Different shrimps have almost the same nutritional value except for their different tastes. Sea shrimp tastes better than river shrimp because of its good toughness and chewiness. There are more than 500 kinds of common sea shrimps in China, and different species have different names in different places, such as lobster, prawn, Pipi shrimp, white shrimp, metapenaeus ensis, dried shrimp and so on.
Among all the sea shrimps, prawns taste delicious. Because China shrimp was infected by a viral infectious disease a few years ago, it was almost wiped out by the whole army. At present, most of the artificially cultured prawns in the market are Penaeus vannamei imported from abroad. Metapenaeus ensis was originally a new kind of prawn cultured in shrimp farms in Guangdong and other places. Because its body length is generally seven or eight centimeters, people later called this length of prawn metapenaeus ensis. The nutritional value and taste of lobsters are similar to those of crabs, and their muscle fibers are rough, not as fresh as other shrimps. At present, lobsters are more expensive in the market, mainly because most of them are imported from Australia. Pipi shrimp, also known as Squid Shrimp, is produced in the sea area north of the Yangtze River Estuary. Its gonads are the most delicious when they are mature in spring, even surpassing any other shrimp. However, after laying eggs, the taste of Pipi shrimp will become worse and the body will become very thin.
In addition, Chinese medicine believes that sea shrimp is sweet, salty and warm, and has the effects of appetizing and resolving phlegm, invigorating qi and strengthening yang, invigorating qi and promoting lactation, and has certain curative effects on impotence due to kidney deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, pain of bones and muscles, hemiplegia caused by stroke and other diseases. However, shrimp is a hair product, and it is not suitable to eat shrimp when people have sores or fire due to yin deficiency.
Shrimp contains high-quality protein, with the content of18% in fresh shrimp and 50% in dried shrimp. The mineral content in shrimp is very rich. Every100g of shrimp contains calcium146mg, phosphorus196mg, iron 3.0mg and zinc1.44mg.. However, the calcium content in shrimp skin per 100 g is as high as 1760 mg, and the phosphorus 1000 mg is 6.7 mg.
Chinese medicine believes that shrimp is sweet and salty, and has the effect of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang.
Treatment of kidney deficiency, yang failure, low back pain and fatigue: fried leek with shrimp meat is effective.