2. Preserved eggs are not only delicious food, but also have certain medicinal value. Wang Shixiong's "Resting Diet Spectrum" said: "Preserved eggs, pungent, astringent, sweet and salty, can purge heat, sober up, purge large intestine fire, treat diarrhea and disperse astringency." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that preserved eggs are cool and can cure eye pain, toothache, hypertension, tinnitus and dizziness.