Pigeons, also known as baifeng, are delicious and nutritious, and have certain auxiliary medical functions. The famous Chinese patent medicine Wuji Baifeng Pill is made of Wuji and Baifeng as raw materials. As the saying goes, "one pigeon wins nine chickens", pigeons have high nutritional value and are very suitable for the elderly, infirm, surgical patients, pregnant women and children.
Nutritional Efficacy The protein content of pigeon meat is above 15%, and the digestibility of pigeon meat can reach 97%. In addition, pigeon meat contains more calcium, iron, copper and vitamins A, B and E than chicken, fish, beef and mutton. Pigeon liver contains the best bile, which can help the human body make good use of cholesterol and prevent arteriosclerosis. Folk call pigeons "sweet-blooded animals", and people with anemia will help restore their health after eating them. Pigeon bone is rich in chondroitin, which can be compared with chondroitin in velvet. Regular consumption has the effects of improving skin cell vitality, enhancing skin elasticity, improving blood circulation and rosy complexion. Dove meat is also rich in pantothenic acid, which has a good effect on alopecia, gray hair and premature aging. Pigeons contain more branched-chain amino acids and arginine, which can promote the synthesis of protein in vivo and accelerate wound healing. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pigeon meat is easy to digest, has the functions of nourishing and benefiting qi, expelling wind and detoxifying, and has a good nourishing and therapeutic effect on weakness, amenorrhea due to blood deficiency, dizziness after illness, mental fatigue and so on.