What are oysters? The medicinal and edible value of oysters revealed

Oysters are a food rich in zinc and are a particularly good zinc supplement. They usually grow in the sea and can now be farmed. Oysters are a mollusk with two shells, one small and flat, the other large and raised, with an uneven surface. The meat is edible and can be used to make oyster oil. The meat, shell, and oil can all be used as medicine. It can be said that oysters are treasures from head to toe.

1. Medicinal Value of Oysters

Oysters are the shells of the Dalian Bay oyster, Omi oyster and Long oyster of the Oyster family. Oysters can be harvested all year round. Remove the meat, wash and dry the oysters. They are slightly cold in nature and salty in taste. They have the effects of calming the nerves, replenishing yin, softening and dispersing lumps. They can treat palpitations, insomnia, dizziness, tinnitus, spontaneous sweating, spermatorrhea, metrorrhagia, stomachache and acid regurgitation.

Nature and flavor: Salty, slightly cold; enters the liver, gallbladder, and kidney meridians.

Function: Liver-calming and wind-relieving medicine; Yin-nourishing medicine.

Calcined oyster: It has strong astringent, astringent and acid-removing effects, and can treat stomachache and stomach acid. Raw oyster: It has astringent effects on the upper and lower parts, and can treat dizziness and loose stools. It has astringent, calming, detoxifying and analgesic effects; the acidic extract of oyster has an inhibitory effect on polio virus in vivo, reducing the mortality rate of infected mice.

2. Edible effects

1. To nourish Yin and suppress Yang, it is used for irritability, insomnia, dizziness, headache, tinnitus, and hot flashes and sweating caused by Yin deficiency and Yang hyperactivity.

2. It can calm and strengthen the body, and treat sweating, leucorrhea, and spermatorrhea.

3. Soften and disperse lumps, and can treat nodules, lumps, phlegm and fire scrofula.