Pigeon meat is delicious and nutritious, and it also has a certain auxiliary medical function. As the old saying goes, "One pigeon is better than nine chickens" describes that pigeons have high nutritional value. There are many essential amino acids in protein contained in pigeon meat, and the digestion and absorption rate of these amino acids is over 95%. Therefore, it has the functions of restoring physical strength, healing wounds, and enhancing brain power and vision for the elderly, the physically weak, the patients undergoing surgery, pregnant women and children. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that pigeon meat has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, benefiting qi and blood, clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Modern medicine believes that pigeon meat can strengthen the body, tonify the kidney, invigorate the brain, improve memory, lower blood pressure, adjust blood sugar, maintain beauty, make the skin white and tender, and prolong life. 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 bones are rich in chondroitin, which can be compared with chondroitin in velvet antler. If eaten regularly, it 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 tonic and therapeutic effect on weakness, amenorrhea due to blood deficiency, dizziness and mental fatigue after illness.