[Bird Encyclopedia] Kachofu (13) Plover / Cormorant
Plover
|Koteu (Plover) "Minsho Nansanshi" |Taste: Sweet, |Warming, |Non-toxic. |Capable of |regulating |qi and blood.
* "Minsho Nansanshi" is a book published in the mid-Edo period that explains the plants and seafood of |Min (Fujian). (Published by Kikuya Sobei in Osaka). |Min is the |Min-Yue Kingdom, one of the Ten Kingdoms, based in Fujian. Reference: "Minsho Nansanshi" (Nishio City Iwase Bunko / Classical Bibliography Database), "Nansanshi 2 Volumes" (National Diet Library Digital Collections)
Cormorant
|Uji (Cormorant) |Taste: Sour, |Salty, |Cooling, |Slightly |toxic. |The meat |treats |abdominal |distension (bloating), |promotes |urination, and |treats |bone obstruction (fish bone stuck in throat).
|There are two types: |river and |sea. |For consumption, |sea-caught is superior. |River-caught has a |bad |taste and is |not fit for eating.
* "Bone obstruction" might be a misreading.
* "|River and sea" refers to rivers and the ocean.
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