Mytilus is rich in nutrition. Every 100g of dried mussel contains 59. 1g of protein, 7.6g of fat, 277mg of calcium, 864mg of phosphorus, 245mg of iron, and a certain amount of vitamins and trace elements. Every kilogram of mussels still contains iodine 1200 micrograms. Mytilus contains a variety of essential amino acids, and its fat is mainly unsaturated fatty acids, which plays an important role in improving human blood circulation function. Trace elements such as manganese, cobalt and iodine contained in mussels are of great significance for regulating normal metabolism and preventing diseases. Therefore, mussels are regarded as natural nourishing and nutritious health food in China and western European countries.
Mussels are salty and warm, and have a strong nourishing effect. "Rihuazi Materia Medica" said that mussels "cooked can supplement the five internal organs, benefit the environment, adjust the waist and feet, and reduce food intake". Thin, tired, short of breath, vomiting blood, dizziness and forgetfulness can be supplemented by mussels. Often cooking mussels, eating meat and drinking soup can treat impotence, premature ejaculation, cold due to kidney deficiency, abdominal cold pain, diarrhea, metrorrhagia and so on. Soak mussels in yellow wine, and then mix with appropriate amount of leeks. * * * Cooked with food, once a day 1 time, has the function of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, and can be used to treat lumbago, dysuria, leukorrhagia of women, cold pain of lower abdomen, etc. Boiling preserved eggs with mussels can treat hypertension and arteriosclerosis.