What are dog whip, tiger whip, sheep whip, ox whip, pig whip and rabbit whip?

Since ancient times, the concept of "what you eat supplements what you eat" has been deeply rooted in China. Many people think that eating animals' genitals can strengthen yang and replenish qi and blood. So, do deer whip and cattle and sheep whip have legendary effects?

Western medicine believes that the "penis" of an animal is actually composed of three sponges and a layer of foreskin, and does not contain hormone components. Once out of the animal's body, all that remains is a pile of soft meat, which is not as nutritious as a few eggs.

Dr. Huang Lili, from the Department of Nutrition and Food, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, believes that many people think that animal genitalia has aphrodisiac effect, which may be due to the high zinc content in this part. Zinc deficiency can reduce the synthesis of protein in testis. Long-term zinc deficiency affects the structure and function of prostate, and even leads to infertility.

Severe sexual dysfunction is incurable.

Professor Yu Tianxing from the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine said that eating animal whips first gives people psychological hints, and people who eat them will really feel the rise of yang, the deficiency of kidney-qi, and the corresponding improvement of sexual function. So on the whole, eating animal genitals is still effective. But if it is used to treat severe sexual dysfunction, the effect is not as good as ginseng, epimedium and psoralea corylifolia.

Professor Yu said that if you want to eat animal whips, you'd better soak them in wine. If you cook at high temperature, the organic components are easily killed in the cooking process, which has no effect at all.