Can "the five-flavor delicacy meat" soft-shelled turtle cure hemorrhoids? Benefits, side effects and how to eat it

Soft-shelled turtle, also known as water turtle, tuanyu, or bie, is a fairly common tonic food in daily life. Because of its high nutritional value and its benefits such as tonifying the kidney and strengthening the bones, and nourishing yin and cooling the blood, it is widely eaten. So “can the five-flavor delicacy meat” soft-shelled turtle cure hemorrhoids? What are its benefits, side effects and ways to eat it?

I. Benefits and effects of soft-shelled turtle:

1. Main benefits

(1) Boosts immunity: Soft-shelled turtle is rich in protein, animal gelatin, vitamin D, copper and other nutrients. It can effectively regulate the endocrine system and strengthen the body's resistance to disease. It is also an excellent tonic for strengthening an infant's immunity and intelligence and improving the quality of breast milk.

(2) Beautifies and cares for the skin: The turtle plastron gelatin contains large amounts of high-molecular-weight collagen protein, which can supply the skin with various amino acids, achieving skin-nourishing and beautifying, cosmetic and fitness effects.

(3) Anti-cancer and cancer-suppressing: Turtle meat and its extracts can effectively prevent and inhibit acute lymphocytic leukemia, stomach cancer and liver cancer, and are used to prevent and treat conditions such as leukopenia, anemia and weakness caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

(4) Relieves stress and lowers lipids: Soft-shelled turtle has a relatively good lipid-lowering and stress-relieving effect. Regular eaters can effectively lower blood cholesterol, so it is beneficial for patients with high blood pressure and coronary heart disease.

(5) Strengthens yang and the lower back: Soft-shelled turtle can “replenish strain injuries, strengthen yang qi, and greatly supplement the deficiency of yin.” Eating more soft-shelled turtle can strengthen yang qi and replenish male vitality.

(6) Nourishes yin and tonifies deficiency: Soft-shelled turtle has the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying deficiency, and has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on anemia, pulmonary tuberculosis, weak constitution and many other conditions.

2. Nutritional value:

(1) Soft-shelled turtle is nutritious, containing abundant protein, fat, keratin, animal gelatin, multiple vitamins and trace elements such as calcium, iron and copper. Because turtle species and living regions differ, their nutritional components are not entirely identical.

(2) Turtle meat is rich in protein, fat, multiple vitamins (vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2), carbohydrates, ash, magnesium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, niacin, thiamine and riboflavin.

(3) The fat of soft-shelled turtle is mainly unsaturated fatty acids, accounting for 75.43%, of which highly unsaturated fatty acids account for 32.4%, which is 6.54 times that of beef and 2.54 times that of tilapia. Trace elements such as iron are several times or even dozens of times those of other foods.

II. How to eat it

1. Complete collection of recipes:

(1) Black-boned chicken stewed with soft-shelled turtle

Ingredients:

500 g soft-shelled turtle, 1000 g black-boned chicken, 20 g salt, 2 g monosodium glutamate, 2 g pepper powder, 25 g cooking wine, 25 g ginger, 25 g scallion.

Method:

① Slaughter the soft-shelled turtle and blanch it briefly in 70°C water, then blanch it briefly in 90°C water and take it out. At the same time, slaughter the black-boned chicken well, wash it, cut it into pieces, blanch in boiling water to remove all blood, and set aside for later use.

② Scrape off the coarse skin on the neck, claws and skirt edge, cut the body open along the skirt edge, remove the internal organs and rinse clean.

③ Use a knife to chop off the tips of the turtle's claws, then blanch in boiling water, and after a few minutes remove and wash clean.

④ Wash the pot and add fresh stock. Put in the black-boned chicken, soft-shelled turtle, salt, pepper powder, ginger, scallion and cooking wine, and simmer over low heat until the chicken pieces and soft-shelled turtle are soft and thoroughly cooked.

⑤ Pick out the ginger and scallion, add other seasonings and it is ready to eat.

(2) Braised soft-shelled turtle

Ingredients:

1 soft-shelled turtle, an appropriate amount of winter bamboo shoots, a little chicken essence, and appropriate amounts of scallion, ginger, garlic, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, white sugar, chili oil and pepper.

Method:

① Slice the scallion and ginger, peel the garlic and set aside. Cut the winter bamboo shoots into pieces, blanch them and set aside.

② Cut the pork belly into small pieces, add to the pot with cooking wine, scallion and ginger, cook for 20 minutes, then take out, drain the water and set aside.

③ Open the shell of the soft-shelled turtle and remove the internal organs (the small white pieces inside must also be removed). ④ Boil water and pour it over the whole turtle, then tear off the membrane on the outer skin.

⑤ Chop the prepared soft-shelled turtle into pieces and blanch them for later use.

⑥ Put a small amount of oil in the pot, add scallion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the pork belly and stir-fry until the surface of the meat is light yellow.

