每百克蝦肉含蛋白質20.6克,還含有脂肪,灰分和鈣,磷,鐵,維生素及核黃素等成分,肌體亦含原肌球蛋白和副肌球蛋白,故它是名貴佳肴外還具有補腎壯陽、滋陰健骨和鎮靜等功能，用它可治療手足抽搐,皮膚潰瘍,水痘,筋骨疼痛,骨結核等多種疾病。
Each hundred grams of shrimp meat contains 20.6 grams of protein. It also contains fat, ash and calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins and riboflavin. Also contains tropomyosin and paramyosin,the functions of nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang, nourishing yin and strengthening bones and calming down. It can be used to treat hand and foot twitches, skin ulcers, chickenpox, bone pain, bone tuberculosis and other diseases。