Can pregnant women eat oysters during pregnancy?

　　Oysters are the shells of oysters such as Omi oyster, Long oyster and Dalian Bay oyster. Omi oysters and long oysters are distributed along the coast of my country, and Dalian Bay oysters are distributed along the northern coast of my country. From May to June every year, when the gonads of oysters are highly developed but not reproducing, and the soft parts of the oysters are the fattest, they are collected. During harvesting, the oysters are picked up, the shells are opened, the meat is removed, the shells are washed, and dried in the sun.

　　1. Omi oysters are round, oval or triangular in shape. The left shell is concave, large and thick, and the right shell is flat and slightly smaller. The outer surface of the right shell is slightly uneven and comes in gray, purple, brown, yellow and other colors. Rings of concentric scales. The inner surface is white, the edges are sometimes lavender, hard, with obvious cross-section layers, 2 to 10 mm thick, odorless and slightly salty in taste.

　　2. The long oyster is in the shape of a long sheet, with almost parallel dorsal and ventral edges. The right shell is smaller, the scales are thick and thick, arranged in layers or striae, lavender or yellowish brown, the inner surface is porcelain white, there are no small teeth on both sides of the top of the shell, the left shell is deeply sunken, and the scales are thicker than the right shell.

　　3. Dalian Bay oysters are triangular-like in shape, with dorsal and ventral edges in a figure-eight shape. The right shell is light yellow on the outside with concentric scales and white on the inside. The concentric scales of the left shell are thick and box-shaped under the central concave surface.

　　Edible effect

　　Oyster tastes salty, astringent, and slightly cold in nature; it returns to the liver, heart, and kidney meridians; it is heavy and calming, and can be dispersed or collected;

　　It has the effects of calming the liver and subduing yang, calming convulsions and calming the nerves, softening and dispersing stagnation, astringing and fixing astringency;

　　Indications: dizziness, tinnitus, tremors of hands and feet, palpitations, insomnia, irritability, epilepsy, scrofula and gall tumors, breast agglomeration, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, spermatorrhea and frequent urination, uterine bleeding, vaginal discharge, stomachache after swallowing acid, eczema Sores.

　　Applicable people

　　1. It is suitable for those who are sick and have excessive heat.

　　2. Avoid it if you are weak and have cold.