Turtle, also known as turtle. It is an aquatic reptile without gills, relying on lungs to breathe, living in rivers, lakes and the sea. In May and June each year, when the eggs are laid, the turtle grows the most fat and plump, which is a good time to eat. Since ancient times, China has taken the turtle as a delicacy, the Zhou Dynasty court meals have been eating it recorded, and later generations have taken it as a feast on the top dishes.

The turtle is rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin A, but also contains fat, sugar, niacin, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin D, as well as animal gum, keratin, iodine and other substances, the nutritional value is very high. Whether it is braised or stewed, the flavor is extremely fresh and delicious, especially the soft epidermal part around its dorsal armor, which is fat but not greasy, and is the most beautiful part of its meat.

The turtle's meat, armor, head and blood all have good medical effects, so it has always been regarded as a good tonic. Turtle meat is sweet and flat in nature, and has many effects such as nourishing yin, clearing heat, benefiting the kidneys and stomach, nourishing the blood, strengthening the yang, cooling the blood and dispersing knots. In summer, the climate is hot, it is easy to hurt the body's yin and qi, at this time to eat some turtle, can play the role of tonifying qi and yin, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and enhance the role of the body. In addition, it is also suitable for yin deficiency fever, long malaria, prolapse, prolapsed uterus, leakage, with lower, chronic dysentery and other diseases. Cancer patients in the post-surgical resection and radiation therapy or chemical drug therapy in the dry mouth and internal heat of yin deficiency and blood weakness manifestations, consumption of turtle, can play a supporting therapeutic role, is conducive to the restoration of health. Turtle shell (also known as turtle shell) has a strong role in clearing heat, and can pass the blood vessels, spread fatigue, for the liver and spleen, menstrual disorders or menstruation, etc., is extremely suitable for (1) braised turtle

Ingredients: turtle meat 1000 grams, chicken wings 2 to pay, 50 grams of ham, 10 grams of mushrooms, 1500 milliliters of chicken broth. Salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, pepper, sugar, monosodium glutamate.

Preparation: cut the turtle into meat; chicken wings chopped off the tip. Cut into two sections; ham washed with hot water, cut into thick slices; mushrooms washed. Put the turtle meat, chicken wings, ham, mushrooms together in a casserole, add chicken broth and salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, pepper, sugar. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for about 2 hours. Pay attention to adding water to prevent burning dry. When the turtle meat is cooked, cease fire and add a small amount of monosodium glutamate. It can be eaten with meals.

Functions:Nourishing Yin and tonifying the kidney, benefiting Qi and nourishing blood. It is suitable for the deficiency of yin and blood caused by bone steam and hot flashes, zygomatic redness, night sweating, heartburn and insomnia, hemorrhoids and blood in stool, spermatorrhea in men, women's disintegration and bandage, and shortness of breath and laziness caused by spleen deficiency and qi deficiency, fatigue and weakness, and anal prolapse.

(2) Tuan fish soup

Ingredients: turtle 500 grams, 250 grams of mutton, 3 grams of grasshopper. Ginger, pepper, salt, monosodium glutamate, appropriate amount.

Usage: the turtle slaughtered, washed, cut into small pieces of meat; mutton washed, and turtle meat together in a casserole. Add grasshopper and appropriate amount of ginger, water. First boil with the fire, then stew with the fire for about 2 hours, pay attention to add water to prevent burning dry. Cease fire when the meat is cooked. Add a small amount of salt, pepper and monosodium glutamate as appropriate. Serve with meals, drink soup, eat meat.

Functions: nourishing kidney yin, warming the spleen and stomach. It is suitable for dizziness and tinnitus, hot flashes and night sweating, lumbar and knee weakness caused by deficiency of kidney yin, and cold pain in the epigastric region caused by deficiency of the spleen and stomach, reduced diet, abdominal distension and discomfort after eating.

(3) tonic marrow soup

Raw materials: turtle 1, 200 grams of pork spinal cord, green onions, ginger, pepper, monosodium glutamate.

Method: the turtle slaughtered, washed, cut into pieces, placed in a casserole, add the appropriate amount of water and ginger, onion, pepper. Boil it first with martial arts fire, then simmer it with civil fire for about 2 hours, pay attention to add water to prevent burning dry. When the turtle meat cooked into the clean pork spinal cord and then cook, pork spinal cord cooked cease fire, add a small amount of monosodium glutamate. Eat with meals, eat meat and drink soup.

Functions: nourish yin and tonify the kidneys, fill the marrow. It is suitable for dizziness, dizziness, forgetfulness, lumbar and knee pain, night sleep, night sweating and spermatorrhea caused by deficiency of kidney yin.

(4) two mother Yuan fish

Ingredients: 500 grams of soft-shelled turtle, 5 grams of shellfish, 5 grams of mother-of-pearl, 5 grams of mother-of-pearl, 5 grams of forewillow, 5 grams of woodruff, 5 grams of almonds. Salt, cooking wine, appropriate amount.

Method: the turtle slaughter, wash, cut into pieces of meat, placed in a large bowl; the five flavors of traditional Chinese medicine, wash, put into a gauze bag, tighten the mouth of the bag, but also into the bowl; discretionary addition of appropriate amount of wine and salt, and then add water, no more than the pieces of meat. Put it in the steamer to steam and stew for about 1 hour, to the extent that the turtle meat is cooked and rotten. Serve while hot.

Functions: nourishes the liver and kidney, nourishes yin and reduces fever. It is suitable for dry mouth and throat caused by insufficient yin fluid, prolonged low fever.