Is it better to eat a rooster or a hen? The professor believes: "From a nutritional point of view, roosters and hens are almost the same." However, hens are responsible for raising children and store more nutrients than "daddy chickens". Professor Yang Li from Xiyuan Hospital of the Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences said that traditional Chinese medicine believes that roosters and hens have different therapeutic effects and should be chosen according to needs. The rooster is male and has the main functions of aphrodisiac and qi replenishing, and has a strong warming and tonic effect. It has a good auxiliary effect on symptoms such as frequent urination and low sperm and cold energy caused by insufficient kidney yang. It is more suitable for young and middle-aged men. But because of the strong fire energy, patients with high blood pressure, stroke, cancer, gout, and wind, heat and colds are not suitable to eat more. In addition, rooster is also listed as one of the hair products. People with allergies and psoriasis should eat less.

The hen is female and is good for nourishing qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and replenishing deficiency. It is suitable for nourishing people with yin and qi deficiency. Especially for women with blood deficiency during menstruation or postpartum, it also has the effect of replenishing blood. Compared with rooster, hen meat is more suitable for all ages, especially the elderly with weak constitution. However, don’t overdo it.

In terms of eating methods, hens are generally used for stewing soup, while roosters are suitable for quick frying. Because hens have more fat, the nutrients in the meat are easily dissolved in the soup, and the stewed chicken soup tastes more delicious.

So it’s better to use hens.