Seafood squid is famous for its delicious meat, and it is a frequent visitor on the table every New Year's Day. Not only its meat is delicious, but also its bones have very good medicinal value.

Squid (cuttlefish) is a delicious seafood, but its inner shell is a traditional Chinese medicine named cuttlefish bone. In China Pharmacopoeia, cuttlefish bone is named cuttlebone. Why is it called cuttlebone? The cuttlebone originally refers to the egg room of mantis (also called cuttlebone), while the cuttlebone is called cuttlebone because of its similar appearance and being produced in the ocean.

The sexual and taste effects of traditional Chinese medicine can not be separated from its unique growth environment. The cuttlebone comes from the ocean, which is warm in nature, salty and astringent, and belongs to the spleen and kidney meridians, and has the unique effects of astringing and stopping bleeding, astringent essence and stopping leukorrhagia, suppressing acid and relieving pain, eliminating dampness and astringing sores. In clinic, Yu Lao often uses cuttlefish bone with concha arcae to treat gastric acid hiccups and acid regurgitation, and the curative effect is quite satisfactory.

cuttlefish bone was introduced above, so what is a conch?

concha arcae is the shell of Scapharca subcrenata, Scapharca granosa or Scapharca subcrenata, which has the effects of eliminating phlegm and removing blood stasis, softening hard mass, relieving pain. It is used for the cementation of stubborn phlegm, difficult to thicken, carbuncle, scrofula, abdominal pain and pantothenic acid.

The experiment showed that the anti-ulcer effect of compound concha arcae granule was better than that of cimetidine, and it could inhibit the growth of Helicobacter pylori, and its bacteriostatic ability was also better than that of cimetidine.

cuttlefish bone is mild in temperature, and Waleng Zi is flat in nature, both of which have the effect of making acid, and the combination of them is suitable for stomachache, pantothenic acid and noisy symptoms. It is worth noting that cuttlefish bone is a person with yin deficiency and excessive heat and should not take more. Friends who have stomach acid problems need to consult a doctor for specific use.