The efficacy and function of chicken liver

Diseases require improvement through medicine. Different diseases require different medicine choices. If you want to treat your disease well, you need to use the right medicine. Chinese medicine chicken liver is also very helpful in treating certain diseases. Let’s take a look at this medicinal herb.

[Source] It is the liver of the domestic chicken, a member of the Phasianidae family .

[Chemical composition] Every 100 grams of edible part contains 75 grams of water, 18.2 grams of protein, 3.4 grams of fat, 2 grams of carbohydrates, 1.4 grams of ash, 21 milligrams of calcium, 260 milligrams of phosphorus, 8.2 milligrams of iron; 50900 international units of vitamin A, 0.38 milligrams of thiamine, 1.63 milligrams of riboflavin, 10.4 milligrams of niacin, and 7 milligrams of ascorbic acid.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, slightly warm.

【Meridian】 "Ben Cao Jing Shu": "enters the foot Jueyin and Shaoyin meridians."

【Functions and indications】Nourishes the liver and kidneys. It is used to treat liver deficiency, dark eyes, malnutrition in children, and miscarriage in women.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use, decocted into soup, cooked into porridge or made into pills.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat liver deficiency and dark eyes in the elderly: chop the liver of a black rooster into small pieces, and cook it into porridge with fermented black beans and rice. (Black Chicken Liver Congee from "New Book on Longevity and Elderly Care")

【Discussions by various scholars】 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Chicken liver is a medicine that nourishes the kidney and stabilizes the fetus, eliminates malnutrition and improves eyesight. Wang Jiasheng said that the eyes are the orifices of the liver, and malnutrition is the root of liver disease. Children have liver heat and deficiency, so they develop malnutrition. For those with dark eyes, take chicken liver and medicine to guide it to the liver and the function of qi interaction. Although the fetus of a woman is in the womb, it is actually controlled by the liver of the jueyin meridian. If the fetus is restless and wants to miscarry, add chicken liver to the Yangrong pills to strengthen the womb pedicle and nourish the liver to stabilize the blood storage organ."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Ming Yi Bie Lu".

The above is a brief introduction to the medicinal value of chicken liver. For most people in real life, there is no need to worry about side effects when using chicken liver to treat diseases. Therefore, chicken liver is an effective and practical treatment method for diseases, and it has been widely used in clinical practice.