⑦ Put the soft-shelled turtle into the pot, stir-fry the pieces until the moisture is dry, add cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, salt and white sugar and stir evenly.

⑧ Add water, with the amount of water best covering the soft-shelled turtle. After bringing to a boil over high heat, skim off the foam, turn to low heat and cook for about 10 minutes.

(3) Soft-shelled turtle soup

Ingredients:

1 soft-shelled turtle, half a chicken, a little each of scallion, ginger and garlic slices, 50 g clear soup, 10 g cooking wine, 3 g refined salt, 2 g monosodium glutamate, 30 g peanut oil, 5 g sesame oil, 2 star anise.

Method:

① Chop off the head of the live soft-shelled turtle, drain the blood, wash it and put it briefly in boiling water, then take it out, scrape off the black skin, put it into boiling water and cook for about 5 minutes, take it out, lift off the hard shell, remove the five internal organs, chop off the claw tips, chop the soft-shelled turtle and chicken into square pieces, and blanch them in boiling water.

② Scrape off the dirty thin skin on the hard shell.

③ Put the peanut oil into a ladle, heat it over high heat, and add scallion, ginger, garlic slices and star anise to season the pot.

④ After the fragrance comes out, pour in the clear soup and cooking wine, then add the soft-shelled turtle and chicken pieces to the pot, bring to a boil and skim off the foam, switch to medium heat and cook for about 45 minutes, until the soft-shelled turtle and chicken pieces are cooked and tender and the soup is milky white. Then move to high heat, add refined salt, monosodium glutamate and sesame oil, and adjust the taste, and it is ready.

III. Dietary contraindications:

1. Who should not eat it?

(1) Pregnant women who eat it will affect fetal health.

(2) Those with excessive phlegm and food stagnation should eat it cautiously.

(3) Young children should eat less of it, as it may cause indigestion and increase the burden on the spleen and stomach.

(4) People with poor appetite, reduced digestive function, pregnant women or those with postpartum deficiency-cold, and those with weak spleen and stomach and diarrhea should avoid eating it.

(5) People with chronic enteritis, chronic dysentery, or chronic diarrhea with loose stools should avoid eating it.

(6) Hepatitis patients who eat it will increase the burden on the liver, and in severe cases induce hepatic coma, so they should eat less.

2. What is it unsuitable to eat together with?

Soft-shelled turtle is unsuitable to eat together with pork, amaranth, mustard, eggs, peaches, eel, crab, etc.

(1) Soft-shelled turtle and pork:

Because the meat of pig, rabbit and duck all belongs to the cold nature, and soft-shelled turtle also belongs to the cold nature, the two are unsuitable to eat together.

(2) Soft-shelled turtle and amaranth:

Amaranth is sweet in taste and cold and draining in nature, making people feel cold inside and harming the abdomen, while soft-shelled turtle is also cold in nature. Eating the two together is difficult to digest and may form gastrointestinal stagnation.

(3) Soft-shelled turtle and mustard:

Soft-shelled turtle is cold in nature, while mustard is pungent and hot, warming the middle and promoting qi, especially white mustard, which is even more pungent. If eaten together with soft-shelled turtle meat, the two foods are opposite in cold and heat, which will have an adverse effect on the body. Therefore, when eating soft-shelled turtle, it is unsuitable to add mustard as a seasoning.

(4) Soft-shelled turtle and duck eggs

Duck eggs are slightly cold in nature, and soft-shelled turtle is also cold in nature. Both belong to the cooling nature. If eaten together, they can cause certain harm to the human body, especially for people with a deficient-cold constitution, who should avoid eating them together even more.

(5) Soft-shelled turtle and celery:

Eating the two together can denature protein and affect nutrient absorption.

(6) Soft-shelled turtle and orange:

Soft-shelled turtle is rich in protein, and oranges contain fruit acids. Eating the two together will cause protein to combine with fruit acid, making the protein coagulate and difficult to absorb.

(7) Soft-shelled turtle with eel and crab:

Pregnant women should avoid eating it; eating it will affect fetal health.

(8) Others

Dead or spoiled soft-shelled turtle cannot be eaten; turtle plastron that has been decocted has no medicinal value, and raw soft-shelled turtle blood and bile mixed with alcohol will cause the drinker to be poisoned or suffer from severe anemia.

3. What to do if you have an allergic reaction after eating it?

(1) It is recommended to relieve itching first. Commonly used options include antihistamines and sedative-tranquilizers. Oral treatment with calcium gluconate tablets + dexamethasone + vitamin C, and topical application of pi kang wang or calamine lotion, are very helpful.

(2) After eating soft-shelled turtle, if symptoms such as stomach discomfort, itching all over the face, neck and back, skin flushing, vomiting and normal breathing occur, anti-allergy drugs such as chlorpheniramine and astemizole can be taken to relieve them.

(3) After an allergic reaction, be sure to avoid eating raw, cold or irritating foods, maintain a good state, and at the same time strengthen personal hygiene, so as to achieve a good therapeutic effect.