Goldfish

Goldfish

(collection of compendium)

Another name: cinnabar fish.

[source] it is the meat or whole body of goldfish.

[animal morphology] goldfish

It's a variety of crucian carp. There are many species and great morphological variation. There are two types of body shape: long body and short body. The body colors are gray, orange red, black, white, purple, blue, variegated, five flower and so on. The head is larger, with flat head, lion head, goose head and pommel, etc. Besides flat head, strawberry shaped tumors are found on the head. According to the shape, there are Longjing eye, Chaotian eye, blister eye and frog head. In addition to the normal scales, there are transparent scales, pearl scales and other species; transparent scales look like a piece of glass; pearl scales have deep edge color, light central color and convex, just like inlaid pearls. Dorsal fin with or without; gluteal fin with single or double fins; caudal fin with single or double tails; some of the two caudal fins are divided into three leaves, some into four leaves, both large and scattered.

Most areas of our country are breeding.

[chemical composition] all parts of the body generally contain carotenoids. The carotenoids contained in the skin are mainly lutein and astaxanthin. They also contain ketophyll, 4,4 '- diketo-3-hydroxy - β - carotene and so on. They all exist as esters. The carotenoids in muscle are free, and the main carotenoids are zeaxanthin and lutein. The carotenoids in the liver are also free, and the main carotenoids are zeaxanthin, β - carotene and lutein. The main carotenoids in eggs are zeaxanthin, lutein, and a small amount of keto carotenoids such as 4-keto-4 '- hydroxy - β - carotene, chicken oil fungus xanthin and shrimp xanthin.

The eyeball contains vitamin A, which is higher than that of common fish.

There are many kinds of pterin in the skin, Xanthopterin, biopterin and isoxanthopterin in the melanocytes of the skin, and isoxanthopterin, 7-hydroxybiopterin and isoxanthopterin-6-carboxylic acid in the erythrocytes. The skin of all kinds of goldfish, white, yellow, gray and black, contains tyrosinase, especially in small fish.

The brain contains epinephrine and norepinephrine, the former is about 3.4 times of the latter. The water extract of brain contains leucine (isoleucine), valine, tyrosine, proline, glycine (serine), aspartic acid, etc.

The heart contains about the same amount of adrenaline and noradrenaline. The bile contains taurocholic acid.

[nature and taste] "the taste is bitter and slightly salty, with little poison. "

[function indications] heat clearing, diuresis, detoxification. Treat dropsy, jaundice and cough.

① In the compendium of compendium, it is said that "detoxification of bittern poison. Treatment of madness, stone dropsy, dropsy, jaundice. "

② Animal and plant folk medicine; antipyretic. Treatment of pneumonia, pertussis, heart disease, pleurisy, kidney disease. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: mash juice, cook food or calcine for storage.

[selection] 1. Treatment of madness, stone dropsy, dropsy, jaundice: one red goldfish (take three), one or two sugarcane. With mash, wring juice, spit out phlegm saliva more. (Cihang Living Book)

② Treatment of pertussis, heart disease, pleurisy, pneumonia: Goldfish body black fever. (animal and plant folk medicine)

③ Treatment of kidney disease: Goldfish cooking. (animal and plant folk medicine)

④ Solution to bittern: pound one or two goldfish, pour them down and spit out saliva. (collection of compendium)

Chinese PinYin : Jin Yu