The efficacy and function of bighead carp head

Since Chinese medicine has fewer side effects, more and more people now want to use Chinese medicine to regulate their bodies. Here I would like to introduce to you a medicinal ingredient - silver carp head, hoping it will be helpful to you.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the head of bighead carp, a carp of the family Cyprinidae.

[Original form] Bighead carp, with laterally flattened and slightly higher body. There is a narrow fleshy ridge from the base of the pelvic fin to the anus. Mouth terminal, with cleft slightly sloping upwards. The snout is round and blunt. The eyes are small, located in the lateral direction, and below the median axis of the head. The gill rakers are shaped like gratings, but are not fused. They have suprabranchial organs, and the number of rakers increases as the individual grows larger. The scales are very small, with 99-115 lateral line scales, 3, 7 dorsal fins, very short, starting from behind the starting point of the pelvic fins, and the pectoral fins are large and extended, with the end extending beyond the base of the pelvic fins. Anal fin 3, 12-13. The caudal fin is deeply forked and approximately equal in length above and below. The body is gray-black, the back and upper sides are dark brown with fine black spots. The abdomen is silvery white. The fins are grayish white with many black spots.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: It is an upper layer fish in freshwater, slow in movement, mild in temperament, and feeds mainly on zooplankton.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; warm

【Functions and indications】Tonify deficiency; dispel cold. Mainly for dizziness; wind-cold headache

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 1 piece.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the introduction in the above article, I believe everyone has a certain understanding of bighead carp head. This is a medicinal material we are very familiar with, but it has many medicinal properties and functions. Therefore, I hope everyone will consume it based on their own situation.