Can pregnant women eat snakehead?

　　The body is elongated and cylindrical, reaching a length of more than 50 cm. Green-brown, with three longitudinal black patches, and two longitudinal black bands from behind the eyes to the gill holes. The mouth is large, the teeth are pointed, and the dorsal and anal fins are as long as ridge peaks. There is a wide suprabranchial cavity above the pharynx, which can breathe air. Fierce in nature, the young fish feed on copepods and cladocerans and inhabit the bottom of fresh water. Small fish feed on aquatic insects and shrimps and other small fish. When it grows to more than 8 centimeters, it preys on other fish, so it is one of the harmful fish in freshwater aquaculture.

　　nutritional value

　　Each 100g of black fish meat contains 18.5g of protein, 1.2g of fat, and 18 kinds of amino acids, such as histidine, 3-methylhistidine, etc. It also contains calcium, phosphorus, iron and a variety of vitamins necessary for the human body. Suitable for patients with physical weakness, hypoalbuminemia, spleen and stomach qi deficiency, and malnutrition. anemia People eat snakeheaded fish, and the people often regard snakeheaded fish as a precious tonic, used to promote lactation and replenish blood. Snakehead fish has the effects of dispelling wind and treating malnutrition, replenishing the spleen and replenishing qi, diluting water and reducing swelling. Therefore, in the Sanbei area, pregnant women, patients with rheumatism, and children with rickets often seek out snakehead fish to eat as a supplementary dietary therapy.

　　Edible effect

　　Traditional Chinese medicine believes that snakehead fish is cold in nature and sweet in taste, and returns to the spleen and stomach meridian; it can treat five hemorrhoids, dampness and edema, and facial edema. It can "replenish the heart and nourish yin, clarify kidney water, move water to penetrate dampness, detoxify and remove heat". It has the functions of tonifying the spleen and diuresis, removing blood stasis and regenerating blood, clearing away heat, etc. It is mainly used to treat edema, dampness-induced paralysis, beriberi , hemorrhoids, scabies and other diseases.

　　Applicable people

　　It can be eaten by the general population, but should not be eaten by those with sores, as it may cause white scars.