp and pettitoes soup to treat hypogalactia of pregnant women. Carp and Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae are boiled in small soup to cure cough and asthma.
Silver carp has the functions of warming middle warmer, benefiting qi, warming stomach and moistening skin, and is a health food for warming middle warmer and benefiting qi.
Black herring has the functions of benefiting qi, nourishing stomach, eliminating dampness, promoting diuresis, expelling wind and relieving annoyance. The trace elements such as zinc and selenium contained in it help to fight cancer.
Snakehead has the effects of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, removing blood stasis, promoting tissue regeneration, clearing away heat and expelling wind, and nourishing liver and kidney. Cooking snakehead with ginger and red dates has an auxiliary effect on the treatment of tuberculosis. Braised snakehead with brown sugar can cure nephritis. Eating steamed snakehead can promote lactation and enrich blood.
Cuttlefish has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing qi and blood, clearing stomach and removing heat. It is a health food for women, which has the functions of nourishing blood, improving eyesight, dredging menstruation, preventing miscarriage, promoting delivery, stopping bleeding and promoting lactation.
Grass carp has the functions of warming stomach, calming liver and expelling wind, and is a health food that warms the middle warmer and tonifies deficiency.
Hairtail has the functions of warming stomach, tonifying deficiency, moistening skin, expelling wind, killing insects and nourishing five internal organs, and can be used for adjuvant treatment of persistent hepatitis and chronic hepatitis. Patients with hepatitis can take the upper layer oil after steaming fresh hairtail, and long-term use can improve the symptoms.
Eel has the functions of benefiting qi and nourishing blood, softening tendons and benefiting bones.
Monopterus albus enters the three meridians of liver, spleen and kidney, which has the functions of tonifying deficiency, expelling wind and removing dampness, strengthening bones and muscles, and also has a certain regulating effect on blood sugar. People with deficiency of both qi and blood can shred Monopterus albus and Astragalus membranaceus (gauze bag) and water them to taste. Children with malnutrition, thin constitution and little appetite can use an eel, cut it into pieces and cook it with a little chicken gizzard-membrane. For internal hemorrhoid bleeding and uterine prolapse, eel can be cooked and taken for a long time.
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus has the functions of invigorating middle energizer, invigorating qi, eliminating dampness and quenching thirst, sobering up and detoxicating, removing hemorrhoid and swelling, and protecting liver. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus and garlic cooked with strong fire can treat malnutrition edema. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is fried to brown in oil and boiled in water, which can cure night sweats in children. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus stewed with tofu can cure damp-heat jaundice. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus and shrimp yellow can cure impotence.
So it is good to eat too much.