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The medicinal use of snakes
1. Snakes are important resources of traditional Chinese medicine, and their various parts such as snake head, snake eye, snake slough, snake gall, snake liver, snake ointment and snake venom have medicinal value. Snake meat is thought to enhance nervous system function and help prolong life. It is also used to treat symptoms such as body deficiency, wind arthralgia numbness and joint pain. Snake gallbladder has the effect of clearing heat, dispelling wind, resolving phlegm and clear eye. it is often used in the treatment of infantile accumulation, hemorrhoid swelling and pain and so on.
2. Snakes are widely used in many traditional medicine systems, and their meat, bone, skin and other parts have certain medicinal value. Snake meat is rich in protein and minerals, which helps to strengthen the body. Snake gall, snake oil, snake scales and other parts are often used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat a variety of diseases, with the effects of expelling wind and dehumidification, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals, anti-inflammation and detumescence. Ecological value snake plays an important role in the ecosystem and is an indispensable part of the food chain.
3. Snake head, snake eye, snake slough, snake gall, snake liver, snake ointment, snake venom and so on can be used as medicine. Snake meat has the effect of strengthening nerves, prolonging life, and can treat post-disease weakness, wind arthralgia, joint pain and other diseases. Snake gallbladder can dispel wind, clear heat, resolve phlegm, clear eyes, and mainly treat infantile accumulation, hemorrhoid swelling and pain.
4. Medicinal materials: black snake, gas snake and white flower snake are commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine, which have the effects of dispelling cold, dehumidification and sliding search. Historical records: Liu Zongyuan, a writer of the Tang Dynasty, wrote an article about catching snakes in his works, which mentioned a kind of drama snake with black background and white flowers. Processing method: after drying the snake, it can be made into medicinal materials.
5. Many parts of the snake are used medicinally, including snake head, snake eye, snake slough, snake gall, snake liver, snake ointment and snake venom. Snake meat is thought to strengthen the nervous system, help prolong life, and can be used to treat symptoms such as body deficiency, wind arthralgia, numbness and joint pain. Snake gallbladder has the effects of dispelling wind, clearing heat, resolving phlegm and eyesight in traditional medicine, and is often used to treat diseases such as infantile accumulation and hemorrhoids swelling and pain.
How do snakes taste good?
Buy a live snake in the market and get rid of the snake's head and meat. Wash the snake body after descaling, soak it in boiling water for about 1 minute, pick it up and scrape off the scales. This step is the most annoying and critical. Snake skin is easy to rot if it is boiled for too long, and it is difficult to scrape off the scales if there is not enough time. Stir-fry. Put cooking oil in the frying pan, add chicken essence, five-spice powder, refined salt and cooking wine, add snake section and stir-fry for 1 minute. Make a system.
The snake is slaughtered, peeled, eviscerated, washed with clean water and cut into sections of the same length; remove the blood from the snake meat in a boiling water pan with ginger, spring onions and cooking wine; change the sauerkraut into small slices and stir-fry in the frying pan; add fresh soup, after the sour taste comes out, stew the snake section and add salt, monosodium glutamate and pepper.
Add the right amount of salt and chicken essence to season. Salt and pepper snake meat materials: snake meat, salt and pepper, ginger, spring onions, cooking wine, green pepper, red pepper, dried pepper, vegetable oil, sesame oil and so on. Practice: mix the snake meat with wine and marinate for a while. Heat the wok with oil until 80% hot, deep-fry into the snake section until golden brown, remove. When the oil temperature rises, re-fry it into the snake section to control the oil. Dice the onions and dice the green and red peppers.
In the production process, the snake slices need to be pickled with refined salt for 1 hour, then soaked in water until white, remove the fascia, cut into 4 cm long segments, absorb water and add egg white, monosodium glutamate, refined salt, starch and soy sauce. Next, the chicken liver needs to be stewed, stick the egg, sprinkle with wet powder, deep-fry in a hot oil pan until golden brown, slice and buckle into a bowl.
Boiled snake soup first prepare raw materials: three snakes, cooking wine, monosodium glutamate, salt, ginger slices, onions, egg white, wet powder, beaver meat, shredded shiitake mushrooms, shredded fish belly, fungus, pepper, cooked lard. The three snakes will be slaughtered, peeled, head, tail and viscera, cooked, meat shredded, bone removed. Stir-fry in cooked lard, cook wine, add snake soup, monosodium glutamate, refined salt, add sliced ginger and green onions in a bowl, steam for about 1 hour in a steamer.
The cooking method of snake meat
1. Clean the snake meat, cut it into thin slices, add cooking wine and marinate for a while. Add the right amount of water to the pot, add snake meat, ginger, spring onions and cooking wine, bring to the boil and simmer for 1-2 hours until the snake meat is soft and rotten. Add the right amount of salt and chicken essence to season. Salt and pepper snake meat materials: snake meat, salt and pepper, ginger, spring onions, cooking wine, green pepper, red pepper, dried pepper, vegetable oil, sesame oil and so on. Practice: mix the snake meat with wine and marinate for a while.
2. Snake stew: this is one of the most common ways to cook snake meat. Cut the snake meat into pieces of appropriate size, add spices such as sliced ginger, green onions, cooking wine, star anise and cinnamon in a pot and simmer with water until the meat is crisp. This cooking method can make the snake meat taste more fresh and tender, while retaining the nutrients of the snake meat. Snake hot pot: snake hot pot is a very popular delicacy in southern China.
3. Snake meat hot pot is mainly made of pure snake meat, chicken breast, cooked ham, bamboo shoot and so on. Add fresh soup, shredded green onions, shredded ginger and other seasonings and cook. This dish soup tastes clear and mellow and is suitable for consumption in winter. Shouwu red heart soup is a soup made of snake meat slices, Polygonum multiflorum, Chinese wolfberry, glutinous rice and so on. In the cooking process, add rock sugar to boil together, taste sweet and moist, and have the effect of tonifying qi, nourishing blood, nourishing appearance and skin care.
4. Snake meat is a kind of nutritious food with high medicinal value. In Chinese cuisine, snake meat is cooked in a variety of ways, including traditional stewing, boiling, stir-frying and roasting, as well as innovative steaming, roasting and mixing techniques.
5. Clear stewed snake meat soup, which is a common way of cooking snake meat. Cut the snake meat into pieces, boil it in boiling water, add sliced ginger, cooking wine, red jujube and other seasonings to stew together. The clear stewed snake meat soup is light and delicious, and it is a good nourishing and warm soup. Stir-fried shredded snake meat is suitable for people who like heavy taste. Cut the snake meat into thin shreds, stir-fry with pepper, pepper and other seasonings, cooked thoroughly and then out of the pan.