The efficacy and medicinal value of turtle

Turtles, also known as soft-shelled turtles, are often found today. Many people who have a serious illness or have undergone major surgery will stew a pot of soft-shelled turtle soup for the patients to nourish them, because soft-shelled turtles have excellent nourishing effects. The meat, shell, and skeleton of soft-shelled turtles have many uses. They can treat yang deficiency and night sweats in many people, and also have the effect of strengthening the spleen and appetite.

The efficacy and function of soft-shelled turtle

The whole body of the turtle is a treasure. The turtle's head, shell, bones, meat, eggs, gallbladder and fat can all be used as medicine. "Ming Yi Bie Lu" states that turtle meat has the effect of nourishing the middle and replenishing qi. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", turtle meat has many functions such as nourishing yin and kidney, clearing away heat and removing blood stasis, strengthening the spleen and stomach, etc. It can treat consumptive disease, night sweats, yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, low back pain and leg pain, long-term illness, epilepsy in children, amenorrhea and dystocia in women. The Daily Materia Medica believes that external application of turtle blood can treat facial nerves, eliminate thirst caused by stroke, hot flashes caused by deficiency and fatigue, and can also treat bone tuberculosis.

1. Turtle meat and its extracts can effectively prevent and inhibit liver cancer, gastric cancer, and acute lymphocytic leukemia, and can be used to prevent and treat weakness, anemia, leukopenia and other symptoms caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

2. Soft-shelled turtle has a good blood-purifying effect. Regular consumption can lower blood cholesterol, so it is very beneficial for patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease.

3. Soft-shelled turtle can also "repair injuries caused by fatigue and greatly replenish the deficiency of yin".

4. Eating soft-shelled turtle also has certain auxiliary therapeutic effects on patients with various diseases such as tuberculosis, anemia, and physical weakness.

Eating soft-shelled turtles also has a certain auxiliary effect on patients with tuberculosis, anemia, weak constitution, etc.

Nutritional value of soft-shelled turtle

Soft-shelled turtle is rich in vitamin A, vitamin E, collagen, and various amino acids, unsaturated fatty acids, and trace elements. It can improve body's immune function, promote metabolism, enhance the body's disease resistance, and has the effects of beautifying the skin and delaying aging.

1. Turtle blood contains ingredients such as animal glue, keratin, iodine and vitamin D, which can nourish the latent yang, replenish blood, reduce swelling, and calm liver fire. It can treat cirrhosis and hepatosplenomegaly, as well as amenorrhea, menorrhagia and childhood epilepsy.

2. Turtle bile can cure hemorrhoids.