Sang?

Sang?

(food materia medica by Wang Ying)

[synonyms] sanghu (the book of songs), Qingque, Zizhi (the book of songs by Lu Ji), waxbeak and waxbeak (the compendium).

[source] it is the meat of the sparrow.

[animal form] black headed Waxbill

It is more than 20 cm long. Mouth thick and strong, short and thick conical; yellow, black apex. The iris is brown. The forehead and the top of the head are bright black, extending around the eyes, cheeks and reaching the throat. The rest of the upper body is grayish brown. The wing feathers are black with metallic luster, and the outer primary flight feathers are all white spotted. The tail is glossy black. The lower body is light brown gray, and the lower abdomen turns white. The feet are yellow and white. The head and tail of the female are grayish brown, without black; generally, the feather color is pale.

They live in mixed forest in mountain area or mixed forest in plain. The food is seeds, berries and scales of wild plants. It is distributed in the northeast of China and overwinters in the south through Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu and Sichuan.

[nature and taste] Compendium: "sweet, warm, non-toxic. "

[function indications] it is used to treat deficiency, damage and emaciation.

① Wang Ying's "food Materia Medica": "it is good for skin because of the deficiency of muscles. "

② "Dongyi Baojian" says: "fried food can replenish qi. "

③ "Suixiju diet spectrum": "Buwei. "