The source comes from "Compendium of Materia Medica". "Compendium": Silky chickens include those with white hair and black bones, those with black hair and black bones, those with spotted hair and black bones, those with both bones and meat, and those with white meat and black bones. However, if you look at chickens with black tongues, they have both bones and flesh. Wu, it is better used as medicine.

Pinyin name Wū Gǔ Jī

English name Black-bone Silky Fowl

Also known as black-bone chicken, medicinal chicken, Wushan chicken, wool chicken, downy chicken, loose chicken Feather chicken, black-footed chicken, comb comb chicken, trouser chicken, bamboo chicken .

Latin plant, animal and mineral name: Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson

Harvesting and storage: After slaughtering, remove feathers and internal organs, and use the internal organs and bones freshly. It can also be stored frozen, soaked in wine, or dried and ground into powder for later use.

The original form of the Silky Chicken is short and small. The head is small, the neck is short, it has a fleshy crown, and the ear leaves are green and slightly purple-blue. The feathers all over the body are white, except for the feathers on the two wings, which are all velvety. There is a bunch of fine hair protrusions on the head, and there are more fine short hairs on the lower jaw and the cheeks. The wings are short, and the main wing feathers are split, making it particularly powerful in flight. Hairy feet, 5 claws. The plantar hairs are numerous and dense, and some are hairless. The skin, meat and bones are all black. There are also variants such as black-haired black-bone, white-fleshed black-bone, and spotted-haired black-bone.

Habitat distribution

Ecological environment: Artificial breeding is available everywhere. Silky chicken is a meat-type breed. Compared with other domestic chickens, silky chicken has the following characteristics: 1. The morphological characteristics and type differentiation traits are obvious, indicating that it has an unusual domestication history and a high level of domestication. 2. It has strong feeding habits and obvious digging habits, and is adapted to group grazing. 3. The body is light, flexible and good-looking. 4. They have strong nesting ability. Adult chickens will start nesting every time they lay about 20 eggs and stop laying eggs for about 1 month. Therefore, they only lay 50-60 eggs per year. 5 Growth and development are slow. Generally, chicks weigh only about 60g when they are 60 days old. They can become sexually mature and start laying eggs at 180 days old. 6. More adaptable to humid climates than other chicken breeds. 7. The nutritional value and medicinal value are higher than other chicken breeds.

Resource distribution: There are three main types: 1. Silky chicken with white silk feathers. Mainly produced in Taihe area of ??Jiangxi Province, it has spread to all parts of the country and abroad. 2 Silky chicken with white flat feathers. It is mainly produced in Jiangshan area of ??Zhejiang Province and spreads to all parts of East China. 3. Silky chicken with black flat feathers. It is mainly produced in the Zhaotong area of ??Yunnan and the Lueyang area of ??Shaanxi. The quantity is also relatively large, and it only spreads sporadically throughout the country.

Characteristics: This product has a small body and a small head. Its skin, flesh, bones, and mouth are all black, and some have white flesh, but the inside is black, and its bones, flesh, tongue, and all are black. Better.

The chemical composition contains copper, zinc, manganese and other elements, as well as carotene, black-bone melanin, etc.

Pharmacological effects: Eating black-bone chicken bones can enhance the body’s immune function.

Preparation: Slaughter the silky chicken and immerse it in boiling water to remove the hair and internal organs.

Sweet and neutral in nature

Return to the liver, kidney, and lung meridian

Functions and indications: Tonify the liver and kidneys; replenish qi and blood; reduce deficiency heat. It is mainly used to treat consumptive fatigue, weight loss, bone steaming, tuberculosis and heat, quenching thirst, spermatorrhea, chronic diarrhea, chronic dysentery, collapse, and vaginal discharge.

Usage and Dosage: Oral administration: Cook, appropriate amount: Or take into pills or powder.

Please note that it should not be taken by those who have positive symptoms and have not cleared away the evil poison.

Attached black-bone chicken decoction pills "Pocket Prescription": A woman's blood is exhausted and her blood is red and vaginal discharge;

Discussions by various experts

1. "Compendium of Materia Medica" 》: Black-bone chicken nourishes blood and nourishes yin, then fatigue and weakness can be eliminated. When the yin returns to heat and disappears, body fluids will grow on their own and thirst will quench themselves. Yin and Yang are secret, the outside and inside are solid, and evil spirits cannot enter. The heart and soul are at peace and the pain stops. By replenishing yin, the three meridians of Chong, Ren, and Ling will be strong, so it can eliminate all deficiencies and diseases caused by vaginal collapse and vaginal discharge.

2. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": Tonify and quench thirst.

3. "Compendium": Tonify deficiency and fatigue, cure thirst and evil, benefit pregnant women, treat women's collapse, vaginal discharge and various diseases of weakness, adults and children have diarrhea and silence.

4. "Materia Medica Tongxuan": nourishing yin and reducing fever.

5. "Compendium of Materia Medica": calms the liver and dispels wind, removes irritability and heat, nourishes the kidneys and nourishes yin.

Excerpt from "Chinese Materia Medica"