Cormorant meat

Cormorant meat

(Lei Gong Paozhi Lun)

[synonyms] water crow (Bencao Yanyi), Fishman (compendium Collection), Osprey (Chinese animal atlas? Birds).

[source] it is the meat of cormorant.

[animal form] cormorant

Body length about 80 cm. The mouth is long and narrow, conical, with grooves on both sides of the upper mouth, hooks at the tip, and saccules at the lower mouth. The upper mouth is black brown, the upper mouth edge and lower mouth are gray, with brick red spots. The iris is emerald green, the eye is olive green, decorated with black spots; at present, it is orange yellow; the laryngeal sac under the mouth is olive black, with many bright yellow spots. Buccal, buccal and upper throat are white, forming a half ring, with a slight tan on the posterior edge. The body feathers are mainly black with purple metallic luster. The shoulder and large covert feathers are dark brown with black and scaly edges. During the reproductive period, there is a snow-white spot under the flank, and white silky feathers on the head and neck. There is an inconspicuous crest at the back of the head. The young bird's lower body is black and white. Feet behind the body square, black, 4 toes forward, webbed and sharp claws.

It lives in rivers, lakes and seashores, and is good at diving to catch fish. It nests in reeds or on low trees or cliffs. It is widely distributed in all parts of our country. After domestication, fish can be caught.

The bone (cormorant bone), wing feather (cormorant wing feather) and mouth saliva (cormorant saliva) of this animal are also used for medicine. See special regulations for details.

[nature and taste] Compendium: "sour, salty, cold, slightly toxic. "

[function and indications] ① the original narrative note of "Treatise on Lei Gong Pao Zhi" is "treating body cold and abdominal distension". Cormorant burning, for the end, rice drink tune service. "

② "Compendium": "to cure abdominal distention, to benefit waterway. "

[taboo] pinhui Jingyao: "it's not suitable to eat when pregnant. "

In the compendium, cormorant has no function, but in the preface of Lei's treatise on frying, it says that cormorant is responsible for cold body and big belly. "Stealing" means that all abdominal bulges are hot, and Wei Qi is parallel to blood vessels, so the body is cold. This is a water bird. It has cold air and is good at water. Cold can overcome heat, and diuresis can remove dampness. "