Ginger-Stewed Snow Pig Meat: A Traditional Chinese Medicine for Rheumatism Treatment

March 10, 2024

Snow pig meat, a traditional Chinese medicine, also known as "Qiwa" in Tibetan, is also known as the Himalayan marmot, groundhog, and thornless flower. It is the meat of the Himalayan marmot, a squirrel family animal, and has high culinary and medicinal value. It is a delicious delicacy. Ginger-stewed snow pig meat can treat rheumatism!


【Name】

Ginger-stewed snow pig meat

【Ingredients】

Fresh snow pig meat, 500g, cut into pieces, ginger, Sichuan peppercorn, a little salt

【Method】

Cut the fresh snow pig meat into pieces, add ginger, Sichuan peppercorn, a little salt, and add enough water. Stew over low heat until the meat is cooked. Drink the soup and eat the meat.

【Efficacy】

This recipe uses snow pig meat to nourish the spleen and stomach, nourish qi and blood, and ginger and Sichuan peppercorn to season and invigorate the stomach. It is suitable for weak spleen and stomach, insufficient qi and blood, and loss of appetite and fatigue.

【Medicinal value】

Snow pig bones are taken from the limbs, remove the remaining meat, and air dry. The dried limbs bones are not very big, with white bone texture, slightly yellow, and thick oily texture on the cross section. It is good for treating rheumatism, joint and bone pain, and numbness of the limbs.

Snow pig oil is best captured during the hibernation of the snow pig. Its caves often have several entrances. When capturing, only one entrance is left and the rest are blocked. Then sulfur, chili, and other substances are burned or water is poured in to drive them out. At this time, the entrance is covered with a sack, and it can be captured. After being captured and killed, the abdomen is opened to remove the fat, which is then put into its stomach and hung up to dry.

Snow pig bones and fat can treat rheumatism, itching sores, body ringworm, and boils.

Snow pig meat can also protect human eyes because it contains rich vitamin A. After being absorbed by the human body, it can directly affect the retina, promote the generation of visual purple, improve retinal function, and regularly consume it to prevent vision decline and reduce the occurrence of various ophthalmic diseases.

Snow pig meat can also promote the growth of human bones and teeth, which is of great benefit to maintaining a healthy level of the body.

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