The efficacy and function of chicken

The world is full of wonders, and Chinese medicinal materials are also varied and varied. Here I would like to introduce to you a kind of Chinese medicinal material - chicken.

[Source] The meat of the domestic chicken, a member of the Phasianidae family .

[Original form] Domestic chicken (Qian Jin Shi Zhi), also known as: Zhuye (Cui Bao's Annotations to Ancient and Modern Times).

[Habitat distribution] It is raised all over the country.

[Chemical composition] Every 100 grams contains 74 grams of water, 23.3 grams of protein, 1.2 grams of fat, 1.1 grams of ash; 11 milligrams of calcium, 190 milligrams of phosphorus, 1.5 milligrams of iron, 0.03 milligrams of thiamine, 0.09 milligrams of riboflavin, and 8 milligrams of niacin. It also contains 2.5 nanograms per gram of vitamins A (especially high in chicken), C and E. The ash contains 0.013% iron oxide, 0.015% calcium oxide, 0.061% magnesium oxide, 0.56% potassium, 0.128% sodium, 0.58% total phosphoric acid, 0.06% chlorine and 0.29% sulfur. It also contains 60-90 mg% cholesterol. And contains 3-methylhistidine.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, warm.

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

【Functions and indications】Warms the middle, replenishes Qi, nourishes essence and strengthens marrow. It is used to treat asthenia, emaciation, poor appetite due to weak stomach, diarrhea, dysentery, thirst, edema, frequent urination, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, lack of milk after childbirth, and weakness after illness.

【Usage and Dosage】 For internal use: Cook or stew.

[Note] It is not suitable for people with solid symptoms or those with uncleared evil toxins.

[Additional prescription] ① To treat exhaustion due to fatigue, or loss of health after a serious illness: take a black female chicken, treat as for food, add one pound of raw earth (cut), two liters of maltose, put into the chicken's belly, tie it up quickly, store in a copper container in a steamer, steam five liters of rice for a long time, take out after a while. Eat meat and drink the juice, but do not consume salt. It was done three times in March. And stop night sweats. (Yao Sengtan's Collection of Effective Prescriptions)

【Clinical Application】 Chicken skin transplantation can be used to treat burn wounds instead of allogeneic skin. Method: After early eschar removal or shaving of deep burns, large pieces of chicken skin are transplanted; or holes are made in advance in large pieces of chicken skin, and then the transplanted skin is embedded into the autologous skin after it survives. For granulation wounds and infected wounds after the scab has fallen off (after the scab has been removed), stamp-sized or large chicken skin transplants are performed. Practice has proved that chicken skin transplantation on escharectomy wounds can fundamentally prevent and treat infection, eliminate the adverse effects of local infection on the whole body, reduce the occurrence of complications, accelerate wound healing, thereby shortening the course of treatment and improving the cure rate. Especially in cases of sepsis, timely use of chicken skin transplantation can help transform the crisis and buy time for further rescue. For deep second-degree infected wounds, removing the scabs and covering them with chicken skin can effectively control the infection, reduce exudation, and achieve early healing.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Shennong's Herbal Classic".

Through the detailed introduction of chicken, I believe everyone has a certain understanding and can better improve our common sense of life.