Escargot

"Escargot" is a term given to the flesh of terrestrial snails, primarily of the Roman snail, Helix pomatia, and, sometimes its close relatives, such as the garden snail, Cornu aspersum (synonym=Helix aspersa), and the escargot de Quimper, Elona quimperiana (synonym=Helix quimperiana). In China, the enormous Giant African snails of genus Achatina, are cultivated for consumption.

In Chinese Food Therapy, snail meat helps nourish kidney qi and spleen qi and yang in order to counteract and reverse syndromes of spleen qi sinking, especially syndromes such as hemorrhoids.