Because mutton and dog meat are rich in protein, fat and high calories, people with certain diseases should not eat them in large quantities from the perspective of western medicine. If eaten in large quantities, obese patients will gain weight; Patients with diabetes, nephropathy and chronic renal insufficiency can aggravate renal insufficiency; Patients with cholecystitis and gallstones can induce acute attack, leading to acute pancreatitis; Patients with coronary heart disease have elevated blood lipids and aggravated arteriosclerosis; Liver function of patients with liver cirrhosis is impaired, and portosystemic shunt is obvious, which induces hepatic coma.
From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, mutton is warm and sweet, which has the functions of tonifying deficiency and benefiting qi, warming the middle warmer, stimulating appetite and strengthening the spleen, keeping out cold, astringing hernia and relieving pain, and can be used to treat impotence, premature ejaculation, irregular menstruation, infertility, postpartum deficiency cold, stomach cold and abdominal pain, dyspepsia, weak lung qi deficiency, chronic cough and asthma, etc. However, mutton is warm and not suitable for eating on a hot day. People with fever, toothache, constipation and phlegm fire should not eat it. Dog meat is warm, sour and salty, which can tonify middle energizer, strengthen yang and tonify spleen and stomach. Can be used for treating kidney deficiency, enuresis, frequent micturition, weakness of spleen and stomach, abdominal distension, and tingling. Because dog meat is warm in nature, those who have residual heat after fever should not eat it, and those who have yin deficiency and phlegm heat should eat it carefully.