Oysters

are not only a delicacy, but also have high medicinal value. "Compendium of Materia Medica" written by Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty recorded: "Oyster meat is sweet, warm and non-toxic. It can be cooked to treat weakness, regulate the middle, relieve erysipelas, and replenish the qi and blood of women. Eat it raw with ginger and vinegar to treat irritability and quench thirst after drinking. If you eat it with broiler Beautiful, it makes skin smooth and beautiful. "Modern medical experiments also show that the aqueous solution extracted from oyster meat has an inhibitory effect on tumor cells. Japanese scientists also discovered that oyster meat contains natural taurine, which has many functions such as lowering blood lipids, inhibiting platelet aggregation, improving human immunity, and promoting metabolism.

The shells of sea oysters are commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. Oysters contain 80%-95% of calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, magnesium, aluminum, silicon and iron oxide. They are salty, astringent and cool in nature and flavor. , has the effects of calming the liver and subduing yang, nourishing yin and calming the nerves, resolving phlegm, solidifying essence and stopping vaginal discharge. Clinically, it is commonly used in combination with keel, turtle shell, white peony root, etc., and can be used to treat irritability, palpitations, insomnia, dizziness, tinnitus and other diseases caused by yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity; when combined with Zhejiang Fritillary, Scrophulariaceae, etc., it can soften and disperse hardness. Clumping, suitable for fistulas, phlegm cores and other diseases; if combined with Salvia miltiorrhiza, adenophora, turtle shell, etc., it can also treat hepatosplenomegaly; if it is calcined with fire, it can be used to treat diseases such as sweating, spermatorrhea, uterine bleeding, etc. Because it has an antacid effect, it can also be used for hyperacidity, gastric ulcers, etc. Nowadays, the clinical medicinal scope of oyster preparations is gradually being recognized and expanded. It can be used as an anti-tuberculosis drug and can eliminate nausea and stomach discomfort caused by heavy drinking. At the same time, it has a spermatogenesis and strengthening effect on men, and can also lower the blood sugar of diabetic patients and reduce the complications of diabetes. In addition, it has a good effect on women's menopausal syndrome, functional uterine bleeding in adolescence, pre and postpartum weakness, as well as arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, hyperlipidemia, arrhythmia, chronic hepatitis, etc.