Although the meat of cock and hen has the effects of warming the middle warmer, invigorating qi, replenishing essence and marrow, benefiting the five internal organs and tonifying deficiency, we should pay attention to the difference between male and female when choosing.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cock belongs to yang, which has a strong warming and tonifying effect and is suitable for patients with yang deficiency and weak qi. Hens are yin in nature, and their nourishing effect is mild and slow, which is suitable for those who are in labor, old, weak and chronically ill. In the efficacy of tonifying deficiency of five internal organs, we should pay attention to the difference between men and women: the rooster belongs to yang, which has a strong warming and tonifying effect, and is more suitable for patients with yang deficiency and qi deficiency, and has a good auxiliary effect on frequent urination, deafness, oligospermia and cold caused by kidney yang deficiency; Hens belong to yin, which can be used for nourishing patients with physical weakness, epigastric pain, postpartum hypogalactia, dizziness and so on caused by spleen and stomach qi deficiency, especially for pregnant women, the elderly and the weak, chronic diseases and other patients with yin deficiency and blood deficiency.