The efficacy and function of rat

Only when we understand the main ingredients of any medicinal material can we better exert its efficacy and function. Here I recommend a very popular Chinese medicinal material, rat.

[Other names] First Rat (Records of the Grand Historian), Mouse (Dou Men Fang), Domestic Deer (Compendium of Materia Medica).

[Source] The whole body or meat of common rodents such as the brown rat, black rat, and yellow-breasted rat in the family Rodentia.

【Original form】 ① Rattus norvegicus

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, neutral.

[Functions and indications] It is used to treat asthenia, ascites, infantile malnutrition, burns, fractures, frostbite, and sores.

[Usage and Dosage] For internal use: cook, burn to ashes or dry and grind into powder. For external use: decoction into paste, soak in oil, burn into ashes or pound and apply.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat water swelling, abdominal distension and body swelling: one fat rat. Peel and cut into small pieces, cook into porridge, and eat on an empty stomach. (Food and Medicine Mirror)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Ming Yi Bie Lu".

Through the introduction of the above content, we can understand that Chinese medicine rats play a very important role in many aspects. Proper consumption of rat has many benefits to our body.