Medicinal uses of tilapia

Tilapia, also known as red tilapia, is a delicious, healthy white-fleshed fish that can be processed into delicious, nutritious dishes that many people enjoy. Recent documents show that tilapia has high nutritional value, is rich in protein, vitamins A, B, D and minerals such as phosphorus and iodine, and has less fat than meat, making it easy to digest.

Tilapia is delicious, can be processed into many attractive, nutritious dishes, good for the elderly, children, and people with physical weakness.

Tilapia meat is sweet, neutral, non-toxic, has the effect of replenishing blood and qi, benefiting the spleen and stomach, and benefiting the five internal organs... Used as a tonic for many debilitating diseases, especially for the elderly, stunted children, and slow growth... Here are some medicinal dishes made from tilapia:

Tilapia porridge: tilapia, new rice, green onions, perilla, fresh ginger, fish sauce, salt and spices to taste to cook porridge. By frying the fish meat with oil and green onions until fragrant, when the porridge is well cooked, scoop it into a bowl and add fish and herbs to eat hot. Uses: replenish the body, eliminate evil, relieve symptoms. Treats external wind-cold.

Sweetened red tilapia: red tilapia, tomatoes, onions, celery, chili, ginger, green onions, fish sauce, salt, and spices to taste. Uses: nourishes the heart and spleen, replenishes qi and blood. Treats poor sleep and heart palpitations.

Braised tilapia with wood ear mushrooms: tilapia, wood ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, ginger, cooking oil, shallots, sugar, pepper, spices to taste. Uses: nourishes the heart and spleen, nourishes qi and blood. Treats dizziness due to qi and blood deficiency.

Tilapia and lily soup: tilapia, lily, ginger, onion, coriander, fish sauce, salt and spices to taste, enough to cook many times. Uses: nourishes the heart and spleen, calms the nerves... Treats insomnia caused by weak heart and spleen.

Tilapia and pennywort soup: tilapia, pennywort, fish sauce, salt and spices to taste, cook soup. Uses: replenishes blood and clears damp heat. Treats hepatitis, jaundice, damp heat.

Tilapia cooked with Vietnamese coriander: tilapia, tomatoes, Vietnamese coriander, dill, spices to taste. Uses: strengthens the spleen and calms the liver, regulates the spleen and stomach. Used for people with stomach pain, flank pain, and poor appetite.

Braised red tilapia with pickled cucumber: red tilapia, pickled cucumber, tomato, onion, ginger, fish sauce, salt and spices to taste, braised until soft and eaten. Uses: strengthens the spleen, nourishes the blood, clears dampness. Good for people with colitis and constipation.

Steamed tilapia with soy sauce: tilapia, black fungus, onion, tofu, celery, green onion, tomato, vermicelli, soy sauce, spices to taste. Uses: nourishes blood, strengthens spleen and kidney. Treats blood deficiency (anemia).

Tilapia cooked with water mimosa: tilapia, water mimosa, taro, spices to taste, cook soup. Uses: replenish blood and qi, dispel wind and dampness. Treats joint pain and rheumatism.

Steamed tilapia wrapped in rice paper with herbs: tilapia, onion, coriander, basil, Vietnamese coriander, Vietnamese mint, perilla, fish sauce, lemon, rice paper. Steamed tilapia, wrapped in vegetables and eaten. Uses: replenishes blood and qi, eliminates cold and dampness. Treats numbness and fatigue in hands and feet.

According to Gia dinh.net