Coilia nasus

Coilia nasus

(dietotherapy materia medica)

[synonyms] Qindao, yingdao (Erya), swordfish (Shuowen), Wangyu (Weiwu food system), condylar fish (foreign body records), Coilia nasus (Ben Jing Feng Yuan), Coilia nasus (Ben Cao Qiu yuan), Ziyu (suixiju diet), anchovy (vertebrate taxonomy), hairy fish (freshwater fish of Chinese economic zoology).

[source] it is the meat of Coilia nasus.

Coilia nasus

Body length, lateral flat, posterior segment even more, straight back, slightly convex abdominal margin. The body length is about 15-30 cm. Head small, snout short, apex slightly obtuse, protruding forward. The mouth is large, lower, the cleft is inclined, the back end of the maxilla is free, extending backward to the base of the pectoral fin, and there are fine teeth on the maxilla, mandible, operculum and hoe. All of them are thin and transparent round scales without lateral lines; the lateral longitudinal scales are 74-84 and the lateral transverse scales are 11. There are scales in the abdomen, 16-22 in front of the fins and 29-36 behind the fins. The dorsal fin is 11-13, and the starting point is near the rostrum. The first six fins of pectoral fin are elongated and free into filaments. The end of them can reach the starting point of gluteal fin. The length of gluteal fin I is 96-115, which is more than half of the body length. The ventral fin and caudal fin are very small, and the lower part of caudal fin is connected with the rear end of gluteal fin. Body back and head slightly gray power, side and abdomen silver white.

Most of the adult fish live in the sea, and they migrate from the sea to the river in groups every spring. Food is mainly zooplankton and small fish. It is distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin and its affiliated lakes.

Sweet and warm.

① Daily use materia medica: "it tastes sweet and pungent. "

② "Gangmu": "sweet, warm, non-toxic. "

③ "Ben Jing Feng Yuan": "Gan, Ping, Xiao Du. "

[functions and indications] 1. In the compendium of Medical Sciences, paste hemorrhoids and fistulas. "

② "Ben Cao Qiu yuan": "paste failure, gangrene and hemorrhoids leakage. "

③ According to the diet chart of suixiju: "Invigorating Qi. "

[taboo] 1. Food materia medica: "scabies, don't eat too much. "

② Daily use materia medica: "it's not beneficial to eat, it helps fire move phlegm. "

③ Yao Kecheng's food materia medica: "don't eat when you have eczema or scabies. "

④ "Ben Jing Feng Yuan": "the nature is special for reducing discharge, and people are afraid of food when they suffer from gangrene, hemorrhoids and hemorrhoids. "