Why do we eat dog meat during the summer solstice? What are the disadvantages?

In ancient China, people were very particular about its meaning. Every summer solstice, people would eat dog meat. People believed that dog meat was a very tonic food. So, if you eat it, you can improve your health. healthy. In fact, this is not the case. When the weather is hot, eating dog meat is harmful to the body.

Dogs are people’s good friends, and eating dog meat is a form of harm to human friends. But eating dog meat is part of traditional Chinese culture and has a long history. Dogs are originally one of the six animals (horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, dogs, and pigs). These six animals are the six animals domesticated by humans in the early days. They can serve as human tools and food sources. This is why humans eat dogs as food, because dog meat is delicious and of good quality, and it can also strengthen yang and kidneys and replenish qi and blood.

In Chinese history, there are also records of people killing dogs. Fan Kuai, a friend of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, was a professional dog butcher. Liu Bang often went to Fan Kuai's place to eat dog meat. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica·Dog" records: Dog meat can nourish the internal qi and blood of the body, specifically transporting the spleen and kidneys, the two organs, and quickly warms the stomach and removes cold through the second meridian. It can nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang in men. Eating it can make the qi and blood abundant. , all the pulses boiling to increase one's strength. In the autobiography "Nine Levels of Heaven and Earth" written by astronaut Yang Liwei, it is clearly recorded that Huajiang dog meat is included in the astronauts' meals, which is helpful to people.

Eating dog meat during the summer solstice has the following disadvantages. The disadvantage is that eating it in the summer will make people angry and prone to mouth ulcers, because dogs are naturally more qi and blood replenishing foods. If they replenish qi and blood more, It’s easier to get angry. Also, eating dog meat is more difficult. Dog meat is very irritating. When eating dog meat, you need to remove the smell. Especially in hot summer, the smell will be heavier. Therefore, it is not recommended to eat dog meat in summer, even during the summer solstice.