From 1. Classic of Mountains and Seas: Fenshui is full of bonito and red scales.

2. "Shan Hai Jing" Guo Pu Biography: The bonito is thin and long, and the big one is more than a foot. Now it is spared in Taihu Lake, and it is a swordfish.

3. "Compendium": In the rivers and lakes, Yinsheng often begins in March, and its shape is narrow and long, as thin as a chip, and as long as a thin knife. The scales are white, there are two hard whiskers on the kiss, there are long stings under the gills like wheat awns, there are hard horns under the abdomen, and they are sharp as knives, and there are short stings near the tail after the abdomen, and there are many fine thorns in the meat. Cooking is not as good as cooking

4. "Living with Interest Diet Spectrum": The chub is good, delicious and astringent, and can also be used as a squid. It is better to have children produced in Wenzhou.

Pinyin name Ji Yu

English name Estuarine tapertail

Anchovy

Alias Yan, Yao Dao, saury, Wang Yu, Jiang Yan, Ma Yan, Zi Yu, Anchovies, and Hairy Fish.

source

The source of medicinal materials: the whole of Coilia ectenes and its related species.

Latin plant and animal mineral name: Coilia ectenes Jordan et Seale

Harvesting and storage: spring and summer fishing, after catching, remove scales, gills, gills and internal organs, and use them rarely.

In its original form, Coilia ectenes is flat on its side, and even worse in its posterior segment, generally 24-37cm long. The head is short, and the snout is slightly blunt and prominent. The eyes are small and the intervals between eyes are convex. The mouth is large, anterior and inferior, and the mouth fissure is oblique. The maxilla extends backward to the base of pectoral fin, and its lower edge has fine serrations. Teeth are small, and the upper and lower jaws, vomeroids and jawbones all have fine teeth. The gill hole is wide, the strontium rake is slender (17- 18)+(24-25), and * * * is close to the front of the gluteal fin. The body is thin and round, with longitudinal scales of 74-84, transverse scales 10- 12, and marginal scales of abdomen (18-22)+(27-34). No side line. The back is straight, with dorsal fin 1, 13 and gluteal fin 96- 1 15, which is more than half of the body length. There are free fins 6 on the upper part of the pectoral fin, which extend into filiform shape, and the end can reach the starting point of the anal fin or slightly exceed it. The abdomen is small, the caudal fin is asymmetrical, and the upper leaf is longer than the lower leaf. Body silvery white. The back of the body is slightly gray.

Habitat distribution

Ecological environment: usually inhabit the shallow sea estuary, and flock back to fresh water to spawn in spring and summer, for reproductive migration, feeding on zooplankton and small fish.

Distribution of resources: China is distributed in the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, especially in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin and its affiliated lakes.

Sweet in nature; Sexual equality

Meridian tropism and spleen meridian

Function indication: invigorating spleen and invigorating qi; Purge fire and detoxify. Indications: chronic gastrointestinal dysfunction; Dyspepsia and boils and carbuncle.

Administration and dosage: decoction, 30-60g. External use: appropriate amount, tamping.

Be careful not to eat too much. Caution should be given to those suffering from dampness, scabies, gangrene and hemorrhoids.

Various expositions

1. Compendium: Fu, paste hemorrhoids and fistula.

2. "Seeking the Original Materia Medica": Sticking to defeat hemorrhoids and leakage.

3. "Living with Interest Diet Spectrum": invigorating qi.

Excerpt from Chinese materia medica