Beeswax, also known as yellow wax and beeswax. Beeswax is a fatty substance secreted by four pairs of wax glands in the abdomens of suitable-age worker bees in the bee colony. Let me tell you immediately what the functions of beeswax are. The role of beeswax

The medicinal value of beeswax is very high. In traditional Chinese medicine, beeswax has the effects of detoxification, muscle growth and analgesia. It can be used internally or externally to treat acute heartache, diarrhea, pus and blood, persistent diarrhea, fetal movement and bleeding, sores and carbuncles internally attacking, chronic ulcers, water and fire burns, etc.

In Western medicine, since the main component of beeswax is the ester formed by higher fatty acids and higher monohydric alcohols, it can be made into various ointments, emulsions, and suppositories, which can be used to treat ulcers, boils, burns, wounds, etc. disease.

Orally chewing beeswax can treat pharyngitis and maxillary sinusitis. Chewing capping wax can enhance respiratory immunity and treat rhinitis, paranasal sinus catarrh and hay fever. Apply a cooling compressed ointment made from beeswax to the affected area to treat endoarteritis obliterans, periodontitis and spastic colitis. A compound of beeswax mixed with calcium carbonate, mineral oil and pure rosin can treat chronic mastitis, eczema, burns, wounds, ringworm, dermatitis, abscessed papillomas. How to consume beeswax

1. Wax donkey-hide gelatin eggs

Recipe: 5 fresh eggs, 10 grams of donkey-hide gelatin powder (fried beads with oysters, crushed), 30 grams of beeswax.

Preparation: First melt the beeswax, beat in the eggs, add donkey-hide gelatin powder, and mix well.

Usage: 1 dose per day, divided into 2 times and taken warmly.

Efficacy: Promotes blood circulation and softens hardness. It is suitable for chronic leukemia with Qi and blood deficiency. The clinical manifestations are pale complexion, fatigue, palpitation, shortness of breath, dizziness, occasional bleeding in the nasal cavity, gums, subcutaneous and other parts, pale red tongue, thin coating, and soft and thready pulse.

2. Fruit and sesame glutinous rice

Recipe: 2.75 kilograms of glutinous rice, 2.05 kilograms of japonica rice, 25 grams of beeswax, 3.5 kilograms of eight-fruit filling, 100 grams of white sesame seeds, and 100 grams of peanut oil.

Preparation method: Soak glutinous rice and japonica rice in clean water for about 2 hours, rinse out, decant the water, add about 2.5 kilograms of new water, and grind it with a stone mill to make rice slurry. Fry the white sesame seeds over low heat until cooked. Pour the beeswax into the hot oil to dissolve it. Then pour the rice milk into a basket covered with cloth and steam it over high heat for about 2.5 hours. Move the cloth into the porcelain bowl, grab the corner of the cloth with one hand, and rub it on the cloth with the other hand until the sticky cooking agent becomes sticky. Apply beeswax to the drawing board, and then use beeswax to spread evenly on the outside of the cooking agent.

3. Stir-fried pork belly with wax

Ingredients: One pork belly, 30 grams of beeswax, and appropriate amount of salt.

Method:

1. Wash the pork belly, cut into pieces and fry in a pot over high heat until cooked through.

2. Add an appropriate amount of beeswax and stir-fry until the beeswax is completely melted. Add an appropriate amount of salt to keep it hot and eat.

3. When it’s cool, return it to the pot and heat it up, otherwise it will stick to your teeth and be difficult to swallow.

Efficacy: It is especially good to eat pork belly cooked with beeswax during the confinement period. It can replenish the stomach. Beeswax is the best for replenishing the intestines and stomach. Fried pork tripe with beeswax is mild in nature and suitable for restoring gastric mucosal damage. It is also good for treating gastric diseases. It has a good auxiliary effect. Medicinal prescriptions of beeswax

1. To treat redness and white diarrhea, unbearable abdominal pain, severe backache, or blue complexion and changes in hands and feet: three qian of yellow wax and three qian of donkey-hide gelatin. Dissolve the same, add 5 qian of the end of Coptis chinensis, mix well, and take it hot in three times. ("Gangmu" Zhongjing Qi Tiaoqi Drink)

2. To treat diarrhea of ??various colors within three days after delivery: one liang of donkey-hide gelatin, three pieces of wax as a chess piece, one and a half of angelica root, two liang of coptis, One tael of yellow cypress and one liter of old rice. Take eight liters of water, boil the rice and crab eyes, remove the mina and medicine, boil two liters, remove the gizzard, add the glue and wax, make it clear, divide it into four servings, and drink it all in one day. ("Qianjin Prescription" Glue Wax Soup)

3. Treat anxiety and pain: yellow wax, burn it on a lamp, take pills with big gordon seeds, Baicao Shuang as clothing, and take three pills under well water. ("Compendium")

4. To treat fetal movements in pregnancy, abdominal pain and bleeding: one penny of wax. Take two cups of sake, boil for three or five times, add wax to make it clear, and take it immediately. ("Wax Wine Recipe" in "Sheng Ji Zong Lu")

5. To treat cold feet in children, if there are sores: apply thick fried wax. (Yao Hezhong)