Duck is a common bird, duck and chicken can make the same delicious dishes, duck meat nutritional value is not low, relatively speaking, duck meat is more fat, but also equally suitable for nourishing and adjusting the deficiency.

Duck contains a variety of minerals, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium are rich in content, and selenium content in duck is very considerable, selenium is an antioxidant, able to resist the body's free radicals, slowing down the aging of the body, to protect the blood vessels, known as the longevity of the life element, and selenium in duck meat is rich.

Duck meat is rich in vitamin A, there is a certain amount of vitamin E. Duck meat is rich in protein, fat fat, made into a dish is very delicious.

But duck meat due to the generally higher fat content, breeding slightly less than chicken, so although we also often eat duck meat, but chicken is more common. Duck is a treasure, and its contribution to traditional medicine has been significant, with duck meat, duck blood, and duck internal gold all being used in medicine.

Male and female ducks in Chinese medicine, the nature of the slight difference between male ducks, and female ducks are slightly cold, and slightly warm, so I often hear elders say that cold, fever and cough cautious eat chicken chicken soup, but the duck soup and duck can be eaten, because of the prevalence of chicken temperature, if it is a dry cough or wind-heat cold to eat chicken is thought to aggravate the symptoms, but to eat the duck sex in the middle of the more moderate, so more suitable to eat.

Duck meat can replenish the yin, for the deficiency of consumption also has the effect of tonic conditioning. Duck meat is often stewed with kelp, bamboo shoots, etc., can replenish the deficiency and nourish the yin, to prevent constipation, is a folk remedy for the deficiency of good medicine. For swelling, bronchitis, edema, etc. also have a certain effect of regulation. Duck meat in the protein in poultry meat counts among the best, although more fat, but contains unsaturated fatty acids compared to livestock meat, a lot more, so appropriate to eat some duck meat do not worry about aggravation of cerebrovascular disease, but to help regulate, because the unsaturated fatty acids can smooth the concentration of serum cholesterol, effective in the prevention of hyperlipidemia.

Duck meat is suitable for people with yin deficiency and labor loss, duck meat is rich in nutrients, calories, protein and fat suitable to replenish the body to improve physical fitness. Duck meat helps to promote water retention and reduce swelling, clear the lungs and stomach, effective for deficiency and obesity or edema. Duck and angelica boiled together for anemic and weak friends also have a very good conditioning effect.