Traditional Chinese medicine believes that goose is sweet and flat in nature, and belongs to spleen, liver and lung meridians, which has the effects of invigorating qi and tonifying deficiency, regulating stomach and quenching thirst. It is especially suitable for people with weak body, deficiency of qi and blood and malnutrition. It has a good therapeutic effect on fatigue, thirst, mental fatigue, shortness of breath, and soreness of waist and knees.

Goose meat is nutritious, rich in protein, amino acids, vitamins, nicotinic acid, sugar and trace elements, and low in fat and unsaturated fatty acids. It is an ideal nutritious and healthy food with high protein, low fat and low cholesterol.

Proper consumption of goose meat is very beneficial to the health, but there are some taboos in eating goose meat. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, goose meat is "wind-induced toxic", especially smoked with fire. People with damp heat and skin ulcers will not eat geese.

This content was reviewed by Cai Yangping, deputy chief physician of the emergency department of Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.

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