What is the practice of Ejiao?

Studies have shown that Dong 'e Ejiao contains a variety of amino acids, protein, calcium and so on, which can obviously promote hemoglobin and hematocrit of ischemic animals. It can improve blood calcium balance and promote erythropoiesis. In addition, Dong 'e Ejiao can obviously promote the function of bone marrow cells. It can significantly increase the number of white blood cells, raise blood pressure and prevent hemorrhagic shock. Dong 'e Ejiao can be taken all year round, so what are the effects of Dong 'e Ejiao? Let's have a look. The practice of Ejiao

The production method of Ejiao: firstly, scrape the donkey skin, cut it into small pieces, and boil it in water for 3 days and nights. When the juice is thick, take out the donkey skin slices and add water to decoct. After this is repeated for 5-6 times, the boiled donkey-hide gelatin juice is filtered to remove impurities, concentrated into thick paste by fire, concentrated, dried in the shade, and caked to obtain the medicinal donkey-hide gelatin. The first-grade Ejiao is black in color, transparent and bright, and has no fishy smell. It is better that Xia Hou is neither wet nor soft. Ejiao is mainly produced in Shandong, Zhejiang, Beijing, Shanghai and other places. The most famous producing area is Dong 'e Town, Pingyin County, Shandong Province.

Colla Corii Asini Sugar Solution: Take 6- 10g of Colla Corii Asini, mash it, put it in a bowl, and add boiling water to half a bowl. Ejiao is difficult to dissolve, so it must be stirred repeatedly with chopsticks until it melts, and then white sugar (rock sugar or brown sugar) or honey is added. Stir well and take it. This prescription is suitable for iron deficiency, nutritional anemia, excessive blood loss, blood consumption due to long illness, and irregular menstruation.

Ejiao porridge: porridge is made of rice or millet 100g, crushed Ejiao 15g, and 50g of rock sugar. Before adding donkey-hide gelatin, dissolve it in boiling water, then add it into porridge, stir it evenly and boil it. Don't really put the donkey-hide gelatin pieces in the porridge, it's easy to paste the bottom of the pot. This prescription can replenish blood and kidney, strengthen the body and prolong life.

Ejiao yellow wine: put 250g Ejiao and 30ml yellow wine into the pot, cover with water and steam for about 2-3 hours, and take it out after it is completely dissolved. 65438+ 0-2 times a day, 2 spoonfuls each time. This prescription is suitable for general blood deficiency.

Sesame walnut paste: take Ejiao 150g, mash it, and soak it in yellow wine 350ml 1 week. When Colla Corii Asini is spongy, add water for stewing, add proper amount of black sesame and walnut kernel, add 250g of rock sugar, steam for 65438+/-0h, continuously stir and cool to obtain jelly. Take 1-2 spoonfuls of warm water every morning and evening. This prescription has special effects on backache, cold, tinnitus, yin deficiency or kidney deficiency.

Function and efficacy of Ejiao

1, invigorating qi and blood:

As early as more than two thousand years ago, the pharmacological monograph "Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing" listed Ejiao as the top grade, which was considered as a nourishing product and suitable for long-term use. Li Shizhen, a famous pharmacologist in Ming Dynasty, summarized the previous experience and emphasized that the main function of Ejiao was nourishing yin and enriching blood. Colla Corii Asini is an important medicine for tonifying lung, and lung is the source of blood. Supplementing the lung can fundamentally solve the problem of insufficient blood source, and can receive a good effect of replenishing qi and blood. Especially in winter tonic, people refer to donkey-hide gelatin, ginseng and velvet antler as "three treasures for nourishing the body".

2, enhance physical fitness:

Ejiao has the function of nourishing yin and enriching blood. Yin in traditional Chinese medicine refers to the main material components of the body. Ejiao is rich in protein, which belongs to animal collagen, has affinity for human body and has special effects on nourishing yin and enriching blood. Modern experiments show that Ejiao can significantly enhance the endurance of experimental animals and has a significant anti-fatigue effect. People's eating experience also proves that taking Ejiao in small doses for a long time can enhance physical fitness and improve the body's disease resistance.

3, strong heart and lung:

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the heart governs blood, and the function of the heart needs the nourishment of blood. Ejiao is an essential medicine for enriching blood. Taking Ejiao regularly can enhance heart function. Modern people do experiments with dogs with endotoxic shock, which proves that Ejiao can obviously reduce blood viscosity, improve microcirculation and make the elevated arterial blood pressure return to normal quickly. Some people used cats to do experiments, which also confirmed the anti-shock effect of Ejiao. Ejiao is an important drug for tonifying lung. Experiments show that Ejiao can significantly improve the hypoxia tolerance and cold tolerance of animals. Experiments also show that long-term use of Ejiao can reduce exudative lesions of pulmonary vessels, nourish lung yin, improve lung function and enhance the ability to defend against respiratory diseases. Among many TCM prescriptions, Bufei Ejiao Decoction, Zhigancao Decoction and Jiawei Fumai Decoction, which are mainly composed of Ejiao, are all famous prescriptions for tonifying the heart and lungs, and play a unique role in eliminating diseases and strengthening the body.

4, strong muscles and bones:

Ejiao can nourish blood and produce fluid, blood can nourish tendons, and body fluid can lubricate joints and enrich bone marrow, spinal cord and brain marrow, so it can strengthen tendons and bones, smooth joints and increase anti-rheumatic ability. Ejiao can dispel bone and joint diseases and improve motor function, which is a long-term experience summary of ancestors. Therefore, after middle age, taking Ejiao helps to strengthen bones and muscles, avoid osteoporosis, and make people's joints flexible, light and healthy.

5, skin beauty:

Ejiao has the functions of nourishing yin and blood, moistening lung and moistening dryness, so it is more conducive to moisturizing the skin. Beauty cosmetics have been regarded as women's beauty products in past dynasties. The reason why taking Ejiao makes the skin shiny is because Ejiao has a nutritional effect on the skin and can promote the absorption of calcium. Ejiao is made from the skin of an animal donkey. Rich in collagen, it can be used as an important supplementary source of essential amino acids and trace elements in human body, and has the effect of delaying skin aging. Therefore, the nutritional effect of Ejiao on the skin is worthy of recognition.

6, good governance anemia:

Anemia can be manifested as fatigue, pallor, palpitation and shortness of breath, insomnia and dizziness. It can be seen that the amount of hemoglobin, red blood cell count and hematocrit in peripheral blood are lower than normal. Ejiao is a kind of product with flesh and blood. Take a single kind of donkey-hide gelatin and stew it with yellow wine, and it will have an effect. If it is used together with drugs such as Radix Codonopsis, Radix Astragali, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, the effect is obvious. Modern pharmacological research shows that Ejiao can increase the number of red blood cells and hemoglobin and promote hematopoietic function. Ejiao also has hemostatic effect. Ejiao is also commonly used to stop bleeding of hematemesis, hemoptysis, bloody stranguria, hematuria, hematochezia and bloody dysentery.

In addition, Ejiao is often used to treat liver cirrhosis, chronic gastritis, urinary incontinence, impotence, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, infertility and dysuria, as well as women's dysuria during pregnancy, abdominal pain during pregnancy, pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome, diarrhea during pregnancy, postpartum abdominal pain, leukorrhagia and infertility. In addition, it can also be used for joint pain, osteoporosis, ulcerative colitis and leukemia.