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 effects of warming middle warmer and 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 invigorating 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 effects of warming stomach, nourishing deficiency, moistening skin, expelling pathogenic 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 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. Monopterus albus can be cooked for internal hemorrhoid bleeding and uterine prolapse.