The four spices for stewed dog meat are tangerine peel, fennel, licorice and angelica.

When stewing or cooking dog meat, a few pieces of orange peel can not only remove the fishy and greasy taste, but also increase the umami flavor of the soup, but don't put too much. Fennel will increase the umami flavor of dog soup and reduce the fishy smell of dogs. Licorice can remove fishy smell, and there is a faint fragrance in the soup. Angelica sinensis can absorb the medicinal flavor of dog meat, and together with dog broth, it can resist the cold.

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Stewed dog meat is a delicious food made of dog meat and other ingredients. This dish is made by stewing ingredients. Stewed dog meat has the effects of warming kidney, dispelling cold, invigorating qi and tonifying deficiency, and is suitable for patients with prostatic hypertrophy due to kidney-yang deficiency.

Dog meat should not be eaten in summer, nor should it be eaten more once. Anyone who suffers from cough, cold, fever, diarrhea and excessive internal heat due to yin deficiency should not eat it. Avoid eating half-baked dog meat to prevent parasitic infection and avoid eating mad dog meat.

Patients with cerebrovascular diseases are generally accompanied by arteriosclerosis and hypertension. Dog meat is hot and nourishing, which will increase blood pressure and even lead to cerebral vascular rupture and bleeding after eating. Therefore, people with cerebrovascular diseases should not eat dog meat. People who have recovered from a serious illness are also unfit to eat.