Mutton

ORIGIN: The meat of Capra hircus and Oris aries [Bovidae].

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: The lean meat contains 17.3 % of protein, 13.6 % of fat, 0.5% of carbohydrate, 15 mg% of calcium, 168 mg% of phosphorus, 3 mg% of iron, 0.07 mg% of thiamine, 0.13 mg% of vitamin B2, 4.9 mg% of nicotinic acid, 70 mg % of cholesterol. The constituents contained in mutton vary with the breed, age, nourishment and different parts of the body of a goat or a sheep.

NATURE, FLAVOR AND CHANNEL TROPISM: Sweet in flavor and warm in nature, acting on the channels of the spleen and kidney.

EFFICIENCIES AND INDICATIONS: Invigorating qi to treat deficiency syndrome, warming the middle-jiao and relaxing the bowels. It is used for treatment of magersucht due to consumption, Lumbago, insufficiency-cold syndrome after delivery, Stomachache, and periumbilical colic due to invasion of cold, regurgitation of food from the stomach due to deficiency of the middle-jiao.

DIRECTIONS: To be decocted, boiled, sauted for eating. It should be avoided by those who have symptoms caused by exopathy or retained heat in the body.

SUPPLEMENT: Goat or Sheep Kidney, also known as "Tangyaozi" in Chinese. It can tonify the kidney-qi, replenish the vital essence and marrow, and is used to treat Seminal Emission due to deficiency of the kidney, soreness and pain along the spinal colum, Sudden Deafness and Tinnitus.

The Milk: It contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin B1, B2, C and A. Having the effects of warming, moistening and tonifying the human body, it is used for treatment of magersucht due to consumption, diabetes, regurgitation of food from the stomach.

The Liver: It can replenish the blood, tonify the liver and improve eyesight, and is used for treatment of sallow comple-xion and magersucht due to deficiency of blood, dim eyesight due to deficiency of liver, Retinal Vein Obstruction, night blindness, Senile Cataract.