Dead soft-shelled turtle can't be eaten. Soft-shelled turtle contains a high amount of protein, and protein is mostly histidine. After death, bacteria will decompose histidine into histidine. Group ammonia is a kind of poison harmful to human body. When it reaches a certain concentration, people will be poisoned if they eat it. Turtles are different from other fish, and their vitality is very strong. After leaving the water, their vitality drops sharply, so that they are in a state of dying. At this time, the protein structure in the body begins to decompose, and the bacteria inside and outside the body begin to develop into deep muscles. Once dead, bacteria grow faster and produce a lot of ammonia. Although he just died soon, the bacteria grew rapidly, and some ammonia was produced. In order to ensure good health, it is better not to eat.

Dead soft-shelled turtles can't be eaten, but the shell of soft-shelled turtles is still useful, that is, the carapace of soft-shelled turtles, whose medicine name is "turtle shell", which has the functions of inhibiting the proliferation of connective tissue, improving plasma protein, dispersing stagnation and reducing swelling, and improving the anti-tumor immunity; The glue boiled by Carapax Trionycis, called Carapax Trionycis Gum, has the effects of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, dispersing swelling, strengthening tendons and bones, dispersing blood stasis, eliminating spleen swelling, removing tuberculosis, regulating menstruation, and preventing and treating kidney deficiency, dizziness and nocturnal emission.