Dogs have been listed as one of the six livestock since ancient times. Dog meat tastes mellow, with high protein content and good quality. It has high edible value and plays an obvious role in enhancing human disease resistance, cell vitality and organ function. It is one of the main meats in ancient times.

Dog meat is warm, sweet, salty and sour, and enters spleen, stomach and kidney meridians. It has the effects of warming spleen and stomach, tonifying kidney, strengthening yang, strengthening tendons and nourishing blood vessels, and can be used for treating lumbago and knee cold pain, long urination, frequent urination, edema, deafness, impotence, abdominal distension and cold pain caused by spleen and stomach yang deficiency.

People who eat dog meat from summer to day have a beautiful vision of preventing diseases and tonic. As the saying goes, "Eat dog meat from summer to the sun, and the west wind gradually detours." It is believed that eating dog meat in summer solstice can improve resistance and enhance the ability to keep out the cold in autumn and winter. However, it is hot in summer solstice, so people are prone to get angry, so it is not advisable to eat more. On the solstice of summer, most people eat dog meat symbolically. Many people drink a bowl of herbal tea before and after eating dog meat, in order to offset the fire caused by dog meat.