Duck meat

Duck meat

(compendium)

[source] it is the meat of mallard.

[animal morphology] mallard, also known as Fu (the book of songs), thrush 8, Shen Fu (Erya), song Fu (Nanyue annals), wild duck, wild duck, Chen Fu (compendium), big red legged duck, duck, big Ma duck and water duck.

The body length is about 60 cm, the mouth is yellow green, the mouth armor is black. The iris is reddish brown. The head and neck of the male are bright green with a white ring under the neck. The upper back and shoulders are dark grayish brown, densely mixed with dark brown fine transverse spots, and inlaid with brownish yellow feather margin; the lower back turns to dark brown, and the feather margin is shallow. The waist and tail are covered in black with metallic green luster. The two wings are mostly grayish brown; the wing mirror is blue purple, and its front and rear edges are velvet black, with white narrow edges, which is very eye-catching. Most of the tail feathers are white, only 4 in the center are black and curly. The chest is chestnut, the feather margin is light brown; the sides of the lower chest, shoulder feathers and flanks are mostly gray; the abdomen is light gray; the tail is covered with down black. The female does not have curly tail feathers, and its body is yellowish brown with dark brown spots. Orange feet, webbed toes, black claws.

It lives in the reeds of rivers and lakes. Staple food plants, and eat shellfish, worms and crustaceans. It propagates in the north of China and overwinters in the Yangtze River valley or further south.

The feather of this animal is also used for medicine.

Sweet and cool.

① Meng Shen: "cold. "

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "cool, non-toxic. "

③ "Yinshan Zhengzheng" says: "it tastes sweet, slightly cold and non-toxic. "

"Into the spleen, stomach, lung and kidney. "

[function indications] Buzhong Yiqi, Xiaoshi Hewei, Lishui, detoxification. After treatment, the patient suffered from asthenia, loss of appetite, edema of water vapor, and fever.

① Meng Shen: "it can tonify the middle part of the body, replenish qi, eliminate food, eliminate insects, level stomach qi and regulate the middle part of the body. Also on the body various small heat sores, many years cannot, but eats it. "

② Rihuazi materia medica: "tonifying deficiency and boosting power, harmonizing stomach qi, eliminating food, treating heat toxin wind and malignant boils, killing all insects in abdomen, greatly tonifying patients. And the treatment of water gas edema, and five for porridge. "

③ Daily use materia medica: "it can promote diuresis, conduct heat and poison, and remove wind, sore and swelling. "

④ Yilin zuanyao: "tonifying the heart and nourishing Yin, removing heat through water.". Clear heart and lung. "

⑤ "Ben Cao Qiu yuan": "Yi Fei Wei Yin Qi. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: cooking.

[taboo] rihuazi materia medica: "do not eat with Auricularia auricula, walnuts and black bean sauce. "