Snakehead fish - Delicious food, precious medicine

Snakehead fish has a lot of lean, soft meat, little fat, delicious taste, it is also a nutritious dish that prevents and cures some incurable diseases (cardiovascular, cancer...) due to its antioxidant effects.

Among freshwater fish, snakehead fish (banana fish, snakehead fish...) is the most popular because it is rich in nutrients and delicious. Snakehead fish has a lot of lean meat, little fat, delicious taste, it is also a nutritious food to prevent and treat some incurable diseases (cardiovascular, cancer...) because of its antioxidant effect.

According to Oriental medicine, snakehead fish has a sweet taste and neutral properties; affects the spleen, stomach, and kidneys. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen, promoting urination, removing blood stasis, dispelling wind and clearing heat, replenishing blood and qi, and strengthening the kidneys. Used for cases of joint pain, rheumatism, edema, itching, children with poor appetite, indigestion, hemorrhoids; and nourishes tendons, bones, and internal organs. 100-200g can be used daily in many ways such as braising, cooking, stewing, frying, grilling, fish floss, and steaming. Here are some medicinal dishes containing snakehead fish:

Snakehead fish stewed with winter melon:1 snakehead fish (200 - 300g), 200g squash. Clean the fish, remove the intestines and scales, peel the squash, slice it, add crushed onions and garlic. Add water and spices, do not add salt; cook until done. Eat once a day for 3 - 5 days. Used for cases of swelling of the hands and feet, swelling due to pregnancy poisoning, swelling due to heart and kidney diseases, and swelling due to malnutrition.

Braised snakehead fish with winter melon is good for people with edema.

Snakehead fish stewed with jujube: 1 snakehead fish (200 - 300g), 5 - 7 red apples, 12g fresh ginger. Clean the fish, remove the scales, intestines, head and tail, cut into pieces; crush the ginger. Add red apples, fish sauce, salt, pepper powder and spices, cook until soft. Eat 2 - 3 times a week. Used for cases of tuberculosis, weakness...

Ginger and pepper fish floss:1kg snakehead fish or anchovy: clean the scales, remove the intestines, cut the head and tail into pieces, add fish sauce, salt, pepper powder, crushed ginger, do not add onion and MSG, add a little boiling water to cook, remove the bones, pound into floss, add salt, pepper and a little ginger powder in appropriate amount; dry-fry in a pan, let cool, put in a clean jar with a tight lid. For the elderly, women, and children with weakness, thinness, and loss of appetite, eat with meals every 5-7 days.

Snakehead fish spring rolls:200g snakehead fish, 1 handful of fish mint, 1 bag of spring rolls. Remove gallbladder, wash, cover with soil and put over fire until the soil is dry and cracked. Let cool, remove the soil and scrape off the fins, take the fish meat. Roll the fish meat with fish mint and some other herbs (coriander, fresh onion); dip in fish sauce. Cure hemorrhoids.

Red bean fish soup:200g snakehead fish, 200g beef intestines, 200g red beans. Clean and cut the fish into pieces; clean the beef intestines and cut into thin slices; cook with red beans to make soup. Eat once. Treats kidney failure, fatty liver, and edema.

Snakehead fish soup with sour leaves:1 snakehead fish (200 - 300g), 150g bean sprouts, 100g tomatoes, 70g sorrel leaves, spices to taste. Filter the fish meat, slice thinly, and marinate with spices. Boil the bones and head thoroughly to get the water and discard the residue; cook tomatoes, sorrel leaves, and marinated meat; add bean sprouts before turning off the stove. Eat twice a day for 1 - 2 weeks in a row. Treats low heat in the bladder, frequent urination, little and yellow urine.

Red flamingo fish soup: 1 snakehead fish (300-400g), 24g Chinese yam, 9g red ginseng, 30g Chinese yam, 30g raw astragalus. Clean the fish, put Chinese yam in a cloth bag, slice red ginseng. Cook until done. Nourishes vital energy and promotes urination. Used for people with weakness, shortness of breath, pale complexion, and people after prostate surgery.

Garlic fish soup:1 snakehead fish 200 - 300g, 5 - 7 garlic leaves. Clean and thinly slice the fish, wash and slice the garlic leaves. Stew until soft, add seasoning to taste. Eat twice a day. Nourishes the blood, bloody urine due to spleen deficiency.

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