The efficacy and function of yellow catfish

As a traditional Chinese medicine, yellow carp provides us with a variety of nutrients. It can also solve some diseases encountered by the body, so it is deeply loved by people. Let’s take a look at the nutrients and benefits of yellow carp.

[Other names] Yellow croaker, yellow bone fish (Compendium of Materia Medica).

[Source] The meat of the yellowtail sweet carp, a carp of the family Cyprinidae.

[Original form] The body is long and laterally flattened, with a round abdomen and an inconspicuous abdominal ridge in front of the anus. The body is about 20 cm long and the head is conical and quite small. The snout is rounded and blunt, the mouth is located inferiorly, forming a transverse fissure, the lower jaw has a well-developed thin cartilaginous edge, and the eyes are located on the side of the head near the tip of the snout. There are three rows of hypopharyngeal teeth, which are laterally flattened and long. The scales are medium-sized, with 63 to 68 lateral line scales, Ⅲ7 dorsal fins, and the last unbranched fin ray is a smooth hard spine. Anal fin III9～11. The back of the body is black-gray, the abdomen and lower sides of the body are silvery white, there is a light yellow spot on the rear edge of the gill cover, and the tail fin is a distinct yellow.

【Habitat distribution】 Distributed in the Yangtze River basin. It is also found in Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Hainan and Fuzhou.

【Nature and flavor】 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "sweet, warm, non-toxic."

【Functions and indications】 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Drinking boiled juice can stop stomach cold and diarrhea."

【Note】 "Yi Lin Zong Yao": "Eating too much will cause fever and thirst."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Compendium of Materia Medica": Yellow carp, a small fish that lives in rivers and lakes. It looks like a white fish, but its head and tail are not raised, its body is flat and finely scaled, and it is white in color. It is no more than an inch wide and no more than a foot long. It can be made into pickled vegetables, and is also delicious when fried or roasted. Fat fish intestines are called carp. The intestines of this fish are rich in fat. Fishermen refine the fat into butter to burn lamps. It is also very good for fish. People in the south mistakenly called it Huanggu, while people in the north mistakenly called it Huangguyu.

Above we introduced what yellow carp is and understood the effects and functions of yellow carp. Yellow carp can improve our immunity. Yellow carp also has a therapeutic effect in health preservation and has many benefits to our body.