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Can pregnant women eat cuttlefish?

Asked by:Fenrir

Asked on:Apr 02, 2026 11:43 AM

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  • Daisy-May Daisy-May

    Apr 02, 2026

      Squid are cephalopods among molluscs. It is produced all along the coast of my country, with the Zhoushan Islands producing the most. Every year, the peak production season is from February to March in Guangdong, April to May in Fujian, May to June in Zhejiang, June to July in Shandong, and October to November in the Bohai Sea.

      The squid is divided into two parts: the head and the carcass: there are five pairs of arms at the front of the head, four pairs of which are short, with four rows of suckers on each arm, and the other pair of arms are very long, with the suckers only at the top; the carcass is slightly flat, oval, gray-white, with narrow fins located on both sides of the carcass, separated at the end, and a back bone (i.e., thallus) in the center of the back meat. The male squid has broad dots on its back, and the female's fleshy fins are black. The male is better. The squid meat is crispy, tender and delicious.

      nutritional value

      1. Cuttlefish is rich in protein, and its shell contains calcium carbonate, shell cutin, mucilage, and a small amount of sodium chloride, calcium phosphate, magnesium salt, etc.;

      2. The ink in cuttlefish contains a mucopolysaccharide, which has been proven to have a certain anti-cancer effect on mice.

      Edible effect

      Cuttlefish tastes salty and has a neutral nature, and enters the liver and kidney meridians;

      It has the effects of nourishing blood, stimulating menstruation, promoting lactation, tonifying spleen, tonifying kidney, nourishing yin, regulating menstruation and stopping vaginal discharge;

      Used to treat irregular menstruation, edema, dampness, hemorrhoids, beriberi Symptoms.

      Applicable people

      Can be consumed by the general population

      1. Suitable for yin deficiency constitution, anemia , women with blood deficiency, amenorrhea, vaginal discharge, and metrorrhagia should take it;

      2. People with spleen and stomach deficiency should eat less; Hyperlipidemia , hypercholesterolemia, arteriosclerosis and other cardiovascular and liver diseases should eat with caution; patients with eczemaUrticaria , gout, kidney disease, diabetes, people prone to allergies, etc. disease People who are sick should not eat it; squid meat is an aphrodisiac, so people who are sick should not eat it as appropriate.