The efficacy and function of beef

Beef is something that many people are very familiar with. The benefits that beef brings to us are not available in other foods. So what are the benefits of beef? Let’s find out below.

[Source] The meat of cattle or buffalo .

[Original form] ① Yellow cattle (Shuowen)

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, neutral.

[entry into meridians] Enters the spleen and stomach meridians.

【Functions and indications】Nourishes the spleen and stomach, replenishes qi and tonifies the pancreas, strengthens the tendons and bones. It is used to treat emaciation, thirst, spleen deficiency, abdominal distension, edema, and soreness of the waist and knees.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral administration: cook, decoct or make into pills.

[Additional prescription] ① To replenish various deficiencies and damages: yellow argus beef (remove the fascia, slice it, wash it several times with river water, soak it overnight, wash it three times the next day, and use the water to remove it. Put it into a jar with good wine without ash, seal it with heavy mud, and cook it with mulberry wood over a low and medium fire for a day and a night. It is best to take it out if it looks like yellow sand. It is useless if it is burnt black. Roast it and grind it into powder for use as needed); yam (fried with salt), lotus seed (remove the core, stir-fry with salt, and remove the salt), white poria, fennel (fried) 4 liang each, grind it into powder. Take half a pound of beef and add one pound of medicinal powder. Steam and peel red dates, then mash them into pills the size of walnuts. Take 50 pills with wine on an empty stomach, three times a day. (Return to Honmaru in "Qian Kun Business")

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Ming Yi Bie Lu"

Beef is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine and can be used to treat a variety of diseases. We should eat beef only after fully understanding its effects and functions. I hope everyone doesn’t eat carelessly.