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, 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 weak bodies.

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... It is used to nourish 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 cook porridge. Stir-fry the fish meat with oil and green onions until fragrant, then scoop the porridge into a bowl and add fish and herbs to eat hot. Uses: nourish the body, eliminate evil, relieve symptoms. Treats external wind-cold.

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

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

Tilapia soup with water lily: tilapia, water 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 due to weak heart and spleen.

Tilapia and pennywort soup: tilapia, pennywort, fish sauce, salt and spices to taste, cook soup. Uses: nourishes blood and clears damp heat. Treats hepatitis, jaundice, and 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 tilapia with pickled cucumber: tilapia, pickled cucumber, tomato, onion, ginger, fish sauce, salt and spices to taste, braised until soft and delicious. 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: nourish blood, strengthen spleen and kidney. Treat 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 balm, perilla, fish sauce, lemon, rice paper. Steamed tilapia, wrap the meat in vegetables and eat. Uses: replenishes blood and qi, expels cold and dampness. Treats numbness and fatigue in hands and feet.

According to Gia dinh.net