The efficacy and function of pigeon

As people's living standards improve, they pay more attention to health preservation. Many people know that Chinese medicinal pigeons are good for the body and can treat many diseases. Let’s learn about it today.

[Other names] Pigeon (Dietary Materia Medica), Flying Slave (Kaiyuan Tianbao Yishi).

[Source] The meat or whole body of the original pigeon , domestic pigeon or rock pigeon of the Columbidae family.

[Original form] ① Original pigeon, also known as wild pigeon (Compendium of Materia Medica).

[Chemical composition] Pigeon meat contains 75.10% water, 22.14% crude protein, 1.00% crude fat and 1.00% ash.

【Nature and flavor】Salty, neutral.

[entry into meridians] Enters the liver and kidney meridians.

【Functions and indications】Nourishes the kidney and replenishes Qi, removes wind and detoxifies. It is used to treat emaciation, thirst, chronic malaria, amenorrhea due to blood deficiency in women, and malignant sores, scabies and tinea.

【Usage and Dosage】 For internal use: Cook and eat.

[Additional prescription] ① To treat diabetes and insatiable thirst: Cut a white pigeon into small pieces, boil it with earthworms, and swallow the juice. (Food and Medicine Mirror)

【Discussions by various scholars】 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Although pigeons are said in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" to regulate essence and benefit qi, their use is only good at removing wind and detoxifying. However, they may not be beneficial to people, so Meng Shen said that eating too much will reduce the effectiveness of medicine. Nowadays, many people who are tired and timid raise and cook pigeons for food, which is not appropriate."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Jiayou Materia Medica"

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