The efficacy and function of dogfish

Dogfish is a traditional Chinese medicine. It has high medicinal value and has a good health-care effect on some diseases. In our lives, many medicines use dog bitch as the main ingredient, but there are still many taboos that need to be paid attention to when taking dog bitch.

【English Name】 Snakefish, Trachi nocephalus myops

[Other names] Male Kui fish, Kuilong fish, sand dog stick

[Source] Medicinal material source: The tail of the big-headed dogfish of the family Cynomoridae.

[Original form] Big-headed dogfish, sub-cylindrical body, body length 17-33cm. The head is thick and round, and the snout is short and blunt. The eyes are large, positioned in front and above, with a narrow distance between the eyes and a slight concave in the middle. The mouth is relatively large, with the mouth cleft extending backward to the lower and back part of the eye. The two jaws are approximately equal in length. The upper and lower jaws each have three rows of small teeth of varying lengths. There is a set of tooth bands on each side of the palatine bone, and small, pointed teeth on the tongue. The gill openings are large, the operculum is not connected to the isthmus, there are 16 operculum rays, and the gill rakers are thin and pointed. The body is covered with round scales, and there are scales on the cheeks and gill covers. The lateral line is well developed and straight. Lateral line scales 52-55 (3/4-6-7). Dorsal fin 12-13. The back is rough. The adipose fin is small, the anal fin is 15-17, and the fin base is longer than the dorsal fin base. There are 12 pectoral fins, extending backward to the base of the pelvic fins. There are 8 pelvic fins, the inner rays are longer than the outer rays, the tip almost reaches the anus, and the caudal fin is forked. The body color is brown-yellow, with red fleshy patterns on the back of the head and a row of gray patterns in the middle of the back of the body. There are 13 gray longitudinal stripes and 3 yellow fine stripes arranged alternately along the sides of the body. The base of the dorsal fin and the pelvic fin are both striped. Anal and pelvic fins white. The tail fin is yellow-green.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: It inhabits the bottom of temperate and tropical coastal areas and shallow bays or coral reefs. Spawning lasts for a long time throughout the year, with the peak spawning period from late spring to early summer.

[Chemical composition] Every 100g of meat contains 75g of water and 16.0g of protein.

【Nature and flavor】 Salty; cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies. Primary tonsillitis

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: appropriate amount, calcine, grind into powder and blow into throat.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Chinese Medicinal Animals": It has the function of clearing away heat and reducing inflammation. Mainly used to treat tonsillitis.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to the dogfish. Through this introduction we can understand that the dogfish has high medicinal value and can effectively relieve many diseases, but remember not to take it indiscriminately.