The effects of seafood shells in medicine

Every time you eat seafood, you usually throw away the shell. But if you know the following effects of seafood shells, you will keep them, because they can help you overcome many dangerous diseases.

Stop bleeding with cuttlefish bone

In Oriental medicine, this medicine is called o tac cot or hai phieu tieu, has a salty and acrid taste, a slightly fishy smell, warm properties, non-toxic, has the effect of stopping bleeding, reducing pain, astringent skin against ulcers. There are many types of cuttlefish bone, but only use thick, chalky white, unbroken ones. Yellow or dark black ones are of poor quality. The chemical composition of cuttlefish bone includes: calcium salts, organic substances and glue.

Bright eyes thanks to giant snail shells

Taken from nine-hole snails or nine-mouth snails, abalone. Giant snails are a type of snail with a hard shell like a clam shell, living in places with high salinity seawater. When catching abalone, people wash away dirt, sand, moss, then wash with diluted salt water, pry open the shell to dry for medicinal use, and the intestines are cooked, dried to make a very valuable dish.

Although it is more difficult to pry open fresh giant snails than cooked ones, the shells will have good quality. The medicinal name of the herb is Thạch Cassia Seed, which is salty, neutral, non-toxic, and has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys, clearing heat, treating dizziness, blurred vision, blurred vision, poor vision. The daily dose is 4-8g in powder form or 15-30g in decoction form.

Multipurpose oyster shell

Oyster shell medicine name is sample. After taking the meat, process the oyster shell as follows: Put the shell in a pot with sand, cover tightly and bake for about 12 hours until the shell turns light green and crumbles.

Can be dried or soaked in vinegar, then ground into a fine powder. Oyster shells contain high levels of calcium in the form of carbonate, phosphate and sulfate salts, magnesium, iron, aluminum and organic matter, have a salty, astringent taste, are slightly cold, and are non-toxic. Therefore, they have the effect of clearing heat, dissolving phlegm, detoxifying, diuretic, eliminating thirst, damage, treating spermatorrhea, leucorrhea, frequent urination, stomach pain, and uterine bleeding.

Clam shell honey helps cool the body

Clams have another name, the triangular shell with many grooves, used in Oriental medicine with the name of Van Cap, Hai Cap Phan. The book Duoc Tinh Chi Nam states that "it can dissolve phlegm, cure malignant boils or boils with a lot of blood and pus".

In fact, people separate the clam meat, put the shell in water, boil for about 5-6 hours, then dry. When using, leave it as is or soak it in vinegar (1kg of clam shell needs 100ml of vinegar). Many people use clam shell to treat sore throat, cough with phlegm, hemorrhoids with a dose of 12-20g of decoction or powder mixed with water to drink. Especially for women after giving birth with abdominal pain, give them 15g mixed with warm wine.

Cure paralysis from clam shells

Scientists at the Polio Research Center at Purdue University of Medicine (USA) have confirmed that a sugar compound called chitin found in clam shells, mussel shells... can help treat spinal injuries, bringing hope to polio patients.

In a study on guinea pigs, experts found that when this sugar was injected into paralyzed guinea pigs, it filled the holes in nerve cells and after 30 minutes, electrical signals between the limbs and the brain were restored. Scientists hope it can open up a treatment direction for humans./.

According to Suckhoegiadinh