Herring stone can be used for entertainment and appreciation, and it is also a folk remedy.

It is said that the herring stone is known to have the functions of exorcising evil spirits, preventing children from being frightened and receiving blessings, so it is named fish-shocked stone. In folk customs, big herring is often pickled into dried herring as a new year's goods. In the process of flooding, try to eat fish stones for a week or two after adding salt, and the salty taste will enter. Children will take the initiative to suck when they are frightened, and adults can often stop their bad emotions when they are frightened. Some people think that psychological factors may still play a role.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the sedative effect of herring stone may be reasonable. It is expected that horny things such as rhinoceros horn, antelope horn and horn have good functions of relieving convulsion, cooling blood and detoxifying.

The main component of herring stone is keratin, so herring stone may indeed have similar effects. Of course, further confirmation needs scientific research support.

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Source of herring stone: The concept of herring stone or herring stone powder is often found in the treasure-seeking chapters of fairy tales and the names of props for avoiding evil and detoxifying in online games. Such as the novel "Ghost Blows the Lamp" and the online game "Love between Swordsman 3". The herring stone is stable and can be stored for a long time after being taken down and dried naturally.

Black herring is an aquatic organism, and fresh black herring stone contains a lot of water. After taking the stone, it needs to be dried in the shade to form hard keratin before processing. Don't dry herring stone by sun drying, blow drying or drying. These rapid dehydration methods will make the dry humidity of herring stone change dramatically in a short time and produce a lot of cracks.

Fresh herring stones need to be stored in a cool, windless, dark and dry environment for more than half a month, and it is advisable to dry them naturally in a cool place. The dried herring stone is orange and attractive in color. If the raw material needs oiling and maintenance, it should be oiled and maintained after the herring stone is completely dried. The oil in the morning will affect the evaporation of water in herring stone and the subsequent processing and polishing.

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