TCM Properties of Chicken Egg Yolk

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Taste: Sweet.

 

Thermal energy: Neutral. (Neither heats nor cools the body). (There

is some disagreement among sources for the thermal energy).

 

Targets: Heart and Kidneys.

 

Blood Tonic and Yin Tonic.

 

According to Warner J.W. Fan, MD, A Manual of Chinese herbal

Medicine, p. 199: " Act: to nourish Yin and moisten Dryness, to

generate blood and calm Wind. "

 

According to Dan Bensky and Andrew Gamble, Chinese Herbal Medicine

Materia Medica, Revised Edition, p. 364m Ranykys Sabghusgebg (aja

mulberry mistletoe stems) are mixed " With chicken eggs and brown

sugar for dry and scaly skin due to blood deficiency. "

 

Black sesame seeds (aka Semen Sesami Indici) are mixed " With chicken

egg for constipation due to blood deficiency. " (p. 367)

 

Note to beginning TCM students: Blood Deficiency is one of the

things which can generate Interior Wind. One way to treat Interior

Wind is to treat Blood Deficiency. There are a number of Blood tonic

herbs. Chicken egg yolks are a Blood tonic which is particularly

good for calming Wind. (Note to readers new to TCM. Interior Wind

does not refer to gas. " Wind " in TCM refers to the effects of the

wind, changes in barometric pressure, and changes in ion

concentrations on the body. For example, wind attacking the Exterior

of the body (muscles, bones, meridians, etc.) can trigger arthritis

in susceptible individuals. Sometimes changes in the body can

generate (the effects of) Wind in the Interior (Organs). One of the

most serious potential manifestations of Interior Wind is stroke.)