The efficacy and function of herring roe

The essence of traditional Chinese medicine is to treat both the symptoms and the root cause. Compared with Western medicine, the effects and efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine are much better. The same is true for Chinese medicinal herring roe. Here we will introduce the effects and functions of Chinese medicinal herring roe.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The roe of Pacific herring, an animal of the Herring family.

[Original morphology] Pacific herring, body flattened laterally, 25-35cm long, large in size, with a shallow depression on the top of the head, snout longer than eye diameter, eyes large, located laterally upward, with fat eyelids, and a shallow depression between the eyes. The mouth is small and oblique, with a small premaxilla; the maxilla is wide and rectangular, with two accessory maxillae; the mandible is slightly longer than the maxilla. There are fine teeth on the mandible, vomer and tongue, but no teeth on the maxilla and palate. The gill openings are large, the gill cover membrane is not connected to the isthmus, and the gill rakers are 20+36, slender and flat. The round scales are medium to large, with 52-54 longitudinally split scales, no lateral line, and weakly ridged scales (25-28) + (12-13) on the ventral side. Dorsal fin 15-17, starting point is above and in front of pelvic fin starting point. Anal fins 17-18, pectoral fins 17, low and short, not reaching the pelvic fins. Pelvic fins 9. The caudal fin is deeply forked. The dorsal side of the body is blue-black, the upper side is slightly green, and the sides and abdomen are silvery white.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: It is a cold-water pelagic fish that feeds on pelagic organisms. It lives in the sea area with a water depth of about 80m. It usually spawns from mid-March to early April of the second year. The spawning areas in Shandong are along the coast of Rongcheng and Weihai. The eggs are sticky, with an egg diameter of 1.3-1.6mm and a carrying capacity of 10,000-20,000 eggs.

【Functions and indications】Tonify deficiency; relieve asthma. Mainly beriberi; wheezing

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: grind into powder, take 2.5-5g each time.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the detailed introduction of Chinese medicinal herring roe in the above article, we know that herring roe has many functions and effects and is extremely beneficial to the body. So if you have related symptoms, you might as well give it a try.