Webbed fish

Webbed fish

(bielu)

[synonyms] Kun (the book of songs), e Bai Yu (Erya, Guo Pu's note),? (Cui Yuxi's Shijing), tuna (Shijing), Shi Kun, Tan lie (Yilin zuanyao), catfish (zoology Dictionary), sticky fish (Jilin Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole body or meat of Silurus asotus.

[animal morphology] Silurus asotus

Body length, front flat, rear flat, body length of about 40 cm, up to 90 cm or more. The head is wide, the mouth is wide, the mouth fissure inclines upward, the lower collar protrudes, and there are many fine velvety teeth on the upper and lower jaw and hoe bone. There are 2 pairs of whiskers. The maxilla must be long, reaching behind the pectoral fin, and the mandible must be short. The eye is small, lateral and superior, located in the front half of the head; there is a transparent film on it, and the distance between the eyes is very wide. The skin is rich in mucous glands, and there is a line of mucous pores on the lateral line. The dorsal fin is 4-6, atrophic and clumped, located in front of the ventral fin. The pectoral fin is round and has a hard spine. The male body has serrations at the front and back edge of the spine, while the female body is limited to the front edge and the back edge is smooth. The gluteal fin is 77-83, very long, and its posterior end is connected with the caudal fin. The caudal fin is small and round. Body gray or brown, with black patches, sometimes black body; abdomen white; fins gray black.

They live in rivers, lakes and reservoirs. During the day, they live in the bottom layer of aquatic plants. They like to feed at night. Most of the food is small fish. After autumn, they live in deep water or mud for winter. It is distributed in Heilongjiang, Yangtze and Pearl River basins.

The eyes, tail and mucus secreted by the skin of this animal are also used for medicine. See the special regulations for details.

Sweet and warm.

① Bielu: "it tastes sweet and nontoxic. "

② Cui Yuxi's Shi Jing: "Wen. "

③ Yilin zuanyao: "sweet and salty, flat and smooth. "

Functions and indications: Nourishing Yin, appetizing, promoting lactation and diuresis. The treatment of deficiency, lack of milk, water gas edema, adverse urination.

① Tao Hongjing: "it's a cloud tonic for wandering food. "

② "Tang Materia Medica": "main water, edema. It's easy to urinate. "

③ Cui Yuxi's book of food: "the main wind cold Bi, red white under the Li, deficiency, make the skin fat.". "

④ "Gangmu": "five hemorrhoids under the blood anal pain, with Scallion cooking. "

⑤ Yilin zuanyao: "Nourishing Yin, tonifying deficiency, harmonizing spleen and nourishing blood. "

⑥ "Seeking the source of Materia Medica": "boiling with vinegar, appetizing. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: cooking.

[taboo] "anti Schizonepeta". "

[formula selection] 1. Treatment of edema: two catfish, five coriander, proper amount of sesame oil. Cut open the belly of the fish to remove miscellaneous, put coriander into the belly of the fish, stew the sesame oil with water (without salt), and take it continuously. (Jilin Chinese herbal medicine)

② Treatment of maternal milk shortage: a catfish. Soup, egg, take continuously. (Jilin Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Face treatment of the body white barge: a catfish, about half a Jin. Remove the intestines and stomach, clean and wash them, then mix them with salt, pepper, scallion and japonica rice according to the method, that is, wrap them with green lotus leaves in three packages, each with PU slices, and wrap them with lotus leaves to make them smell rotten. First, wipe them with cloth to make them white, then make them red, then make them hot, then make them sweat, and then make them soft clothes. (Bai Bu Fu Fang in Shengji Zonglu)