Carp fat

Carp fat

(Shi Yi Ben Cao)

[source] it is the fat of Cyprinus carpio. See "carp" for animal morphology.

[chemical composition] the fat content of shipin carp is 15.8g, that is 3.16%. Cyprinus carpio fat has a little green yellow fluorescence, a little optical rotation (at 16 ° is - 1.1 °), about 6.95% of free fatty acids. The saturated fatty acids are stearic acid and a small amount of myristic acid and palmitic acid; the unsaturated fatty acids are linoleic acid, oleic acid and possibly linolenic acid.

[function and indications] 1. Food therapy materia medica: "it is good for treating epilepsy. "

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "treating infantile epilepsy, startling disobedience. "

Chinese PinYin : Li Yu Zhi