The efficacy and function of mussel meat

Clam meat is one of the common traditional Chinese medicines in our country. The medicinal history of clam meat is very long. Many ancient medical books have records of clam meat. Clam meat has good edible and medicinal value. Let’s take a look.

[Alias] Hewai (Compendium of Materia Medica New Edition), He Clam (Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine).

[Source] It is the meat of clams such as the toothless clams , the pleated crown clams , and the triangular sail clams of the family Cemestidae. Can be caught year round.

【Original form】① Dorsal horn toothless clam

[Chemical composition] The calcium content of the pleated crown clam is 3.39% (calculated on the basis of dry product, the same below). The calcium content in each part is different. For example, the inner gill plate contains 10.90% calcium, and the outer gill plate contains 8.42%, which are the parts with the highest calcium content; the shell muscle contains 1.24%, and the foot contains 1.07%, which are the parts with the lowest calcium content. Therefore, the gill plates or the calcium storage places of the clams.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, salty, cold.

【Entry into meridians】 "Bencao Zaixin": "enters the liver and kidney meridians."

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, nourishes yin, improves eyesight and detoxifies. Treats restlessness, thirst, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, hemorrhoids, fistula, red eyes and eczema.

[Usage and Dosage] For internal use: Cook and take 3 to 5 liang. For external use: grind the burned substance into powder and apply it on the nose or take the aqueous solution and drop it into the nose.

【Note】 People with weak spleen and stomach should take it with caution.

[Additional prescription] ① For treating fetal toxins and eczema in children: one fresh river clam. Burn to preserve its properties, then grind into powder. Apply to the affected area with sesame oil. (Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Dietary Therapy Materia Medica"

Above we introduced clam meat and its characteristics. We can know that clam meat has very good efficacy and functions, and it has played a therapeutic and auxiliary therapeutic role in many diseases. I hope this will be helpful to everyone’s health.