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This product is derived from the domestic chicken of the Phasianidae family, featuring varieties such as white feathers with black heads, black feathers with black bones, entirely black flesh and bones, and white bones with black flesh, all of which are small in size. It originates from Taihe, Jiangxi Province, mainland China.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Neutral sweet. Act on liver, kidney and lung meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Warming the middle to tonify the spleen, tonifying qi to nourish blood, tonifying the kidney and replenishing essence, and clearing deficient heat.

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Used for advanced stage lung subcutaneous nodes, persistent tidal fever, and emaciation. Silky fowl meat cooked with Chinese Caterpillar Fungus, Chinese Yam, and made into soup, consumed regularly. 《Supplemental Medicines and Tonics》
1. Used for yin blood deficiency, menstrual irregularities, and tidal fever with night sweats. One silky fowl, cleaned, stuffed with Chinese Angelica, Prepared Rehmannia Root, Peony Root, Anemarrhena, and Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark, each three qian, sewn up, boiled, then remove the herbs and eat the meat and drink the soup. 《Supplemental Medicines and Tonics》

The common method of consuming silky fowl is preferably by stewing. Take one cleaned silky fowl, appropriate amounts of scallion, ginger, salt, and cooking wine, add 500 grams of water, and stew over low heat for 3 hours until the chicken is tender. Regular consumption of silky fowl can nourish and strengthen the body, enhancing immune function.

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1. Bencao Jingshu: "Silky fowl tonifying blood benefits yin, thus deficiency fatigue and emaciation can be eliminated. When yin returns and heat dissipates, body fluids naturally regenerate, and thirst ceases. When yin and yang are balanced, the exterior and interior are fortified, and evil qi cannot enter. The heart and abdomen are harmonized, and pain naturally ceases. Benefiting yin strengthens the Chong, Ren, and Dai meridians, thus it can cure menorrhagia, leukorrhea, and all kinds of deficiency diseases."
2. Bencao Shiyi: "Three black eggs, half a pound of vinegar, mix and cook. Take one liter, divide into four doses, to treat postpartum heart pain."
3. Bencao Gangmu: "There are silky fowls with white feathers and black bones, black feathers and black bones, spotted feathers and black bones, some with both bones and flesh black, and some with white flesh and black bones. If the chicken's tongue is black, then both bones and flesh are black, making it more effective for medicinal use. ... Chickens belong to wood, but their bones are black, indicating a transformation from Xun to Kan. ... Diseases related to the liver and kidney blood aspect are suitable for its use; males should use female chickens, and females should use male chickens. There is a Black Chicken Pill in women's medicine, which treats all kinds of women's diseases."
4. Japanese "Materia Medica Shijian": "Various gynecological diseases, patients with various deficiency syndromes, and those who have been childless for a long time all consume black chicken. Black chicken can also benefit men with physical weakness, seminal emission, and impotence."

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

It is generally believed that individuals with an excess pattern or those who have not cleared pathogenic toxins should avoid eating chicken. Some articles suggest that chicken heads, wings, and feet can stir wind, produce phlegm, and promote fire, hence they should be avoided by those with ascendant hyperactivity of liver yang, for reference.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

Silky fowl contains a variety of nutrients. It has a high content and diverse types of amino acids (18 amino acids, including 8 essential amino acids for the human body). It also contains various vitamins (VB₁, VB₂, VB₆, VB₁₂, VC, VE, niacin, etc.), and minerals (calcium, phosphorus, iron, chlorine, sodium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, and copper, etc.).