Introduction: With the improvement of living standards, people's diets have become increasingly rich. From the simple fare of the past to the chicken, duck, fish, and meat of today, the food on our tables has become more and more abundant. Of course, a proper diet shouldn't just be about rich and spicy food; it should also include appropriate amounts of coarse grains. Only a balanced diet can ensure good health. Fruits and vegetables are essential, and so are chicken, duck, fish, and meat.
Fish is now a common food on people's tables. It is rich in nutrients and is beneficial for both the elderly and pregnant women. Of course, different fish have different health benefits. Let's take a look at the health benefits of these 11 types of fish.
Grass Carp - Warming the Middle and Tonifying Deficiency
It contains vitamins B1, B2, niacin, unsaturated fatty acids, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, selenium, etc. It is a health food that warms the middle and tonifies deficiency. It has functions such as warming the stomach, harmonizing the middle, pacifying the liver, and expelling wind. In your autumn diet, you might as well buy and eat more grass carp, which is a cheap and beneficial food.
Hairtail - Tonifying the Five Organs
It has functions such as warming the stomach, tonifying deficiency, moisturizing the skin, expelling wind, killing parasites, and tonifying the five organs. It can be used as an adjunctive treatment for persistent hepatitis and chronic hepatitis. Hepatitis patients can steam fresh hairtail, take the oil from the top, and eat it. Long-term use can improve symptoms.
Crucian Carp - Tonifying Qi and Strengthening the Spleen
It has functions such as tonifying Qi and strengthening the spleen, promoting urination to reduce swelling, clearing heat and detoxifying, unblocking collaterals to promote lactation, etc. Patients with ascites can eat fresh crucian carp cooked with adzuki beans for a therapeutic effect. Using live crucian carp stewed with pig's trotters and eating it with the soup can treat insufficient lactation in postpartum women. Crucian carp oil is beneficial for cardiovascular function and can also reduce blood viscosity and promote blood circulation.
Carp - Strengthening the Spleen and Stimulating the Appetite
It has functions such as strengthening the spleen and stimulating the appetite, promoting urination to reduce swelling, relieving cough and wheezing, calming the fetus and promoting lactation, clearing heat and detoxifying, etc. Carp stewed with winter melon and scallions can treat nephritic edema. A large carp with its scales left on and guts removed, stewed and divided into portions, can treat jaundice. Live carp stewed with pig's trotters can treat insufficient lactation in pregnant women. Carp cooked with a small amount of Fritillaria powder can treat cough and asthma. Carp can provide rich gelatin protein, which can both strengthen the body and beautify the skin. It is an ideal food for women to nourish their skin. It is effective for rough skin, scaling, brittle and easily falling hair, and is a delicacy that women cannot ignore for beauty.
Silver Carp - Warming the Middle and Tonifying Qi
It has functions such as warming the middle and tonifying Qi, warming the stomach, and moisturizing the skin. It is a health food that warms the middle and tonifies Qi. Silver Carp can provide rich gelatin protein, which can both strengthen the body and beautify the skin. It is an ideal food for women to nourish their skin. It is effective for rough skin, scaling, brittle and easily falling hair, and is a delicacy that women cannot ignore for beauty.
Black Carp - Tonifying Qi and Nourishing the Stomach
It has functions such as tonifying Qi and nourishing the stomach, transforming dampness to promote urination, expelling wind and relieving vexation. The trace elements it contains, such as zinc and selenium, help in cancer prevention.
Snakehead - Tonifying the Liver and Kidneys
It has functions such as tonifying the spleen and promoting urination, removing stasis to generate new tissue, clearing heat and expelling wind, tonifying the liver and kidneys. Snakehead is cold in nature, sweet in taste, and affects the spleen and stomach meridians. It can treat hemorrhoids, dampness bi, facial and limb edema. It can "nourish the heart and yin, clarify kidney water, promote urination and drain dampness, detoxify and clear heat". It has the effects of tonifying the spleen and promoting urination, removing stasis to generate new tissue, and clearing heat. It is mainly used for edema, dampness bi, beriberi, hemorrhoids, scabies, etc. Snakehead cooked with ginger and red dates has an auxiliary effect on treating tuberculosis. Snakehead stewed with brown sugar can treat nephritis. Postpartum women can eat steamed snakehead to promote lactation and nourish the blood.
Cuttlefish - Nourishing Blood and Clearing the Stomach
It has functions such as nourishing the liver and kidneys, replenishing qi and blood, clearing the stomach and removing heat. It is a health food for women, with functions such as nourishing blood, improving eyesight, regulating menstruation, calming the fetus, facilitating delivery, stopping bleeding, and promoting lactation. Li Shizhen called cuttlefish a "blood medicine" and a good remedy for women's anemia and blood deficiency with amenorrhea.
Eel - Tonifying Qi and Nourishing Blood
It has functions such as tonifying Qi and nourishing blood, softening muscles and strengthening bones. Eel is rich in various nutrients and has effects such as tonifying deficiency and nourishing blood, expelling dampness, and resisting tuberculosis. It is a good nutritional food for patients with long-term illness, weakness, anemia, and tuberculosis. Eel contains a very rare protein called "schlagenthalin," which has the effect of strengthening essence and kidneys. It is a health food for young couples and middle-aged and elderly people. Eel is a calcium-rich aquatic product. Regular consumption can increase blood calcium levels and strengthen the body.
Ricefield Eel - Strengthening Bones and Muscles
It enters the liver, spleen, and kidney meridians and has functions such as tonifying deficiency and damage, expelling wind and dampness, and strengthening bones and muscles. It also has a certain regulatory effect on blood sugar. For those with deficiency of both qi and blood, you can cook ricefield eel meat with Astragalus (in a gauze bag) in water, season, and eat it. For children with malnutrition, emaciation, and poor appetite, you can cook one ricefield eel, cut into pieces, with a small amount of chicken's gizzard membrane and eat it. For internal hemorrhoid bleeding and uterine prolapse, eating boiled ricefield eel is effective with long-term use.
Loach - Tonifying the Middle and Qi
It has functions such as tonifying the middle and Qi, expelling dampness, quenching thirst and sobering up, removing toxins and hemorrhoids, reducing swelling and protecting the liver. Loach cooked with garlic over high heat can treat malnutrition-related edema. Loach fried until golden brown in oil, then boiled into a soup, can treat night sweats in children. Loach stewed with tofu can treat damp-heat jaundice. Loach cooked with shrimp roe can treat impotence.