Blood clams need to be cleaned before storing so that they can be eaten later. Blood clams are a kind of shellfish marine organisms, growing in the southeast coastal zone, open the shell can be seen like blood secretion, so it is called blood clams. Because of its meat tender and delicious, especially by the local people's favorite, the following look at how to clean blood clams.

Clean pot half filled with water and put some salt, generally do not need too much, a teaspoon can be. Blood clams all immersed in light salt water, not too long, otherwise affect the mucus of the blood clams, affecting the taste.

Brush carefully with a toothbrush-type brush. Pay attention to the sediment between the tile ridge must be carefully scrubbed, where it is most likely to accumulate sediment, running water rinse clean, slightly filtered water can be.

Blood clams are rich in epidermal growth factor can promote cell division, so that the skin delicate white, cell regeneration, and a small number of beneficial natural hormones testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, etc., with the unique effect of replenishing the kidneys and vital essence, moisturizing the lungs to nourish yin and yang health. It contains 18 kinds of amino acids required by the human body, frog alcohol (cholestrol), unsaturated fatty acids (linoleic acid, linolenic acid, etc.), nucleic acids, phospholipid compounds, a variety of vitamins (A, B, C, D, E, etc.) and 13 kinds of elements, such as potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, selenium, and so on.

The role of blood clams for men is mainly manifested in the kidney tonic and aphrodisiac. Due to the living habits and biological characteristics of the snow clam itself, it contains hormones, vitamins, peptide bioactive factors for men to tonify the kidneys and aphrodisiacs have auxiliary therapeutic effects. So middle-aged and elderly male friends can eat more snow clams.