Eating seahorse like this will make it more effective!

When watching those cute or ferocious marine animals in the underwater world, most of us may focus on the hunting or warm scenes, and sometimes ignore the nutritional value of some of these marine animals. Apart from sea urchins, lobsters, and shellfish, what else can you think of that is highly nutritious and looks cute? That’s right, it’s seahorse. Although the seahorse looks small, it actually has very high medicinal value. Especially for men, it can nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang, relax muscles and activate blood circulation. For women, it can also reduce inflammation and relieve pain, calm the nerves, and relieve cough and asthma. So, let’s take a closer look at the effects and methods of using seahorse!

1. Efficacy

The seahorse is named because its head resembles a horse's head. It is the dried body of the lineated seahorse, the spiny seahorse, the three-spot seahorse or the small seahorse of the Syngnathidae family. It is a peculiar and precious small fish near the land and shallow sea, and also a precious Chinese medicine with high economic value. Pregnant women and those with yin deficiency and excessive fire should not take it.

Seahorse has medicinal functions such as strengthening the body, nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang, relaxing muscles and tendons, relieving inflammation and pain, calming the nerves, relieving cough and relieving asthma. It is especially effective in treating diseases of the nervous system. It has been favored by people since ancient times, and men have a special liking for it. There is a saying that "there is ginseng in the north and seahorse in the south".

In addition to being used to manufacture various synthetic medicines, seahorses can also be taken directly to improve health and treat diseases.

(II) How to make seahorse

1. Ginseng and Seahorse Powder

Ginseng, seahorse and fennel are divided into equal parts. Grind it into fine powder and add a little salt. Take 1g each time with warm water or eat with cooked meat.

This recipe uses ginseng and seahorse to replenish vital energy and strengthen kidney yang, while fennel warms the kidney and aids yang. It is used for kidney yang deficiency, lack of vital energy, impotence, low back pain, shortness of breath and fatigue.

2. Seahorse and Cistanche Chicken

1 pair of seahorses, 30g of Cistanche deserticola, 15g of Cuscuta australis, and 1 young rooster. Remove the intestines of the chicken, wash it, cut it into pieces, add water and stew it with the seahorse; boil Cistanche and Cuscuta in water to get a thick juice, add it when the chicken is cooked, and season it with ginger, pepper, salt, etc.

This recipe uses seahorse to nourish the kidney and strengthen yang, Cistanche and Cuscuta australis to replenish kidney yang and benefit yin essence, and chicken to replenish essence and blood. Used for impotence due to kidney deficiency, low sperm count, or liver and kidney deficiency and infertility.

3. Seahorse and Aucklandia Soup

Ingredients: 1 male and 1 female seahorse, 30g costus root, 60g each of stir-fried rhubarb and stir-fried white morning glory seeds, 49 croton seeds, and 60g green peel.

Preparation method: Soak cork, rhubarb, and white morning glory in children's urine, use it to wrap croton, and then soak it in children's urine for 7 days. Take it out and fry it with bran until it turns yellow. Remove the croton and grind the green peel into powder (the seahorse can also be ground into powder). Decoction once a day, 6g each time, taken warm before bedtime. It is mainly used to treat long-term accumulation of deficiency and excess symptoms.

4. Seahorse wine

Ingredients: 50g seahorse, 500ml white wine.

Preparation method: Grind the seahorse into powder and soak it in wine. Drink it after 10 days. Twice a day, 10 ml each time.

Efficacy: Warming the kidney and strengthening yang, promoting blood circulation and dispelling cold. It is suitable for symptoms such as chills, low back pain, fatigue, impotence, premature ejaculation, male infertility, urgency and frequency of urination, and injuries caused by kidney yang deficiency.

Note: Seahorse wine is sweet and warm in nature. It has the functions of warming the kidney and strengthening yang, regulating qi and activating blood circulation. It is often used clinically for impotence, premature ejaculation, low back pain, infertility and trauma caused by kidney yang deficiency. It has a good tonic and strengthening effect.

5. Seahorse Chicken

Ingredients: 1 young chicken, 10g seahorse, 100g shrimp, appropriate amounts of cooking wine, salt, MSG, onion, ginger, etc.

Preparation method: Remove the hair and internal organs of the young chicken, put the chicken into a steamer, place the shrimps around the chicken, add onion, ginger, cooking wine, salt, MSG, etc., steam it until cooked, eat the chicken and shrimps, and drink the soup.

