The efficacy of oyster porridge

An international research team led by the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shenzhen BGI Genomics Institute has completed the sequencing, assembly and analysis of the Pacific oyster, the first sequenced mollusk genome, which will help fill the gaps in our understanding of the rich but less studied mollusk family. The study, published online in the journal Nature, reveals the oyster's unique adaptation to high-pressure environments and the complex mechanism of shell formation.

In this study, researchers sequenced and assembled the Pacific oyster genome using short reads combined with a "divide and conquer" fosmid merging strategy. This is a new method developed by Shenzhen BGI Genomics Institute that can be used to study genomes with high levels of heterozygosity and/or repetitive sequences. After data processing, the assembled oyster genome is approximately 559Mb with a total of approximately 28,000 genes.

Nature and flavor: salty, slightly cold. Enters the liver, gallbladder, and kidney meridians.

Function: Liver-calming and wind-relieving medicine; Yin-nourishing medicine.

Calcined oyster: It has strong astringent, solidifying and acid-removing effects and can be used to treat stomach pain, stomach acid, etc.

1. Restlessness, palpitations and insomnia. This product is heavy and calming, and has the effect of calming the mind. It is used to treat restlessness, palpitations, insomnia and dreaminess. It is often used together with dragon bone, such as Guizhi Gancao Longgu Muli Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases). It can also be used with cinnabar, amber, jujube seeds and other products that calm the mind.

2. Hyperactivity of liver yang, dizziness and vertigo. This product is salty, cold and heavy in nature. It enters the liver meridian and has the functions of calming the liver, suppressing yang and replenishing yin. It is used to treat water that does not contain wood, yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, dizziness, restlessness and tinnitus. It is often used with dragon bone, tortoise shell, white peony root, etc., such as Zhengan Xifeng Decoction (Medical Records of Chinese and Western Medicine); it is also used to treat long-term fever, burning of true yin, internal movement of virtual wind, and convulsions of the limbs. It is often used in combination with raw rehmannia, tortoise shell, turtle shell and other yin-nourishing, wind-relief and spasm-stopping drugs, such as Da Ding Feng Zhu (Treatise on Warm Diseases).

3. Phlegm nodules, scrofula, goiter, and accumulation of masses. This herb has a salty taste and can soften and disperse masses. It is used to treat phlegm nodules, scrofula, and goiter caused by stagnation of phlegm and fire. It is often used in combination with Fritillaria thunbergii and Scrophularia ningpoensis, such as Xiaoluo Pills (Medical Mindfulness); it is used to treat accumulation of masses caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis. It is often used together with turtle shell, salvia miltiorrhiza, and Curcuma zedoaria.