Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is delicious in meat and rich in nutrition. According to medicine, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the effects of regulating middle warmer, invigorating qi, eliminating dampness and detoxicating, nourishing yin and clearing heat, dredging collaterals and tonifying kidney qi. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus can treat diabetes, impotence, hepatitis, hemorrhoids, tinea scabies, night sweats, edema and other diseases. ; It has certain effects on quenching thirst, sobering up, promoting urination, strengthening yang and collecting hemorrhoids.

Modern research has found that the fat contained in Misgurnus anguillicaudatus contains unsaturated fatty acids similar to eicosapentaenoic acid, which is helpful for human anti-aging. The slippery mucus on loach, called "loach synovial fluid" in clinical application, has special medicinal value and is used to treat urinary obstruction, furuncle and carbuncle. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus contains Xihe Locke protein, which can strengthen essence, and it has the effect of strengthening kidney and strengthening yang when eaten frequently; Pharmacologically, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus also has a certain effect on reducing transaminase and preventing and treating hepatitis.