Wax gourd kernel is a commonly used Chinese medicine for resolving phlegm, which is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of moistening lung, resolving phlegm, eliminating carbuncle and diuresis. Modern pharmacological analysis shows that it contains saponin, fat, urea, citrulline and so on. It can be used for treating phlegm-heat cough, lung abscess, gonorrhea, edema, beriberi, etc. And nephritis, urethritis, dysuria, hemorrhoids, etc. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is a high-protein and low-fat aquatic product, which is not only tender and nutritious, but also has high medicinal value. Chinese medicine believes that it can regulate middle energizer, invigorate qi, dispel dampness and detoxify, nourish yin and clear heat, dredge collaterals and tonify kidney. Together, it plays the roles of tonifying middle energizer, benefiting qi, expelling wind, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling. It is not only a decoction for adjuvant treatment of spleen and stomach damp-heat sinusitis, but also has a good conditioning and treatment effect on damp-heat jaundice, skin itching, intestinal carbuncle and other diseases.

[Cooking] Soak the wax gourd kernel slightly, wash it, add water 1000 ml (about 4 bowls), boil it with strong fire, then fry it with slow fire for about 20 minutes, add the slaughtered and cleaned loach, fry it for about one or two bowls, and then add appropriate amount of salt. This dose is 1 person, one day 1 time. If it is used as adjuvant therapy, the effect is obvious for 7 days.