Muntjac meat

Muntjac meat

(notes on materia medica)

[source] it is the meat of muntjac.

[animal morphology] muntjac, also known as yellow muntjac, yellow muntjac?.

The body is 70-80 cm long, the tail is 12 cm long, the face is short and wide, and the nose is exposed. The male beast has horns, which are short and small, and the tip of the horn bends inward and downward. The infraorbital gland is long, crescent shaped, with slender limbs and narrow hooves. Hair color is usually light chestnut red, mixed with grayish yellow spots, there is a black line in the center of the nape. The base of the snout to the horn is dark brown, and there is a wide black stripe from the infraorbital gland to the fork of the horn. The back of the body and the upper part of the limbs are close to dark chestnut, the lower part of the limbs are dark brown, the hair color near the hooves is dark black, and the chest, abdomen, inner side of the hind limbs, hip edge and abdomen of the tail are white. There is a bright orange chestnut line on the back of the tail and the edge of the buttocks. Winter hair is often a little darker than summer hair.

It inhabits in hills, low valleys of hills or weeds at the edge of forests. Sex is cowardly, camp lives alone, less gregarious. He has a keen sense of hearing and is flexible in action. Feed on grass, leaves, tree buds, etc. It is distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and the Pearl River Basin.

Sweet and smooth.

① "Materia medica collection": "the taste is pungent. "

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

③ Kaibao materia medica: "it tastes sweet, flat and non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] 1. In the collection of Materia Medica, it says: "it is mainly used to treat pheasant diseases, and it is used to make raw food, and it is used to eat ginger vinegar. "

② According to the diet of suixiju: "Invigorating Qi, warming stomach, enduring hunger. Dispelling dampness and wind can relieve five hemorrhoids. "

[taboo] 1. In rihuazi Materia Medica, "abortion and scabies can occur. "

② "Kaibao Materia Medica": "eating more can promote dysentery. "

③ According to the Diet Manual of suixiju: "don't eat when the ruffian Qi is full and stagnant. "