The circulatory system, respiratory system and reproductive system of shrimp are all concentrated in the head and chest, and the abdomen can be said to be just a moving organ.
There are not only many shaped eggs in the shrimp head, but also many other junk toxins in the shrimp itself. The head of shrimp absorbs heavy metals and toxins very easily, so eating the head of shrimp may cause allergies and acute gastroenteritis, and the head and neck of shrimp may cause paragonimiasis.
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Therapeutic value
Shrimp is warm, sweet and slightly warm, and enters the liver and kidney meridians. Shrimp has the effects of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, promoting lactation and resisting toxicity, nourishing blood and solidifying essence, removing blood stasis and toxic materials, invigorating qi and strengthening yang, dredging collaterals and relieving pain, stimulating appetite and resolving phlegm.
It is suitable for patients with impotence due to kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, galactorrhea, muscle pain, hand and foot convulsion, itching all over the body, skin ulceration, physical weakness, neurasthenia, etc. Shrimp can be eaten with oats, leeks, Chinese cabbage (cooked), onions, coriander, bean sprouts, medlar and tofu, but not with watermelon, pork, pumpkin, tomato, kiwi fruit, lily, cauliflower and strong tea to avoid discomfort or poisoning.
Shrimp is mainly used to treat red and white swelling in children, and it is mashed and applied to the affected area. Boiling soup can treat lump, acne and lactation. Boil into juice to treat wind phlegm. It is effective to mash and apply insect gangrene. Shrimp raw in ditches in rice fields is poisonous, and it is even more harmful to make pickled products. And hot rice can kill people by adding salt to dense containers.
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