Lamprey

Lamprey

(Jilin Chinese herbal medicine)

[alias] lamprey (Xue de entropy's systematic zoology), seven star fish (Jilin Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole family of lampreys.

[animal morphology] lamprey

All of them are nearly cylindrical with flat tail. The body length can reach more than 60 cm. There are 7 separate gill holes on each side of the head, which line up with the eyes, forming 8 eye like points, so it is commonly known as lamprey. Single nostril, located in the back of the head between the eyes, behind a white skin spot. There are funnel-shaped suction cups on the front and ventral surface of the head, which are round when opened, and there are many soft milk like protrusions on the peripheral wrinkle skin. The mouth is at the bottom of the funnel. There are many yellow horny teeth on both sides of the mouth. The anus is located at the junction of trunk and tail. There is a urogenital process in front of anus. The skin is soft and smooth without scales, and the lateral line is underdeveloped. There are no paired fins. There are two dorsal fins with the same basal length. The dorsal fin is connected with the caudal fin, and the fins are soft and fine. When living, the back is cyan with green, and the abdomen is gray with light yellow.

Some of them live in the sea and grow up to spawn in freshwater rivers. It often sucks other fish with suction cup and sucks their flesh and blood. It is distributed in Heilongjiang, Wusuli, Tumen and Songhua rivers in Northeast China.

[chemical composition] the content of vitamin A in meat is higher than that in common fish, about 99-980 IU / g (average 300 IU). Secondly, it is also found in liver, kidney, gonad and large intestine, especially in testis and small intestine. The content of vitamin B1 and vitamin B12 in fish skin is much higher than that in other fish, and the content in belly skin is higher than that in back skin.

[indications] night blindness and corneal dryness.

Jilin Chinese herbal medicine: "nourishing and strong. Treatment of mouth and eye deviation: Seven Star Fish mashed. To the left, to the right, to the right. "