The efficacy and function of heavy lip fish

For many Chinese people, traditional Chinese medicine is very trustworthy because it has a long history and few side effects. The heavy-lipped fish is a common Chinese medicinal material, which has many benefits for human health. So how can we eat the heavy-lipped fish? Let’s learn about it below.

[Other names] Lip carp (Fish Taxonomy), Lip carp (Fish of Heilongjiang River Basin).

[Source] The meat of the carp .

[Original morphology] The body is slightly flattened, the abdomen is round, and the body length is about 25 cm. The head is long and strong, with a long, pointed snout. The eyes are large and located laterally superiorly, with a row of mucus cavities in the posterior superior part of the eyes and the edge of the preoperculum. Mouth inferior, arc-shaped, upper jaw relatively long. The lips are thick and fleshy, with a deep groove between the upper lip and the snout fold. The lower lip is interrupted in the front and divided into two lobes. There is a pair of maxillary barbels, slightly shorter than the eye diameter. Pharyngeal teeth in 3 rows. The scales are medium-sized, with 45 to 49 scales on the lateral line. Dorsal fin III7, the third unbranched fin ray is a smooth and thick hard spine, its starting point is slightly closer to the tip of the snout. Anal fin III6. The back is slightly black and the belly is white. Juveniles have many black spots on the sides of their bodies, but adults do not.

[Habitat distribution] Distributed in the Minjiang, Jialingjiang, Hanjiang and other river systems in the Yangtze River basin and various river systems in the Heilongjiang basin.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, non-toxic.

[Functions and indications] Treats ten-year-long pain in the waist and spine, numbness in the legs and knees, and inability to move.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From Yao Kecheng's "Food Materia Medica": Double-lipped fish comes from Shimen County, Huguang, in the Dongyang Water at the foot of Dongyang Mountain. The fish has two layers of mouth, hence the name.

Everyone should know the effects and functions of the heavy-lipped fish. The heavy-lipped fish has high medicinal value and is a very common Chinese medicinal material. It is very good for our body.