Unique advantages
Nourishing kidney and producing sperm
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus contains a unique amino acid, which can promote sperm formation. Adult men often eat loach, which has the effects of tonifying kidney, producing sperm, nourishing and strengthening the body, and is helpful to regulate sexual function.
Supplementing calcium and strengthening bone
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is rich in trace elements calcium and phosphorus. Regular consumption of loach can prevent rickets, senile fractures and osteoporosis in children. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus soup can better absorb calcium.
Tonifying blood and iron
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is rich in protein and trace element iron, which is very beneficial to anemia patients.
Protect blood vessels
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus contains nicotinic acid, which can dilate blood vessels, reduce the concentration of cholesterol and triglyceride in blood, regulate blood lipid disorder, slow down the degree of coronary atherosclerosis, reduce the occurrence of myocardial infarction and other diseases, and effectively prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Anti-aging and anti-inflammatory
An unsaturated fatty acid contained in Misgurnus anguillicaudatus can resist vascular aging and is very beneficial to the elderly. Its slippery saliva also has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.
Other influences
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that loach is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the functions of tonifying the middle warmer, benefiting qi, eliminating pathogenic factors, removing dampness, nourishing the kidney, producing sperm, detoxifying and removing hemorrhoids, quenching thirst and diuresis, and protecting the liver. It can also be used for treating pruritus, edema, hepatitis, premature ejaculation, jaundice and hemorrhoids. Introduction to Medicine says that it can tonify the middle energizer and stop diarrhea. It is recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that loach fish has the effect of warming the middle warmer and benefiting qi, and has certain effects on quenching thirst, sobering up, diuresis, strengthening yang and relieving hemorrhoids.