Petrel

Petrel

(compendium)

[source] the whole family of petrels.

[animal form] petrel

The body is flat and pentagonal; the central part of the body is called the body disk, and the back part of the body disk is upward, which is called the retrostomal surface, with bone plates arranged in tile shape; the surface color of the retrostomal surface changes greatly, and it is usually arranged in dark blue and red. The lower part of the abdomen, called the mouth, is orange with a mouth in the center. There are 5 bracts arranged radially around the body disc, sometimes 4-9 bracts. The central part of each wrist is slightly raised like an edge with sharp edge; the ventral surface of the wrist has an open band groove, and there are two rows of tube feet in the groove, and there are suction cups on the tube feet.

It lives in the sand bottom, broken shell and reef bottom of coastal shallow sea. Carnivorous, can prey on molluscs, echinoderms and worms. The breeding season is from June to July. It is distributed in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea of China.

[collection] in summer and autumn, they are often caught in fishing, and they can also be picked up at the breeding place on the rocky shore when the tide is ebbing, then viscera are removed and dried in the sun.

"Salty, warm, nontoxic," according to the compendium of nature and taste

Functions and indications: Nourishing Yin, strengthening yang, dispelling wind and dampness. Treat impotence, rheumatism, lumbago and leg pain.

① "Compendium": "rain damage pain, boiling juice clothing, take sweat solution. Also into the Ziyin medicine. "

② "Shandong Chinese herbal medicine manual": "invigorating yang, dispelling wind and dampness. "

③ Northeast animal medicine: "Nourishing Yin, dispelling wind and dampness. It can cure the pain of waist and leg. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 pieces; or grinding powder, 0.5-1 yuan.

[selection] 1. Treatment of impotence: Haiyan, Xiaoge, etc. A total of research fine powder, take one money five minutes each time, twice a day. (Shandong Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine)

② Cure rheumatism lumbago: two petrels. Fried in water, three times a day. Sweating. (northeast animal medicine)