1. Dr. Nan Li, who has been practicing in Hong Kong for decades, summarized the top ten effects of bird's nest for reference:

1. It replenishes the lungs and nourishes the yin to stop coughing in the lungs, and reduces the lung qi lesions. This includes asthma, shortness of breath, prolonged cough, blood in sputum, coughing up blood, hemoptysis, bronchitis, sweating, and low-grade fever due to lung yin deficiency.

2, tonifying deficiency and nourishing the stomach, stop stomach coldness, vomiting. Stomach Yin deficiency caused by regurgitation, dry vomiting, intestinal sounds.

3, where weakness after illness, consumption, loss of vitality, with bird's nest for food, can nourish yin and regulate the middle.

4. It can stop sweating, excessive sweating, frequent urination, nocturia of Qi deficiency and spleen deficiency.

5. It makes one's skin smooth, elastic and glossy, thus reducing wrinkles.

6, bird's nest contains a variety of amino acids, infants and children often eat can grow wisdom, increase thinking, anti-sensitivity, make up for its successive deficiencies.

7, pregnant women during pregnancy, prenatal and postnatal food, it has the effect of stabilizing and replenishing the fetus.

8. Bird's nest is a natural food to increase fluid, and contains many kinds of amino acids, which have inhibitory and anti-balancing effects on esophageal cancer, pharyngeal cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer and rectal cancer.

9. All the sequelae caused by electrotherapy and chemotherapy, such as dry throat, sore throat, swelling, constipation, hoarseness, vomiting, etc., can be significantly improved by eating bird's nest.

10, bird's nest taste sweet and flat, nourishing Yin and dry, is a nutritious and beneficial food, health care and therapeutic effects, is the public welcome the health food.

Average Nutritional Content of White Bird's Nest and Blood Bird's Nest

Nutritional Content White Bird's Nest Blood Bird's Nest

Moisture (%) 9.25 8.67

Crude Ash (%) 8.22 11.43

Crude Protein (%) 58.62 56.34

Total Carbohydrate (%) 24.62 22.75

Calories (kcal) (%) 24.62 22.75

Calories (kcal) (kcal) (kcal) (kcal) (kcal) (kcal) (kcal) (kcal) p>Calories (kcal/100g) 440 404

Bird's nest mainly contains water-soluble proteins, and amino acids such as glycine. Amino acids are biologically active substances that can promote the growth and regeneration of cell tissues. Therefore, bird's nest is more suitable for burn patients or patients after radiotherapy during the recovery period to help repair and rebuild damaged cells. Bird's nest also contains collagen and minerals, so it is also used in various beauty cosmetics.

Bird's nest is relatively bland in nature, neither promoting heat nor nourishing yin. Since it is good for the skin, and the skin and the lungs are mutually exclusive, those who are more suitable for it also include those with lung disorders.

Bird's nest can be replaced with food rich in amino acids such as eggs and milk

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