Pomfret, alias mirror fish, silver carp (Record of Foreign Bodies in Linhai), long back turtle, long mouse (Notes on Materia Medica), dog sleeping fish (Record of Ridge Table), bighead carp (Compilation of Medical Forest), mirror fish and flat fish (Short and tall, extremely flat, slightly. Small head, round kiss, small mouth and thin teeth. The ventral fins of adult fish have disappeared. The caudal fin is deeply forked and the lower leaf is longer. The body is silvery white, and the upper part is slightly bluish gray. Feeding on crustaceans. Pomfret is a large fish with both edible and ornamental functions in tropical and subtropical regions. Pomfret belongs to the pomfret family of Perciformes. The body is short and tall, and the polar side is flat and slightly rhombic. Small head, round kiss, small mouth and thin teeth. The ventral fin of adult fish disappears and the caudal fin is deeply forked. The lower leaves are long, the body is silvery white, and the upper part is slightly bluish gray, feeding on crustaceans and so on.

There are silver pomfret, golden pomfret, red pomfret (fresh water pomfret), knife pomfret, black pomfret, gray pomfret, spiny pomfret, spotted Cooper pomfret and snowflake pomfret (South America).

1. Nutritional value of pomfret

Pomfret contains many nutrients. 100 g fish meat contains protein 15.6 g, fat 6.6 g, carbohydrate 0.2 g, calcium/kloc-0.9 mg, phosphorus 240 mg and iron 0.3 mg. Rich in trace elements selenium and magnesium, it can prevent cardiovascular diseases such as coronary atherosclerosis, delay the aging of the body and prevent the occurrence of cancer.

2. Edible efficacy of pomfret

Pomfret has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, invigorating stomach and essence, smoothing tendons and strengthening bones, and is very effective for dyspepsia, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, anemia, and aching bones and muscles. Flat fish can also be used for children with chronic illness, deficiency of qi and blood, fatigue, loss of appetite and other diseases.

Pomfret is sweet and flat. Can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi. Can be used for treating spleen and stomach weakness and deficiency of both qi and blood.

3. Preventive measures

Pomfret should not be fried with animals; Don't eat with mutton. The eggs in the stomach of pomfret are poisonous and can cause diarrhea. Patients with pruritic dermatosis should not eat it. According to predecessors' experience, pomfret is seafood "wool" and should not be eaten by sick people.

Guiling ointment, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, reducing fire and relieving annoyance, clearing damp heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. It can be used for asthenic fire, dysphoria, sores on the mouth and tongue, constipation due to fluid deficiency, turbid white heat, leucorrhea with red and white discharge, pruritus of skin, and furuncle with swelling and toxin.

Therefore, you can eat turtle paste after eating pomfret, but turtle paste is a cold food. People with weak spleen and stomach, loss of appetite and easy diarrhea should not eat more.