Have been told by many that ‘sang yue’ or ikan haruan aka snakehead, a fresh water fish is well known for wound healing, particularly for those recuperating from surgeries.
Haruan contains substantial amount of Vitamin A. The presence of heavy metals -calcium, magnesium, copper, iron, manganese, nickel, lead and zinc are very much lower than the toxic level permissible for the human body.
Haruan contains unusually high arachidonic acid content which is a precursor for prostaglandin as it initiates blood clotting and is responsible for growth.
Haruan also contains essential amino acids required for wound healing, particularly glycine which is one of the most important component of collagen in human skin. Glycine combines with aspartic and glutamic acid to form protein molecule that is crucial for growth and healing.
Live fresh fish is a must. The fish meat is boiled with Chinese herbs and drank as a soup.
WARNING (aesthetic reasons):
1. Must not be consumed too late post surgery.
2. Must not be consumed more than 3 times, 2 consecutive times is recommended, i.e. once in the morning and another time at night.
Reason for the above warning is that consuming too much of this soup will not allow your wound to heal nicely - keloids and hypertrophic scars may form instead.
No one likes a nasty scar especially us ladies. For men, I am sure the show-n-tell story could liven some quiet evening dinners! ;)
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