Harrier fish

Harrier fish

(notes on materia medica)

[synonym] fanbieyu (Wei Wu food system), shaoyangyu (shaoyangyu, Shili) (materia medica Collection), shaoyangyu (Ningyuan "shijianmateria Medica"), Heyu, manta ray, minnow (compendium), Puyu (materia medica Qiuyuan), guogaiyu (suixiju diet).

[source] it is the flesh of the red ray.

[animal form] red ray

The body is flat and flat, with a total length of about 35 cm. The middle plate is slightly wide, and the posterior end is slightly rounded. The snout is broad and short, and the front end is blunt. The eyes are small and close to the snout. The distance between eyes is not very wide and the middle is flat. The spray hole is large and obliquely located behind the eye. The nostril is large with a rectangular flap extending back to the mouth. The mouth is very small. There are three whisker like protrusions at the bottom of the mandible in the mouth, with small protrusions in the middle and large protrusions on both sides. The upper and lower teeth are paved with stones. The first four gill foramen are equal in size, the last one is smaller, the skin is smooth, and the back of the interocular space is rough. Dorsal fin and gluteal fin are absent; pectoral fin is slightly wider and posterior margin is long. The ventral fin is small with straight posterior margin. One tail spine, located on the tail, serrate, poisonous. The tail is very long, about 1.5 times the width of the body disc, the front end is thick, and gradually presents a whip shape from the tail spine to the back. There are lateral folds on both sides of the front of the tail spine, and skin folds on the upper and lower sides of the rear. The middle part of the tail and body plate is dark brown, and the surrounding color is light. The color around the eyes, inside and ventral surface of the spray hole were orange.

It lives on the sea floor. It feeds on molluscs, crustaceans and other fish. The eggs are viviparous. It is distributed in the South China Sea, East China Sea and other coastal areas.

The teeth of this animal (harrier teeth) are also used for medicine. Another detailed special article.

[nature and taste] ① Ningyuan's Shijian materia medica: "sweet and salty, cold, non-toxic. "

② "Gangmu": "sweet and salty, flat, non-toxic. "

[function and indications] Ningyuan's Shijian materia medica: "it is used to treat men's white and turbid cream, and jade stem is astringent and painful. "