Duck

The domestic duck are any anatid waterfowl birds descended primarily from the mallard, Anas platyrhynchos, or less commonly, the Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata. The earliest evidence of active domestication of the duck dates to 4,000 years ago in Southeast Asia, though, the Ancient Egyptians had a cultural practice of breeding captured wild ducks for food and pets much earlier.

In Chinese Food Therapy, duck meat helps to rectify imbalances of water in the body, either edema or of urination.