Efficacy: Replenish essence and replenish qi, warm the middle and strengthen yang. Suitable for Qi deficiency, Yang deficiency, weak constitution, fatigue, fear of cold, premature ejaculation, etc.

Note: Seahorse is sweet and warm in nature, and has the functions of nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang, regulating qi and activating blood circulation. Shrimp meat nourishes the kidney and strengthens yang, while young chicken replenishes qi and essence. The combination of these three flavors not only makes the meat tender and delicious, fragrant and nutritious, but also has a good effect of warming the kidney, strengthening yang and tonifying deficiency. It is an excellent tonic for people with kidney yang deficiency, impotence, premature ejaculation and weak constitution.

6. Seahorse and baby chicken rice

Ingredients: 250g young chicken, 3g seahorse, 50g shrimp, appropriate amounts of green onion, ginger, cooking wine, salt and MSG, 250g glutinous rice.

Preparation method: Wash the chicken, cut into small pieces and put into a stew pot; soak the seahorse and shrimp in warm water for 10 minutes and place on the chicken. Add green onion, ginger, cooking wine and a small amount of water, steam it in a steamer and take it out. Remove the onion and ginger, add salt and MSG, thicken with wet starch, and then "cover" the hot glutinous rice.

Efficacy: Nourishes the kidney and strengthens yang, regulates qi and activates blood circulation. Suitable for kidney yang deficiency, impotence, enuresis, weak asthma, etc.

Seahorse tastes sweet, salty, warm in nature and non-toxic. Rich in protein, vitamins and cheese. Enter the liver and kidney meridians. It has medicinal functions such as strengthening the body, nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening yang and calming the mind, regulating qi, relaxing muscles and tendons, relieving inflammation and pain, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, calming the mind, and relieving cough and asthma. It is particularly effective in treating diseases of the nervous system and has been loved by people since ancient times, especially men.

7. Hippocampus powder

Raw materials: 1 pair of seahorses (1 male and 1 female).

Preparation method: Roast the seahorse until it is charred, grind it into powder, and take 1.5g before going to bed every day. It is mainly used to treat impotence, insomnia, neurasthenia, etc.

8. Haima Pingchuan San

Ingredients: 5g seahorse, 10g angelica.

Preparation method: First crush the seahorse, add angelica and water, and boil it twice. Take twice a day. Mainly used to treat asthma caused by kidney deficiency.

9. Rejuvenation Pill

Ingredients: 1 pair of seahorses, 37g each of agarwood, white poria, akebia, rehmannia, late silkworm moth, silkworm cocoon, morinda officinalis, benzoin, alpinia oxyphylla, Achyranthes bidentata, and fenugreek, 55g of costusroot, 18g each of safflower, myrrh, lotus seed core, pure lotus flesh, fine ink, dragon bone, and cinnabar, 26g of dodder seed, 39g of cistanche, 11g each of psoralea corylifolia and green salt, 3g of musk, and 26g of mother clove.

Preparation method: Slightly roast and stir-fry the seahorse; soak Morinda officinalis in wine and remove the core; soak Achyranthes bidentata, Fenugreek, Cuscuta australis, Cistanche deserticola, and Psoralea corylifolia in wine separately; grind myrrh into powder; calcine dragon bone into ash; grind benzoin into fine powder.

Efficacy: It is mainly used to treat kidney yang deficiency, insufficient qi and blood, weak tendons and bones, poor appetite, premature aging, etc.

10. Seahorse and Panax notoginseng chicken soup

Ingredients: 6g Panax notoginseng, 1 pair of seahorses, 1 young chicken, and appropriate amounts of red dates, wolfberries, and salt as seasonings.

Preparation method: Wash and chop the Panax notoginseng (you can steam it), grind the seahorse into powder or chop it; fry the fat from the killed chicken into oil, put the Panax notoginseng into the pan and fry until it turns yellow (don't let it get mushy); cut the chicken into pieces, remove the feet, wash, put into boiling water and cook for three minutes, take it out, wash it, and drain the water; take out the Panax notoginseng, seahorse, wolfberry, red dates and young chicken, put them into the pot with a little water (not too much water), simmer for two hours on low heat and add salt to taste.

Efficacy: Replenish essence and replenish qi, warm the middle and strengthen yang. Suitable for Qi deficiency, Yang deficiency, weak constitution, fatigue, fear of cold, premature ejaculation, etc.