Patient's question:
My child's constitution isn't very good, mainly because he's a bit calcium-deficient. I want to buy doves to cook and eat because I've heard that eating dove meat is very nourishing for the body. My child is only 3 years old now, I don't know if he can eat it.Doctor's answer:
The physical condition of a three-year-old child is easily affected by external factors. According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, it is not recommended to give three-year-old children pigeon stewed with gastrodia elata unless their physical condition absolutely requires it. Pigeon stewed with gastrodia elata is not a treatment for anemia, so it is not advisable to consume it. Anemia is often caused by a child's picky eating or poor appetite leading to iron deficiency in the body, and some oral liquids such as "Zinc Calcium Special" can be taken.