River shrimp pictures:

River shrimp widely distributed in China's rivers, lakes, reservoirs and ponds in the river shrimp (also known as prawns, scientifically known as the Japanese marsh shrimp), is a high-quality freshwater shrimp. Tender meat, flavorful, nutritious, high protein and low-fat aquatic food, quite popular with consumers.

Shrimp is rich in magnesium, magnesium has an important role in regulating cardiac activity, can well protect the cardiovascular system, it can reduce blood cholesterol content, to prevent hardening of the arteries, but also expand the coronary arteries, is conducive to the prevention of hypertension and myocardial infarction; river shrimp is very important to the body of a substance is astaxanthin, that is, the surface of the red-colored components, astaxanthin (in English), astaxanthin (called). Astaxanthin (known in English as astaxanthin, referred to as ASTA) is currently the strongest antioxidant found, the darker the color indicates that the higher the astaxanthin content. Widely used in cosmetics, food additives, and pharmaceuticals. Scientists at Osaka University in Japan found that astaxanthin in shrimp helps eliminate jet lag.

Freshwater shrimp is warm, sweet, slightly warm, into the liver, kidney; shrimp meat has a tonic kidney and yang, through the breast antitoxin, nourish the blood to fix the essence, remove blood stasis and detoxification, benefit gas nourishing yang, through the pain, appetizing phlegm, etc.; suitable for kidney deficiency impotence, premature ejaculation, lactation, muscle and bone pain, convulsions, body itching, skin ulcers, weakness and neurasthenia, etc. patients to eat.