Throughout the ages, medical treatises have highly praised the health benefits of squid. Squid meat is salty and neutral in nature, and it has the effects of nourishing blood and nourishing yin, benefiting the stomach and promoting digestion, and dispelling stasis and relieving pain. It is used for menstrual disorders, blood deficiency and amenorrhea, menorrhagia, palpitations, nocturnal emissions, deafness, lumbago, and limb numbness. Squid eggs are salty in taste and have the effects of nourishing the kidney and replenishing essence, and appetizing and diuretic. They are used for nocturnal emissions and spermatorrhea caused by kidney deficiency. Cuttlefish, also known as sea cuttlefish, is salty, astringent, and slightly warm in nature. It has the functions of astringing and stopping bleeding, and regulating acidity. It is used for excessive stomach acid, gastric and duodenal ulcers, and children's rickets. When used externally, it can stop bleeding and treat skin ulcers, excessive tears, and scrotal eczema. Here are several recipes using squid as a medicinal ingredient.
Squid, also known as cuttlefish or squid, belongs to the cephalopod class of mollusks. Both its meat and backbone (known as cuttlefish bone in traditional Chinese medicine) can be used as medicine. Li Shizhen called squid a "blood tonic" and regarded it as a good medicine for treating women's anemia and blood deficiency causing amenorrhea.
Squid is a delicious seafood with rich nutrition. Every 100 grams of squid meat contains 13 grams of protein, 0.7 grams of fat, 1.4 grams of carbohydrates, 14 milligrams of calcium, 0.6 milligrams of iron, 0.01 milligrams of thiamine, 0.06 milligrams of vitamin B2, and 1 milligram of niacin. The peptides it contains have antiviral and anti-radiation effects.
Recipe: Bone-Strengthening Squid Soup
Ingredients: 30g Eucommia ulmoides, 10g jujube, 50g squid, 10g cuttlefish, seasoning as needed. Soak the squid, wash and shred it. Cook the cuttlefish and Eucommia ulmoides in water, strain out the residue, and add the squid and jujube. Cook until the squid is cooked, then season with salt, monosodium glutamate, scallion, ginger, etc. Take one dose per day. It is used for Yin deficiency and blood deficiency, scanty or absent menstruation.
Recipe: Squid Bone and Pig Skin Stew
Ingredients: 15g squid bone, 60g pig skin. Wash the squid bone and pig skin, cut the pig skin into small pieces, put them in a bowl with the squid bone, and add water. Stew over low heat until the pig skin is thoroughly cooked. Take twice a day. Suitable for physical weakness and heat-type menorrhagia.
Recipe: Squid and Chicken Soup
Ingredients: 1 squid, 1 mother chicken, salt, ginger, etc. Stew the squid and chicken together with salt and ginger until cooked. Used for postpartum nourishing qi and blood, increasing milk production.
Recipe: Squid and Quail Egg Soup
Ingredients: 60g squid, 5 quail eggs. Cook together to make soup, add seasoning and consume. Used for the treatment of anemia, dizziness, and amenorrhea.
Recipe: Squid and Mushroom Porridge
Ingredients: 1 squid, 100g pork, 100g glutinous rice, 50g soaked mushrooms, 50g winter bamboo shoots, seasoning as needed. Soak the squid and cut it into cubes, then cook it with the pork and mushrooms to make porridge. Season with monosodium glutamate, salt, and pepper. Used for invigorating qi and regulating menstruation, astringing and stopping bleeding. Mainly used for amenorrhea and excessive white vaginal discharge.
Recipe: Squid and Winter Melon Porridge
Ingredients: 150g squid, 100g winter melon, 100g glutinous rice, seasoning as needed. Wash the glutinous rice and cook it into porridge. When it is cooked, add the squid and diced winter melon. After cooking for a while, add cooking wine, salt, monosodium glutamate, scallion, ginger, garlic, pepper, and sesame oil. Cook briefly and serve. Used for invigorating the spleen and stomach, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Mainly used for nephritis, edema, and hemorrhoids.
