On litchi dog meat festival from summer solstice

Gaoming's custom of eating dog meat from summer solstice has a long history in the local area.

However, according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, dog meat is warm, can tonify kidney and strengthen yang, and is suitable for autumn and winter. There is a folk saying, "Eat dog meat to warm up and spend the winter without a quilt".

So, is eating dog meat bad for your health in summer? "Eating dog meat from summer solstice contains certain TCM health preserving theory."

The day before yesterday, Xu, vice president of Gaoming District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, analyzed that Chinese medicine has the concept of "nourishing yang in spring and summer and nourishing yin in autumn and winter", that is to say, the temperature in spring and summer is gradually rising, people are going out one after another, and activities are relatively increasing.

However, Dr. Xu also reminded that eating dog meat in the summer solstice should be enough, and don't eat too much "blind tonic" to avoid causing gastrointestinal diseases such as indigestion.