The efficacy and function of carp scales

As people's research on traditional Chinese medicine deepens, they gradually understand the detailed ingredients in various traditional Chinese medicines and the impact of these ingredients on everyone's health. Below I would like to recommend a Chinese medicine, carp scale, to you and describe the effects of carp scale in detail. I hope it will be helpful to your study and research.

[Source] The scales of the carp, a member of the Cyprinidae family.

[Chemical Composition] Fish scales are bone generated from the dermis of the skin. Its matrix is ​​derived from collagen. Chemically, it is a kind of hard protein, named fish scale hard protein, but its properties are not yet fully understood.

【Function and indication】Disperse blood and stop bleeding. Treats vomiting blood, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, and hemorrhoids.

[Additional prescription] ①Treat hemorrhoidal fistula: Take two or three scales of black carp and wrap them in a thin cocoon to make it into the shape of a date pillar. (The Confucian Way of Caring for Parents)

【Explanations by various scholars】 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "In ancient prescriptions, carp skin and scales were often burned to ashes, and used as medicine for metrorrhagia and hemorrhoids, probably because it can relieve stagnant blood."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Dietary Therapy Materia Medica"

Having said so much, we can see that carp scales have many uses. It can also be used as medicine to treat diseases. You might as well know more about these, it will be helpful in your life.