Whitefish

[Source]
From 1. "Kai Bao Materia Medica ': white fish, the big six, seven feet, color white, head Aung, rivers and lakes in the raw.
2. "Outline": Bo, form a narrow flat belly, small scales, both head and tail up, the meat in thin spines. Edible fish like whitefish than he, also avid hair sores, called Bugan eyesight, adjusting the five internal organs, the rationale for twelve meridians who will likely be the kind words, not enough believers, when the "open treasure" Note for the positive.

[Pinyin] Bái Yú

[English name] Topmouth culter

[Alias] Bo fish, Jiao fish, flat fish white

[Source]
Medicine-based source: Cyprinidae animal Erythroculter ilishaeformis and red fins Bo meat.
Latin name of plant and animal fossil: 1.Erythroculter ilishaeformis (Bleeker) 2.Culter erythropterus Basilewsky
Harvesting and storage: spring, summer catch, was caught after removing the gills, scales and viscera, washed, fresh.

[Original form]
1. Erythroculter ilishaeformis, flat side of the extension of the body, head and back is almost straight, slight decrease from the rear. Height and head length slightly equal, individuals below the 200mm long, head length than the height of a large, 200mm above the individual and vice versa. 6 long winter age fish up to 615-648mm, weighing 2500-3500g. Upper mouth, oral fissure stretch the front edge of the vertical line below the nose. 3 rows of pharyngeal teeth, top teeth hooked. Mandibular hypertrophy, prominent and sharply upturned. Eyes large, at the top side of the head. Gill rakers slender, anterior lateral line slightly curved ventral side, posterior side of the body across the middle. Small scales, lateral line scales 83-93, mostly 86-90. Dorsal fin 3,7, is a powerful, smooth, hard spines, the starting point of the pelvic fins and anal fin beginning slightly before the start of the central, to the snout and the caudal fin base equal to the distance a few. 3,21-25 anal fin, longer base. Bladder 3 rooms, the rooms large and round. After the small room. Peritoneal membrane silver-white, gray-brown back and upper side of the body, the abdomen is silvery white, gray and even the gray-black fins.
2 red fin Bo, body slightly longer, flat side, head back clear processes, like hump-shaped. Abdomen to the anus from the belly of its pectoral fin edge. Medium-large head, mouth position, a few vertical crack mouth, lower jaw prominent and upturned. Eyes, etc. and is located above the cephalic. 3 rows of pharyngeal teeth, the end was a sharp hook. Gill rakers 25-29. Small scales, lateral line complete, lateral line scales 60-69. Between the pelvic fins and anal fin. Caudal fin was forked. Gray back, sides and belly silvery white, dorsal fin and tail fin of the Ye Chengqing gray, ventral fin, anal fin and lower lobe of caudal fin orange-red.

[Habitat distribution]
Environment: 1. Living in the water and large water fish, usually in the upper water column, fast, good jump, sexually violent, mainly fish for food.
2 for the pelagic freshwater fish, habitat for many aquatic plants open water, mainly on small fish for food.
Distribution of resources: 1. Is one of widespread fish, to the mouth of the Yangtze River from the Jinsha River, Heilongjiang, the Yellow River, Liaohe River and other tributaries and lakes are distributed subsidiaries.
(2) the major rivers are distributed.

【Chemical Composition】 Erythroculter ilishaeformis per 100g edible parts of water containing 77g, protein 18.6g, fat 4.6g, ash 1g; calcium 37mg, phosphorus 166mg, iron 1.1mg, riboflavin (rlboflavine) 0.07mg, niacin ( nicotinic acid) 1.3mg.

Sweet [taste]; natured

】 【Go through the spleen; stomach

【Indications】 appetizer digestion; spleen water. Staple food product not of; edema

Dosage Oral: cooking ,100-250g.

[Note] The risk of boils were careful service.

[] Discussed various
1 Meng Shen: lack of major hepatic gas at home. Gas transfer Wu Zang, Li meridians.
2. "Herbal": help temper, to digestion, the rationale for twelve meridians and the gas phase does not stretch.
3. "Japan Hanako Materia Medica": to help the blood, liver eyesight, moxibustion sore is not made for good cuisine eat.
4. "Kai Bao Materia Medica ': main Stomach, under appetizers food, to water vapor, it is healthy fat.
5. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": rule ulcer sores, eat with the garlic.
6. "With the interest rate spectrum of home eating": the water line to help the spleen, pox pus.

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