Deficiency of spleen and stomach, abdominal pain and diarrhea, should avoid yang deficiency constitution.
The unique seafood in Qingdao is clam.
The Chinese name of this kind of clam is Ruditapes variegata, which is near Qingdao. It is mainly produced in Jiaozhou Bay, inhabiting the bottom of mudflat below the middle and lower part of intertidal zone, and produces the most below the dry tide line. The depth of its perch in sediments is generally not more than twice its body length. On the first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, after the ebb tide, people often go to the seaside to dig this seafood to satisfy their appetite. In mass production, clams are dug and captured in deep water.
Meretrix meretrix is not only delicious, but also nutritious. It is a cheap seafood. It contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, iron, calcium, phosphorus, iodine, vitamins, amino acids and taurine. It is an ideal food with low calorie and high protein, which can prevent and treat chronic diseases of middle-aged and elderly people.
Meretrix meretrix tastes salty and cold, and has the functions of nourishing yin, moistening dryness, promoting diuresis, reducing swelling, softening and resolving hard mass. It is recorded in the Classic of Materia Medica: "Clams moisten and produce fluid, so they can moisten the five internal organs, quench thirst and stimulate appetite." Salty taste can soften blood, so housewives' blood clots and old habits are also cold and hot. "Now, in addition to this traditional usage, Meretrix meretrix tissue is also chemically extracted, and the extract is called meretrix. Animal experiments have proved that Meretrix meretrix can inhibit and alleviate sarcoma and ascites tumor in mice.
Modern medicine believes that clam stew cooked food, three times a day can cure diabetes; Clam meat and leek are often eaten, which can treat thirst, dry cough, upset and hand, foot and heart fever caused by yin deficiency. Regular consumption of clams is also effective for goiter, jaundice, dysuria and abdominal distension.