Healthy Stomach | The effect, usage, selection and foaming of the gums for nourishing the stomach and protecting the stomach, just read this article!

Earlier we talked about the medicinal value of abalone and sea cucumber. Today we will continue to share another precious seafood: flower maw.

Flower maw is fish maw, which is a dried fish maw product of various large fishes. It is called flower maw because it is rich in gum. The medicinal value of flower maw has been admired by doctors of the past dynasties since ancient times, so what effect does it have? How to eat it?

Flower maw is one of the "Four Treasures of Seafood". Flower maw is flat in nature, sweet in taste, and returns to the kidney meridian. It has the effects of nourishing yin and stomach, strengthening kidney and essence, nourishing blood and beauty, and hemostasis. It is used to treat Stomach disease vomiting blood, kidney deficiency Huajing, postpartum wind cramps, tetanus, bleeding, hemorrhoids.

01 The medicinal value of flower maw

■ Nourishing Yin and protecting the stomach

Folk oral tradition for many years Many patients with gastritis, gastric ulcer, and stomach pain often ask me whether eating fish maw will help their condition. In fact, ancient medical books did not record that flower gum can cure stomach pain. Later generations discovered that flower gum is rich in gum and has a sticky texture after being boiled. can adhere to the surface of the gastric mucosa after entering the stomach and act as a barrier to protect the stomach. Mucosa, resist the invasion of gastric acid . In addition, flower maw is good at nourishing yin, "the stomach is happy and moisturizing and dryness", so it is said that flower maw has the effect of nourishing yin and protecting the stomach . According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Bladder glue,...stops hematemesis". For patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding caused by gastric erosion and ulcer disease, taking flower gum can be helpful.

Flower gum nourishes blood and nourish essence, suitable for patients with insufficient stomach yin. For people with spleen and stomach qi deficiency, greasy fish gelatin is best taken with ginseng, dangshen or astragalus which invigorate the spleen and nourish qi. "New Compilation of Materia Medica" says: "fish swim bladder glue, absolutely like human essence, it enters the kidneys to replenish essence, it goes without saying. If you are afraid of its sluggishness, add ginseng and act on it with qi, and the essence will be easier to grow without cementing. The disadvantage is also."

■ Gushen Yijing

Chinese medicine believes that the kidney is the congenital foundation, the liver and kidney are homologous, and the kidney essence directly affects the production of liver blood. The liver governs the tendons and the kidney essence is sufficient. , The liver and blood are vigorous, the muscles and veins can be nourished, and the physical activities are normal. "Materia Medica Seeking the Original" contains that the swim bladder can "nourish the muscles and veins, fix the hands and fight, and consolidate the essence." For this reason, for patients with limb spasm, twitching, and tremor caused by liver and kidney deficiency, can be treated with flower gum. .

■ Nourishing blood and nourishing beauty

In some areas of Guangdong, there are some customs, the elderly will keep some old flower gums, as dowry or reserved for daughters or daughter-in-law before and after pregnancy, mainly because flower gum has Good blood effect .

Chinese medicine believes that "sperm and blood are of the same origin". There is a relationship of mutual growth and mutual transformation between essence and blood. "The Theory of Various Disease Sources" says: "The kidney stores the essence, and the essence is made by the blood." The kidney essence is sufficient and naturally filled with qi and blood, the natural skin can be nourished, the complexion is ruddy, and the hair is moisturized. From this point of view, flower gum has the effect of beautifying . Modern medical research shows that flower maw is rich in collagen, the content is as high as 80%, and it also contains a variety of vitamins and various trace elements such as calcium, zinc, iron, selenium, etc., which means that flower maw does have the effect of beauty and beauty. .

02 Types and Selection of Flower Maw

■ Species

Flower Maw comes from different large fishes, among which Money鳘 Fish glue The most precious, known as the "king of fish glue", its collection value is greater than its edible value. The other more common fish maws include white maw (large white fish), yellow sturgeon (sturgeon), yellow maw (African sea bass), fish maw (large eel), and door eel (large eel).

In addition, there are male and female flower gums. The male flower gum (such as wide belly) has a V-shaped stripe. The middle of the belly is thicker and the sides are thinner. It is shaped like a saddle; the mother flower gum is mostly slightly round and round. It is flat, with horizontal or wavy stripes, and has a softer taste. The price of male flower gum is higher than female flower gum.

■ Choose

to see the texture : The surface is as dry as possible. You can put it under the light when you buy it. Translucent ones are better; quality flowers Glue, even if it is stewed for a long time, generally does not rot or melt.

Smell: No fishy smell or other peculiar smell. Moldy maw will smell bad after soaking, so it is not allowed to eat.

03 The soaking method of flower gum

The soaking method of flower gum mainly includes water hair, evaporation and oil hair . Here are the simplest and most commonly used ones. Water hair.

For the general thickness of the flower gum, soak it in water for about 4 hours. When the flower gum is soft, you can cut into small pieces, and then put the soaked flower gum into the ginger, green onion Boil in boiling water for about 15 minutes to remove the fishy smell, and it can be used for stewing.

‖ The dietary prescription recommended

Fish Maw Codonopsis Chicken Soup

Materials: Dried Flower Maw 20g, 20g Codonopsis, 3 slices of ginger, half chicken (2 Servings)

Method: Soak the flower glue, add the rest of the ingredients, add appropriate amount of water to stew or boil, add salt to taste.

Efficacy: invigorating the spleen and stomach, replenishing qi and blood.

Efficacy: People with weak spleen and stomach, insufficient qi and blood, common stomach pain, loss of appetite, fatigue, lack of thirst, pale complexion, chlorosis. Pale tongue or tooth marks, thin white fur, weak pulse.

Codonopsis is sweet in nature, sweet in the spleen and lung meridian, and can invigorate the spleen, nourish the middle and nourish qi; combine the blood and essence of flower maw and the cold and remove fishy ginger together to make a soup to invigorate the spleen and stomach, and benefit The role of Qi and blood.

Warm reminder

1. Flower gum has the effect of hemostasis. It is forbidden during postpartum lochia and during menstruation;

2. Flower gum smells thick and greasy, with damp phlegm. Use with caution for hot and humid physique.

Source: Huang Suiping's Spleen and Stomach Public Account

Editor: Cha Guanlin · Editor: Song Liping