Turtle contains unsaturated fatty acids, proteins, vitamins and calcium, iron, iodine and as many as 22 kinds of essential trace elements, the fat content is very low, but also contains animal gum, keratin and other nutrients.

Turtle is flat and sweet in nature, and has the effect of nourishing yin, removing heat, dispersing knots, and benefiting the kidneys. It is suitable for yin deficiency, prolonged dysentery, prolapse of the anus, uterine prolapse, disintegration and subluxation, liver cancer and leukemia. Since the main function of turtle is to nourish yin, people who have been sick for a long time, are weak in yang and afraid of cold, have weak gastrointestinal function, indigestion or loss of appetite should eat with caution. In addition, liver and spleen enlargement and hepatitis combined with anemia of liver disease patients, chronic nephritis, renal insufficiency patients should not eat turtle, so as not to cause hepatic coma.

Eating turtle should avoid eating with eggs, rabbit, pig, chicken, duck and amaranth, otherwise not only no benefit, but harmful. Eat turtle but also live slaughter bloodletting, can not eat the dead turtle, otherwise easy to cause histamine poisoning.