Squid is not only delicious and nutritious, but also can be used as medicine all over the body.
The inner shell of cuttlefish is named cuttlebone and cuttlefish bone. The cuttlebone is an indispensable traditional Chinese medicine in the medicine bucket of Chinese medicine shops and Chinese medicine shops. Compendium of Materia Medica records that cuttlebone "treats all blood diseases". Cuttlebone has astringent, hemostatic, antacid and analgesic effects. Squid meat can nourish blood and yin.
Cuttlebone is the main medicine for treating stomach diseases. Chinese patent medicines prepared from cuttlebone for treating stomach diseases, such as weitong powder, weitong pill, stomach medicine tablet, Wubei powder, Ganwu powder, Lingwei granule, gastric ulcer granule, etc., have all played a significant role in treating stomach diseases.
Cuttlebone is a good medicine for all kinds of bleeding. There are many effective ways to treat bleeding with cuttlebone in our country. For the treatment of gastrorrhagia, cuttlebone and bletilla striata can be ground into fine powder and taken orally. For the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis and hemoptysis, cuttlebone, Herba et Gemma Agrimoniae and Radix Rubiae can be decocted and taken. For the treatment of hematuria, cuttlebone, Radix Rehmanniae and Poria can be taken after grinding into powder. For the bleeding caused by trauma, cuttlebone, bone meal and pollen typhae charcoal can be equally ground and spread on the wound surface for treatment. Cuttlebone can also be used for tooth extraction and nasal surgery to stop bleeding. There is a kind of colloidal sponge made of squid bone powder and starch in the hospital, which is used to stop bleeding after tooth extraction. Generally, it can stop bleeding after1~ 3 minutes. This kind of sponge has no sexual stimulation to tissues. After 24~48 hours of use, the sponge is absorbed by the wound without any adverse reaction. After nasal surgery, this sponge is used to fill the wound, and the sponge slowly releases squid powder to play a hemostatic effect. Other components in the sponge dissolve slowly after filling, so they do not need to be taken out or washed. Therefore, they are welcomed by doctors and patients.
Cuttlebone is rich in inorganic salts such as calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate. Calcium carbonate is a mild antacid, which can treat hyperacidity after taking it.
The swollen part at the end of the squid rectum is called the ink sac, which is the storage of squid ink applied to a strong enemy when the squid is in danger. The main component of squid ink is squid ink melanin, which is a systemic hemostatic and can be used for the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding, functional uterine bleeding and pulmonary hemoptysis. In addition, pharmacological research also found that squid ink has a preventive effect on acute radiation sickness.
Cuttlefish bone can obtain a compound through a certain preparation process, which has a certain anti-cancer effect: the inhibition rate of mice inoculated with ascites tumor 180 is 43-55%. In addition, anti-virus substances can be extracted from squid. Cooking squid meat can cure women's blood deficiency and amenorrhea. Mullet eggs can stimulate appetite and promote diuresis. Squid is really covered in medicine.