Mud snail, also known as spit iron, "Materia Medica Gleaner" contains: mud snail has a complementary liver and kidneys, moisten the lungs, eyesight, the function of the body. Mud snail with a large head, color yellow for the best, if the time of year, the peach blossom bloom when the quality of the best, when the mud snail grows into the belly of mud and sand spit out, the meat is especially tender and fat, known as the "peach blossom mud snail".

The mud snail belongs to the mollusc family Gastropoda Gastropoda subclass Gastropoda head tatara family. The shell is ovoid, the shell is thin and brittle, its shell can not cover all the body, the edge of the two sides of the gastropods exposed outside the shell, and folded over to cover part of the shell. Mud snail shell thin and brittle, adult shell body length of about 40mm, width of about 12-15mm. body rectangular, slipper-shaped head disk large, no antennae.

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Contraindications for Mud Snail

1: Cannot be eaten with cold food.

The mud snail is cold, it is best to avoid eating with some cold food *** with food, such as cabbage, cucumber and other vegetables, should not drink some of the soda, ice water, ice-cream such as chilled drinks immediately after the meal, but also pay attention to eat less or do not eat watermelon, pears and other fruits of the nature of the cold, so as not to lead to physical discomfort.

2: Can not eat with beer, red wine.

Eating mud snail drinking a lot of beer, will produce too much uric acid, thus triggering gout. Excessive uric acid will be deposited in the joints or soft tissues, thus causing inflammation of the joints and soft tissues.

3: Mud snails need to be cooked.

Mud snail is not cooked contains bacteria, mud snail in the germs are mainly Vibrio parahaemolyticus, etc., heat resistance is relatively strong, more than 80 ℃ in order to kill. In addition to the bacteria in the water, seafood may also exist in the eggs of parasites, as well as processing bacteria and viral contamination. Generally speaking, it takes 4-5 minutes in boiling water to completely sterilize the seafood.

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