Japanese Eel
Anguillar Japonica
Man Li Yu

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; neutral

Part(s) used

Meat or whole fish

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To fortify spleen and supplement lung, dispel wind and eliminate damp, resolve toxin and kill worms.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Indigestion, child gan accumulation, tuberculosis with cough, impotence, flooding and spotting with vaginal discharge, beriberi with edema, wind-damp bone pain, intestinal wind, dysentery, sore, hemorrhoids and fistulas, malaria, intestinal parasitic disease.