Common Name:Yellow Croaker, Small Fresh, Big Eyes, Flower Croaker, Small Cucumber, Ancient Croaker, Yellow Scaled Croaker, Small Spring Croaker, Golden Dragon, Thick Scaled Croaker.
English name: Small Yellow Croaker
Classification: Perciformes, Stenopterygii
Origin and spawning period:Mainly distributed in China's Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, the main production areas in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong and other provinces along the coast.
Introduction: small yellowtail appearance and the yellowtail is very similar, but the body is smaller, the general body length of 16 ~ 25 cm, weighing 200 ~ 300 grams, dorsal yellow-brown, ventral golden yellow, the main difference between large and small yellowtail is: large yellowtail scales are smaller and small yellowtail scales are larger and sparse; large yellowtail caudal peduncle longer than the small yellowtail caudal peduncle is shorter; the large yellowtail second fin spine of the anal fin is equal to or greater than the eye diameter. The second fin spine of the anal fin is equal to or greater than the diameter of the eye, while that of the small yellowtail is smaller than the diameter of the eye; the jaw of the large yellowtail has four inconspicuous foramina, while that of the small yellowtail has six foramina; the lower lip of the large yellowtail is longer than that of the upper lip. The lower lip is longer than the upper lip and more rounded when the mouth is closed, while the upper and lower lips of the small yellowtail are equal in length and more pointed when the mouth is closed.
Medicinal Name: Small Yellow Croaker
Origin: Liver of the small yellow croaker (Crocephalus crocephalus), family Crocephalus.
Effects: tonifying the liver and kidney, nourishing the liver and brightening the eyes.
Attacks: Liver and kidney insufficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, dryness of the eyes, blurred vision, lumbar and leg pain, impotence of men, infertility of women, use this product to tonify the liver and kidney. Cure liver blood deficiency, dim vision, or bird blindness.
Organic: sweet, salty, flat. Liver and kidney meridians.
Use and dosage: Internal use: decoction, 1-3 grams. Or extract cod liver oil.
Animal and Plant Resources: For details of the protozoa, please refer to the article "Shishou Fish".
Evidence: In "Chinese Medicinal Zoology".
Chemical constituents of traditional Chinese medicine: Cod liver oil can be extracted from the liver of the small yellow croaker.
Chemical composition of Chinese medicine: can be extracted from the liver of small yellowtail fish.