Is there a scientific basis for saying that Monopterus albus competes with ginseng in summer?

? There are many traditional customs in summer solar terms, and eating eel is one of them.

? There is a scientific basis for Monopterus albus to compete for ginseng in summer.

There is a folk saying that "Monopterus albus competes with summer ginseng", and a big custom in summer is to eat Monopterus albus. Summer festival is the best time to taste Monopterus albus. After summer, Monopterus albus is strong and fat, and enters the spawning period, and its taste becomes more delicious, and its nourishing function reaches its peak.

There is a folk saying that "Monopterus albus participates in summer". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Monopterus albus is warm and sweet, and has the functions of invigorating the middle warmer, benefiting qi, nourishing the liver and spleen, expelling wind and dampness, and strengthening bones and muscles.

? The idea of "Monopterus albus competing for ginseng in summer" is consistent with the idea of "nourishing yang in spring and summer" in traditional Chinese medicine, which implies the meaning of "treating winter diseases in summer".

According to Chinese medicine theory, summer is often the remission period of chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases. At this time, the oral administration of Monopterus albus has the function of warming and nourishing, which can achieve the purpose of regulating viscera and improving bad constitution, and can minimize or avoid the occurrence of the above diseases in winter.

? Therefore, people with kidney-yang deficiency such as chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, impotence and premature ejaculation can get twice the result with half the effort by eating Monopterus albus tonic in summer.