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Source: Zhǒu Hòu Bèi Jí Fāng 肘后备急方

Ingredients

• Xióng yā (雄鸭 Anas Masculina, male duck) 1 piece
• Jīng mǐ (粳米 Oryzae Semen, non-glutinous rice)
• Cōng bái (葱白 Allii Fistulosi Bulbus, scallion white) 3 stalks

Actions: Supplements vacuity taxation; enriches yīn blood; fortifies the spleen; disperses water swelling.

Indications: Severe vacuity, steaming bone tidal heat effusion, and any type of water swelling.

Method: Pluck, clean, and chop the duck. Boil in water until tender. Then boil with the rice and scallion.

Rationale: Duck meat, according to traditional theory, is slightly cool (or balanced) in nature, and sweet and salty in flavor. It enters the lung and kidney channels, enriching yīn and dispersing swelling. Modern research shows that it is rich in protein, fats, carbohydrates, riboflavin, niacin, thiamine, inorganic salts, and vitamins. Because it is slightly cool in nature, patients suffering from yáng and spleen vacuity with diarrhea are advised not to eat duck.

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