Eel

Eel

(Lei Gong Paozhi Lun)

[synonyms] Milu (Shanhaijing), yellow Milu (Yiyuan), Milu (Qianjin Shizhi), sea snake (Heilongjiang traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the meat or whole body of Monopterus albus.

[animal morphology] Monopterus albus

The body is as slender as a snake, the front part is round, the back is gradually flat, and the tail is thin. The body length is 24-40 cm. The head is round and its height is larger than the body height. The snout is pointed, the lip is developed, and the lower lip is especially thick. There are fine teeth on both the upper and lower jaw and the operculum. The eye is small and covered by a thin skin. The posterior nostril is above the anterior margin, and the anterior nostril is at the rostrum. The left and right branchial foramen are integrated into one in the ventral surface in a "V" shape. The gill membrane is connected to the gill gap. The body is lubricated and scaleless. The dorsal fin and gluteal fin are degenerated, leaving only low skin folds and no soft spines, all of which are combined with the caudal fin. Fine caudal fin. Body color slightly yellow or orange, all covered with small black spots, abdominal gray white.

They live in rivers, lakes, ditches and paddy fields. They like to hide in caves under muddy water or in stone crevices on banks in the daytime. They come out at night for food and feed on insects, frogs, small fish and other animals. The oviposition period is from June to August. It is widely distributed in all parts of the country except the northwest and southwest.

The skin (EEL Skin), bone (eel bone), blood (eel blood) and head (eel head) of this animal are also used for medicine. See the special section for details.

[chemical composition] every 100g of the food contains 80g of water, 18.8g of protein, 0.9g of fat, 1g of ash, 38mg of calcium, 150mg of phosphorus and 1.6mg of iron.

Sweet and warm.

① Bielu: "it tastes sweet, warm and nontoxic. "

② "Qianjin? Shizhi": it is safe and non-toxic. "

③ Yilin zuanyao: "sweet, salty, warm, slightly toxic. "

[meridian tropism] into the liver, spleen and kidney meridians.

① "Lei Gong's treatment of medicinal properties": entering the spleen meridian. "

② New edition of materia medica: "entering the spleen and kidney meridians. "

③ "Into the liver and kidney. "

Functions and indications: tonifying deficiency, eliminating rheumatism, strengthening muscles and bones. Treatment of tuberculosis, wind cold dampness Bi, postpartum leaching, dysentery, blood abscess, hemorrhoids fistula, acne.

① Bielu: "it can tonify the middle and blood, and cure deep lips. "

② "Qian Jin? Shi Zhi" says, "the master should not inhale enough air, so he can't stand on the ground. "

③ Meng Shen: "replenish the five treasures and expel the twelve wind evils. Treat rheumatism. "

④ "Materia medica notes:" the main dampness Bi Qi, deficiency damage, women postpartum leaching, blood gas is not adjusted, thin, hemostasis, in addition to abdominal cold air bowel. "

⑤ "Good at Invigorating Qi. "

⑥ "Diannan Materia Medica": "to treat tuberculosis, add lean marrow, strengthen muscles and bones. "

⑦ "To get rid of the bad smell of the body" in the book of Materia Medica. "

⑧ "Compendium": "special paste all cold leakage, hemorrhoids fistula, acne. "

⑨ Ben Cao Hui: "cure dysentery. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: boiled, mashed meat for pills or baked for powder. Topical use: application of dissected slices.

[taboo] 1. Bielu: "when you get sick, you eat more. "

② According to the classic of Materia Medica, "it is not suitable to eat any disease which is due to deficiency heat. "

③ According to the diet chart of suixiju, malaria, dysentery and fullness are all taboo before and after the disease. "

[formula selection] ① zengliqi: Bear tendon, tiger bone, Angelica sinensis, ginseng, etc. For the end, wine steamed eel, take meat mashed for the ball. Drink twice a day on an empty stomach. (Da Li Wan in Ben Jing Feng Yuan)

② Cure long dysentery deficiency, then pus blood: a eel, brown sugar three money (fried). The eel to stomach miscellaneous, with new tile baked, and sugar research powder, boiled water swallow. (prescription of traditional Chinese medicine in Yunnan)

③ Treatment of hemorrhoids bleeding: Eel cooking. (convenience diet)

"Eel is sweet and warm, so it can replenish blood. Sweet and warm can dredge meridians and cure pathogenic wind, so it is mainly used to treat deep lips and treat mouth and eye deviation. "