Pigeon meat is hot and wet, although the meat of wild pigeon is less wet. The meat of pigeon chicks is more humid, especially the chicks of domesticated pigeons. Young pigeons are less meaty but a better food. The meat of male pigeons is a good cure for numbness, narcosis, aplexy and conclusive shaking or trembles. Pigeon chick meat is favorable for the sexual drive and the kidneys and produces more blood.