Turtle is flat and sweet; Liver meridian.

Has the effects of nourishing yin, cooling blood, invigorating spleen and kidney, strengthening bones, resolving hard mass, and relieving swelling.

Can be used for preventing and treating asthenia, hepatosplenomegaly, pulmonary tuberculosis, etc.

Sexual taste

Cold in nature and salty in taste.

nutritional ingredient

Protein, fat, iron, calcium, animal glue, keratin and multivitamins.

efficacy

Nourishing yin and clearing heat, tonifying deficiency and nourishing kidney, nourishing blood and nourishing liver.

avoid

Suitable for the weak. Patients with liver disease should not eat; People suffering from gastroenteritis, gastric ulcer, cholecystitis and other digestive system diseases are not suitable for eating; Insomnia, pregnant women and postpartum diarrhea should not be eaten. Soft-shelled turtle contains high protein and fat, especially the animal glue on the skirt, which is not easy to digest and absorb, so it is not advisable to eat too much at one time.

Medicinal use of soft-shelled turtle

1. bone steaming heat treatment: turtle 1, eviscerated, cortex lycii radicis 15g, radix rehmanniae 15g, cortex moutan 15g, soup stew 1 time, daily 1. Taking it for 7 days is a course of 1.

2. Treatment of low fever, fatigue and emaciation of liver cancer: 50 grams of turtle shell, pigeon 1. Wash the tortoise shell, mash it, put it into the washed pigeon belly, put it into a casserole or a big bowl, stew it in water until the meat is cooked, and add seasonings such as salt and monosodium glutamate to serve.

3. Treatment of uterine cancer with yin deficiency and low fever: soft-shelled turtle 1 piece (about 500g), white lotus seed 75g, lean pork 200g, egg 1 piece, mushroom 10g, rice wine 10g, ginger, onion, starch, salt and soy sauce. Slaughter the turtle (cut it below the neck, but don't cut off its head), soak it in boiling water and wash it, peel off its shell, take out its internal organs and wash it for later use. Chop pork, dice mushrooms, and add seasoning such as egg liquid, minced onion and ginger, starch, rice wine, salt, soy sauce and monosodium glutamate. , mix well, put it into the belly of the nail fish, put eight cooked lotus seeds on the meat stuffing, put two circles of lotus seeds around the turtle, steam it in a cage for 1 hour, and thicken it.

4. Treatment of soreness of the waist and knees, nocturnal emission and impotence: Carassius auratus100g, Cordyceps sinensis10g, red dates 20g, yellow rice wine 30g, salt 6g, onion 6g, ginger slices 6g, garlic 4 petals, chicken soup100g, all steamed and stewed together with monosodium glutamate.

5. Treatment of epilepsy in sheep: 1 turtle, cooked and shelled, stewed with oil and salt, soup and meat eaten together 1 time. Take it before epilepsy in sheep, 1 time, 7 days a day.

6. Treatment of chronic nephritis: soft-shelled turtle 1 turtle, 60 grams of garlic, appropriate amount of sugar, rice wine and water, used for stewing food.

7. Physical weakness after radiotherapy and chemotherapy for cancer: soft-shelled turtle 1 animal (about 500g), ganoderma lucidum powder 15g, medlar 20g, and ginger. Blanch the turtle with boiling water, chop off the head and claws, remove the shell and viscera, cut the meat into small pieces, put it in a big casserole with ganoderma lucidum powder, medlar and ginger, and add appropriate amount of water. Bring the fire to the boil and simmer until the fish is cooked. Has effect in nourishing yin, clear away heat, removing toxic materials and resisting canc.

8. Treatment of weakness after cancer surgery or radiotherapy and chemotherapy: cut the neck bone of 1 turtle along the shell with a knife, then cut the head and neck, take out the trachea, cut open the abdomen, take out the internal organs, cut off the claws, blanch them in a boiling water pot, take them out, scrape off the black film on the back shell, and chop them into 4 pieces; 30g Hericium erinaceus is soaked in clear water15min, drained and sliced. Then put the soft-shelled turtle and Hericium erinaceus into a casserole, add onion 1 slice, shredded ginger10g, 60g of rice wine, 30g of bamboo shoots and 30g of ham slices, add clear water to submerge the soft-shelled turtle, simmer for 2 hours with strong fire, take out the ginger and onion, and season with salt and monosodium glutamate. Has effect in nourishing yin, invigorate kidney, strengthening body resistance and resisting cancer.

Matters needing attention in eating soft-shelled turtle

1. Dead and deteriorated soft-shelled turtles cannot be eaten; Cooked turtle shells have no medicinal value.

2. The mixture of raw turtle blood and bile will poison the drinker or suffer from severe anemia.

3. The fishy smell of crucian carp is difficult to remove, and washing with water or adding seasonings such as onion, ginger and wine can not achieve satisfactory results. When the turtle is slaughtered, the gallbladder and bile are taken out from the viscera of the turtle. After washing the turtle, add some water to the turtle bile and smear it all over the turtle; After a while, rinse with clear water. Turtle bile is not bitter, don't worry.

4. The turtle can be eaten all over, especially the soft part hanging on the turtle, which is called "turtle skirt". Delicious and unique, it is a tender and delicious part of soft-shelled turtle. Carp is easy to digest and absorb, produces high heat and is extremely rich in nutrition. Generally, it is made into "turtle soup" for drinking, and it can also be made into delicious food for people to enjoy.

How to make turtle soup

One turtle (about 500g is better), ham, dried mushrooms, ginger, garlic, onion, Shaoxing wine, salt and monosodium glutamate.

Exercise:

1. Turn the tortoise over with its back to the ground and its stomach to the sky. When it turns over hard and stretches its neck to a long length, it quickly cuts it at the root of the neck with a sharp knife and then lifts it up to control the blood. Then put it in hot water with a water temperature of about 70~80 degrees, scald it for 2~5 minutes (the specific time and temperature depend on the age and season of the turtle) and take it out.

2. After cooling (those who can't wait to soak in cold water to cool down), cut a cross knife in the belly of the turtle with scissors or a sharp knife, dig out the internal organs, and slaughter the limbs and tail. The key is to take off the butter on your legs;

3, but also gently scrape the black skin of the turtle. Be careful not to scratch or scrape off the skirt (also called flying edge, which is located around the turtle and is a delicious part of the turtle). After scraping the black skin, wash it. Even if the basic cleaning is completed;

4. After the soft-shelled turtle is processed, put it in a bowl and spread with ham slices. Mushrooms, ginger, garlic and onions can also be put together and then added with cooking wine;

5. Then it takes time to stew, depending on the size of the turtle. One hour is almost enough for the younger one, and 60 minutes for the older one.