The efficacy and function of snake mullet

Modern medical research believes that snake mullet contains many nutrients that are beneficial to the human body. As a traditional Chinese medicine, its efficacy and functions have been widely recognized. Let's take a look at its specific situation.

【English name】 Saurida

【Other names】 Dog stick, tench, dog mother fish

[Source] Medicinal material source: The meat of various snake mullets such as the multi-toothed snake mullet and the long snake mullet of the family Cynomoridae.

[Original form] 1. Multi-toothed snakehead, with a long cylindrical body, generally 25-30cm in length, and the longest reaching 40cm. The head is thick and round, with a blunt and concave snout. The eyes are located on the upper side and the fat eyelids are well developed. The mouth is large, forward-positioned, with a long oral fissure. The two jaws are approximately equal in length. The upper and lower jaws are densely covered with canine teeth of varying sizes. The vomer has many small teeth. There are two sets of tooth bands on each side of the palatine bone, and the front part of the outer set of tooth bands has 2-3 rows. The gill openings are large, the operculum is not connected to the isthmus, there are 13 operculum rays, and the gill rakers are underdeveloped and needle-shaped. The body is covered with round scales, and the cheeks and gill covers are covered with scales. There are visceral scales at the base of the pectoral and pelvic fins. The lateral line is well developed. Lateral line scales 50-55 (4/6). Dorsal fin 11-12, adipose fin located above the base of the fin, anal fin 10-11, smaller. There are 14-15 pectoral fins, which can extend backward to the pelvic fins. There are 9 pelvic fins, with the inner rays gradually longer than the outer rays. The tail fin is forked. The back of the body is brown, the sides of the body are light brown, the abdomen, pelvic fins and fins are white, and the posterior edges of the dorsal fin, pectoral fin and caudal fin are gray-black.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: 1. It is a middle and lower layer fish in tropical and subtropical seas, living on the muddy bottom near the seabed. The staple food is shrimp, small fish, etc.

[Chemical composition] 1. Multi-toothed snake mullet, the meat contains acrtomyosin, myogen, coagulable myogen, dimethylamine, formaldehyde, lysolecithinase, and contains peptides, lipids, polysaccharides, amino acids, including the essential amino acids tryptophan, threonine, and lysine.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; neutral

【Functions and indications】 Strengthens the spleen and kidneys; reduces urination. Mainly used for sequelae of poliomyelitis; enuresis; frequent urination at night

[Usage and Dosage] For internal use: Cook and eat in appropriate amount.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Chinese Medicinal Animals": The meat has the function of strengthening the spleen and replenishing Qi, and is mainly used to treat enuresis, nocturia, and sequelae of polio.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Everyone should know the effects and functions of snake mullet. Snake mullet has high medicinal value and is a very common Chinese medicinal material. It is very good for our body.