Is the "divine fish" Qiang live fish a fish? What are the effects and effects? How do I take it?

In Baima Mountain Village in Pingwu County, there is a kind of animal called Notopterygium, which is called "divine fish" by the local people because of its unique therapeutic effect. This magical therapeutic effect is carried out in a stunning way. Is the "divine fish" Qiang live fish a fish? What are the effects and effects? How do I take it?

First, the adventures of urbanites-"close contact" Qiang live fish

Mr. Hu, who lives in Pingwu County, had an unforgettable "close contact" with Qiang live fish.

During the May Day holiday last year, Mr. Hu took his friends to Baima Mountain Village for a visit. While playing, Mr. Hu suddenly had an unbearable stomachache. "I had stomach trouble again for many years, but I didn't prepare any medicine before I went out." In an urgent situation, Mr. Hu turned to the owner of the house where he stayed for help. The host said enthusiastically that there was medicine for stomach trouble at home. " When the owner took out the "medicine", Mr. Hu was dumbfounded: "it is a live fish-like animal, black all over, a bit like a baby fish and a bit like a gecko." Mr. Hu asked, what is this? is it a fish? Master introduction: this is Notopterygium fish, is our specialty here, specializing in the treatment of stomachache. Mr. Hu said, then please cook it. The owner told him: there is no need to cook it at all, it has to be swallowed raw to have an effect. "I was a little dumbfounded when I heard it." Mr. Hu said.

"it's hard to believe that there is still such a way of eating!" Encouraged by the old man, Mr. Hu plucked up his courage and swallowed the Notopterygium fish. "I could still feel it shaking in my stomach at first, but then it gradually stopped." Mr. Hu said that after swallowing the Qiang live fish, he felt a little nauseous because he was a little scared, but then the stomachache really eased slowly.

"although I live in Pingwu, I have never seen Qiang live fish before." Mr. Hu said that after buying dried Notopterygium fish from a drugstore and grinding them into powder, "according to the doctor's advice, the old stomach disease has now been much relieved."

Second, a strange way of eating-the ancestors of the Baima people ate it to treat stomach disease and tuberculosis

"the local villagers have stomach trouble or consumption, which can be cured by eating this kind of fish, and it will only be effective if it is swallowed alive." Because of its magical therapeutic effect, in Baima shanzhai, Notopterygium fish is called "god fish" by the local people.

"the Qiang live fish is similar in shape to the gecko. It has four feet and a black back. It is an amphibian." According to Li Songlin, a Tibetan villager in Baima, the Qiang live fish generally live under the rocks on the edge of the stream. On sunny days, they go up to the hillside to find food. "according to the older generation, the Qiang live fish mainly drill into the soil to eat the roots of plants such as rhubarb, Fritillaria, and Qiang live, and they especially like to eat Qiang live, hence the name." According to Li Songlin, Notopterygium fish can only live in water with very low water temperature, so there is no such fish in Pingwu except Baima Mountain Village and nearby loess beam.

"Notopterygium has high medicinal value." Li Songlin said that the white horse people like to swallow the Qiang live fish alive. After catching the Qiang live fish in the forest, they scoop some water with the palm of their hands, put the Qiang live fish in the palm of their palms, point their heads at the mouth, and pinch their tails with their right fingers, and the frightened Qiang live fish leap into their mouths.

"after swallowing the Qiang live fish into the stomach, it was slowly digested." With regard to the fact that Qiang live fish can cure diseases, the villagers of Baima Shanzhai can list one or two. "according to the elders, they often suffered from stomach problems in previous years, and some people even suffered from consumption because of overwork in farming. In the past, it was isolated from the outside world and lacked medical supplies, so most of the time it relied on local methods to cure diseases. " Li Songlin said that even now, some villagers still swallow the Qiang live fish alive. "because the Qiang live fish cured the diseases of many people at that time, it is called the 'sacred fish' of the Baima shanzhai."

Third, experts decipher-not fish, but amphibians and reptiles

General fish live in the water, but Qiang live fish have to go ashore to find food. what is the difference between them and ordinary fish?

