Silverfish

Silverfish

(compendium)

[synonyms] Wang Yu (notes of Guo Pu in Erya), Ruditapes Ruditapes (Erya's wings), sliver fish (daily herbal medicine), noodle fish (investigation report of fish in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea), and big silver fish (fish taxonomy).

[source] the whole family of silverfish.

[animal morphology] Silverfish

The body is slender, nearly round and simple, with the posterior segment slightly flat, about 12 cm in length. The head is extremely flat. The eyes are large, the mouth is large, and the snout is long and sharp, triangular. The maxilla, maxilla, mandible and operculum all have a row of fine teeth, and the front of mandible has a pair of canine teeth. The anterior part of the mandible has no anterior commissure, but has a fleshy protuberance. Dorsal fin Ⅱ 11-13, slightly in the posterior 3 / 4 of the body. Pectoral fin 8-9, muscle base not significant. The anal fin is 23-28, opposite to the dorsal fin, and there is a line of large scales on both sides of the base of the anal fin in male, generally 18-21. There is a small transparent fat fin in the center of dorsal fin and caudal fin. The body was soft without scales, transparent and milky white after death. There are two parallel lines of black spots on the ventral surface from the chest to the front of the gluteal fin, which are separated from the left and right along the base of the gluteal fin, and the rear end is combined into one, reaching to the tail base. In addition, small black spots were also scattered on the first fin of caudal fin and pectoral fin.

Living in coastal waters, it has the habit of migrating from ocean to river. It is distributed in the coastal areas from Shandong to Zhejiang, especially in the Yangtze River Estuary and Chongming.

[chemical composition] 100 g edible part contains 89 g of water, 8.2 g of protein, 0.3 g of fat, 1.4 g of carbohydrates, 1.0 g of ash, 258 mg of calcium, 102 mg of phosphorus, 0.5 mg of iron, 0.01 mg of thiamine, 0.05 mg of riboflavin and 0.2 mg of nicotinic acid.

[nature and taste] daily use materia medica: "it tastes sweet, flat and non-toxic. "

"Into the spleen and stomach. "

Functions and indications: tonifying deficiency, strengthening stomach, benefiting lung and promoting diuresis.

① Daily use materia medica: "it's a good way to make soup with ginger. "

② Yao Kecheng's food materia medica: "it can benefit water, moisten lung and relieve cough. "

③ Yilin zuanyao: "Bufei Qingjin, Ziyin, Buxu Lao. "

④ "Suixiju diet spectrum": "nourishing stomach yin, harmonizing meridians. "