Chicken brain

Chicken brain

(Tang materia medica)

[source] it is the brain of pheasant. See "chicken" for animal morphology.

[chemical composition] general composition, similar to other animal brains. Chicken brain contains free histidine 0.4 g / 10 kg and goose carnosine 0.4 g / 10 kg, and the following amino acids: aspartic acid, glutamic acid, serine, threonine, proline, glycine, alanine, β - alanine, γ - aminobutyric acid, valine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, lysine and arginine.

[function and indications] Tang Ben Cao: "it is mainly used for infantile chicken epilepsy. Burn ash wine to treat dystocia. "