"Notopterygium is not fish, but amphibians and reptiles." In this regard, Pingwu County Forestry Bureau Wild Protection Office experts said: in the biological classification, Notopterygium belongs to the amphibian family, mountain salamander genus, the scientific name is Xizang mountain salamander, distributed in Xizang, Qinghai, Gansu and northwest Sichuan, have the habit of hibernating. "the skin of Notopterygium is smooth, with shallow dents on the side of the head. Life when the body color variation is large, generally olive green, the back has dark fine dots intertwined into pockmarks; ventral color is lighter, pockmarks less. The liquid immersed specimen is brownish gray or dark brown with clear spots. "

"the medicinal properties of Notopterygium don't necessarily have much to do with the food it eats. Baima villagers' introduction on the efficacy and habits of Notopterygium fish is based on traditional cognition and oral transmission, so some aspects are not scientific. " According to experts, when people catch Notopterygium, it is easy to catch it under the traditional Chinese medicine Notopterygium, so it is called Notopterygium. Because most of the Notopterygium grows by the stream, there are some beard roots and some aquatic insects under the beard roots. "people mistakenly think that it eats the roots of Notopterygium, but in fact it mainly eats insects and some small plankton."

Experts also said that Notopterygium has been included in the list of terrestrial wildlife that are beneficial to national protection or have important economic and scientific research value issued by the State Forestry Administration on August 1, 2000. "Notopterygium is a wild resource, which is only distributed in the loess beam area of Baima Mountain Village and above in Pingwu, and the distribution area is very small, so we should strengthen the protection efforts in the future."

Fourth, the doctor explores-it does have a therapeutic effect, but it advocates taking it internally.

What is the therapeutic effect of Notopterygium? Is it related to the medicinal properties of the traditional Chinese medicine Notopterygium?

In a local specialty store in Pingwu County, the reporter saw dried Notopterygium fish with shrunken flesh, withered limbs, clearly discernible toes, brown or withered brown back, yellowish brown belly, and no fishy smell. "these dried Notopterygium fish are shipped from Aba and are sold for 5 cents and 6 yuan each."

"Qiang Huo, a plant, is a perennial herb with strong rhizomes and elongated bamboo knots. Sexual temperature, dispelling cold and dampness, for exogenous wind-cold, headache without sweating, cold-damp arthralgia, upper limb rheumatism pain and so on. It grows in forest margins and shrubs from 2000 m to 4000 m above sea level, and is mainly distributed in western China. " According to a traditional Chinese medicine doctor in Pingwu County, Notopterygium is a traditional Chinese medicine, while according to modern medicine, the main function of Notopterygium is to treat stomach diseases such as gastritis, stomach cold and excessive stomach acid.

According to doctors, Notopterygium notopterygium fish is pungent, salty, flat and non-toxic, mainly used for soaking wine, with the effect of continuing muscles and bones, relieving qi and relieving pain, and has curative effect on falling injury, fracture, liver and stomach qi pain, blood deficiency and spleen deficiency and so on. "processed Notopterygium, take the original medicinal materials, remove dust and impurities, wash, cut, dry and grind, after internal administration, the treatment of stomach disease is the best."

Is there any scientific basis for the way the Baima Tibetan people swallow live fish? The old Chinese medicine doctor said frankly: "from the point of view of formal medicine, the strange taking method of Baima villagers is not very scientific, and we do not advocate that everyone should follow the example of swallowing Qiang live fish to treat stomach problems." But this is a custom handed down from their ancestors, and it can achieve real results, and it is indeed very strange. " According to the old traditional Chinese medicine, there may be two main reasons for the Baima Tibetan people to swallow the Qiang live fish to treat diseases: first, the Qiang live fish does have the effect of curing diseases; second, the Baima Tibetan people live in remote alpine areas and have used this primitive and special method to treat diseases since ancient times. I have a good understanding and trust in its efficacy, so it has been passed on so far.