VARIANT NAMES: Chunniao, Wanchun, Chihouchun.
ORIGIN: The meat or the whole substance, except the entrails and the feather, of Coturnix coturnix japonica [Phasianidae].
NATURE, FLAVOR AND CHANNEL TROPISM: Sweet in flavor and neutral in nature, acting on the channels of the spleen, stomach and large intestine.
EFFICIENCIES AND INDICATIONS: Tonifying the five viscera, clearing away damp-heat, arresting diarrhea and dysentery. It is used for treatment of Sexual Dysfunction, diarrhea, dysentery, Infantile Malnutrition due to impairment of the spleen and stomach, arthralgia of damp type.
DIRECTIONS: To be eaten stewed, stir-fried, deep fried, or decocted for drinking, or used as the main material of tonifying medicated diet.