Chinese medicine believes that carp is sweet and flat, enters the lung and kidney meridians, tonifies the spleen and stomach, promotes diuresis to reduce swelling, regulates qi and promotes lactation. Patients with poor digestive function or edema symptoms can eat more carp. Although the Spring Festival is getting warmer, we should moisten the lungs and reduce dryness, and eat some carp. Carp with wax gourd or red bean can induce diuresis and reduce swelling; Paired with red beans, it is an ancient formula.
After cleaning the fish by descaling and laparotomy, put some yellow wine in the basin to remove the fishy smell of the fish and make it delicious. Fresh fish can be cut open and washed, and soaked in milk for a while, which can not only remove the fishy smell, but also increase the umami flavor. After eating fish, when your mouth smells, chew three or five pieces of tea, and your breath will be fresh immediately.
Eating crucian carp when getting married is homophonic with "auspiciousness", and eating crucian carp together during the New Year will bring good luck. Crucian carp in river fish is a good tonic in spring. Eating crucian carp regularly can not only strengthen the body, but also help to lower blood pressure and blood lipids and make people live longer.
Folk believe that crucian carp is divided into black and white, and black-scaled crucian carp is also called "black crucian carp"; White scale crucian carp is also called "silver crucian carp". It is generally believed that crucian carp is of good quality, tender meat and delicious taste; Crucian carp with black scales has a strong earthy smell and rough meat. It is best to eat white scale crucian carp soup, which is called "white crucian carp" by the people.
Pay attention when eating crucian carp. It is not suitable to eat with garlic, sugar, mustard, Adenophora adenophora, honey, pork liver, chicken, sheep, dogs, pheasants, venison, and Chinese medicine Ophiopogon japonicus and Magnolia officinalis. Avoid drinking tea before and after eating fish. Before the crucian carp goes into the pot, it should not only scrape scales and dig gills, but also remove its throat teeth (teeth behind gills), so that the fish will taste more delicious.
Eating silver carp in marriage is homophonic with "Lian", and eating silver carp in Chinese New Year is getting more and more every year. Silver carp is sweet in taste, flat in nature, slightly warm, and enters the spleen and stomach meridians. Has effects in invigorating spleen, invigorating qi, warming stomach, blackening hair, caring skin, and eliminating dampness. Therefore, at the wedding banquet in Zhuji, there must be a dish of "fish".