Fox meat

Fox meat

(Tang materia medica)

[source] it is the meat of fox.

[animal form] fox (Book of songs), also known as dragon dog and hairy dog.

The body length is 60-90 cm, the tail length is 40-60 cm, and the body weight is 5-10 kg. It looks like a dog and is slightly slender. It has a narrow face, a sharp snout, large ears and short limbs. There are stinky glands near the anus, which can secrete an abominable fox smell. The tail is fluffy. Hair color variation is very big, general head gray brown, ear back black or black brown, lips and chin to chest dark white. The back is reddish brown, and the neck, shoulders and sides of the body are slightly yellow. The chest and abdomen are white or yellowish white. The tail is the same color as the back, and the tip of the tail is white. The limbs are light brown or brown, and there are dark brown lines varying in width on the outside.

They live in tree holes or soil holes in forests, grasslands, hills, etc. Developed sense of smell and hearing, ambush in the daytime and rise at night, quick action. They eat a variety of foods, such as mice, rabbits and all kinds of wild birds. In addition, they also eat insects, frogs, fish and wild fruits. Sometimes they steal poultry. Distributed in Northeast, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Gansu, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Qinghai and other places.

The head (Fox head), four feet (Fox four feet), heart (Fox heart), liver (Fox liver), gall (Fox gall) and intestine (Fox intestine) of this animal are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

Sweet and warm.

① "Dietotherapy Materia Medica": "warm, have small poison. "

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

③ "Gangmu": "sweet, warm, non-toxic. "

[function indications] tonifying deficiency and warming, detoxifying sores. Treatment of deficiency, forgetfulness, convulsion, edema, scabies.

① "Tang materia medica:" as a fishy food, the main scabies for a long time. "

② Meng Shen: "tonifying the deficiency and controlling the evil Qi of the five zang organs. "

③ Introduction to medicine: "tonifying deficiency, treating forgetfulness. "

④ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "to treat water accumulation, jaundice and swelling. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: boiled or decocted soup, 4-8 Liang.

[prescription selection] ① treat convulsion, trance, language fallacy, excessive singing and laughing: a piece of fox meat and five internal organs, treat as if it were food, boiled in black bean sauce, five flavors and make soup or porridge, fried food, and get it. In Jingzhong, crucian carp in sheep bone juice was used instead of soy sauce. (Fox soup in the mirror of food medicine)

② Treatment of edema: Fox meat with old bacon stew. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

③ Treatment of scabies: Fox meat, an arrow, Prunella vulgaris, dandelion, lateral ear root. Stew together. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)