Stewed pigeon with ginseng has the effects of strengthening the spleen, benefiting the kidneys, tonifying the qi and generating fluids. However, its efficacy as a medicinal meal is limited.
Goryeo ginseng generally refers to the ginseng produced in the Korean Peninsula, which is used in medicine by steaming the dried rhizomes of ginseng of the family Wugangaceae. Ginseng is slightly warm in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in flavor, and belongs to the lung, spleen and heart meridians. It has the effects of tonifying the spleen and the lungs, replenishing qi and generating fluids, and calming the spirit and benefiting the intellect. It can be used in the treatment of middle-heat subsidence (deficiency of spleen and stomach qi, with manifestations such as falling of internal organs), shortness of breath and weakness, and thirst due to injury of body fluids.
Pigeon is the meat of pigeon, an animal of the family of Pigeonidae. It is flat in nature, salty in taste, and belongs to the lung, liver and kidney meridians, with the effects of nourishing the kidney and benefiting the qi, dispelling wind and detoxifying the toxin, regulating menstruation and relieving pain. It is used for weakness, thirst (see symptoms such as eating more, drinking more and urinating more), amenorrhea in women with blood deficiency, and prolonged malaria.
Goryeo ginseng should not be taken at the same time with quinoa, wulin and other traditional Chinese medicines, the adverse effects are not clear. If you need to take goryeo ginseng stewed pigeon, please under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner.