When is the best time to eat Ejiao?
1, preferably after breakfast or lunch.
In a day, it is best to take it at 1 30 minutes after breakfast and lunch, especially for people with bad stomach.
2. It is best to eat in winter.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Ejiao is a mild tonic with the same origin of medicine and food, which can be eaten all year round. It is most effective only in winter. Ejiao is a good tonic. It is not easy to digest and absorb when taken in hot weather. In addition, Ejiao is generally taken for a long time. If it is not properly preserved, especially in the case of high ambient temperature, it is easy to deteriorate, and the dosage should not be too large in summer. Judging from the saying that "tonic in winter will kill tigers in the coming year", it can also be concluded that winter is the best time to eat Ejiao. In cold winter, the human body needs to increase calories and has a strong appetite, which is conducive to the absorption of Ejiao.
The benefits of eating Ejiao
1, tonify blood and stop bleeding
Promote hematopoiesis, obviously increase the content of red blood cells and hemoglobin, and have good curative effect on hemorrhagic diseases such as iron deficiency anemia, hemorrhagic anemia, hemoptysis, hematemesis, bloody stool, nosebleed, hematuria, functional uterine bleeding, pregnancy abortion, etc.
Step 2 improve sleep
Ejiao can strengthen calcium nutrition and maintain nerve function by nourishing yin and nourishing blood and tonifying deficiency, and has a strong sedative effect.
Step 3 regulate menstruation and prevent miscarriage
The main function of Ejiao is to replenish blood. There are many reasons for irregular menstruation, mainly blood deficiency, blood stasis and blood heat. People with blood deficiency can achieve the effect by taking Ejiao alone, and those with blood stasis and heat can be properly combined with other drugs. After conception, yin and blood gather to raise the fetus, which is the most prone to exhaustion, but when the fetus is unstable, the fetal movement is uneasy, and even abortion. Ejiao nourishes yin and blood, which is beneficial to chong ren, so it can nourish the fetus and treat pregnancy diseases. Colla Corii Asini contains lysine, arginine, histidine, cystine, calcium, sulfur, etc., which helps to protect the fetus.
4. Beautiful and beautiful
Ejiao enriches blood and nourishes skin, which is beneficial to skin health care. Throughout the ages, it has been regarded as a beauty product for women. After taking Ejiao, the complexion is rosy and the skin is tender and shiny, which is the same result of Ejiao's nutritional effect on the skin and its promotion of calcium absorption and maintenance.
5. Anti-cancer effect
Ejiao is an auxiliary drug for patients undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In some experiments, Dong 'e Ejiao was used as raw material to observe its effect on specific immune function, and it was found that Ejiao had a two-way regulatory effect on cellular immunity. It can also enhance the activity of NK cells, which have a certain inhibitory effect on the occurrence of tumors. In addition, Ejiao can promote the lymphocyte transformation of healthy people and improve the lymphocyte transformation rate of tumor patients, thus slowing down the tumor, improving symptoms and prolonging life.
Step 6 strengthen muscles and bones
Ejiao can nourish blood and produce fluid, blood can nourish tendons, and liquid can lubricate joints and enrich bone marrow, spinal cord and brain marrow, so it can strengthen bones and muscles, dredge joints and resist rheumatism. Therefore, the theory of medicinal properties says that eating Ejiao can "strengthen bones and muscles". Ejiao also helps to get rid of bone and joint diseases and restore the injured joint function. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica says that Ejiao can "cure all kinds of common diseases and joint pains of men and women". Later generations added in Compendium of Materia Medica that Ejiao can treat "low back pain due to internal injury, strengthen tendons and essence, and strengthen kidney".
Introduction of main components and efficacy of Ejiao
The main ingredient of Ejiao is donkey skin. Three kinds of auxiliary materials are needed to make Ejiao, one is yellow wine, the other is soybean oil, and the third is rock sugar. Without these accessories, Ejiao can't be made. Glue sticks originated in Dong 'e, Shandong Province, and were made by boiling and concentrating. Ejiao has the functions of enriching blood, stopping bleeding, nourishing yin and moistening lung. Suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with low immunity and postpartum weakness. Ordinary people can also take appropriate amount of Ejiao to improve immunity, beauty beauty. Ejiao is easy to get angry, so the newly made Ejiao, that is, the new Ejiao, should not be taken. It should be placed in a cool and dry place for a period of time until the fire poison is completely eliminated. Or walnut, black sesame, red dates, lotus plumule and the like can be added. And cook it into Ejiao cake (which will not get angry) and Guyuan ointment to take. When you have a cold, cough, diarrhea or menstrual cramps, you should stop taking Ejiao and continue taking it after you recover or stop taking it. According to traditional habits, you must avoid eating during taking Ejiao, such as cold food, radish, strong tea and so on.
Who can't eat Ejiao?
1, fire lover
For example, heart fire, liver fire, lung fire, and even people with yin deficiency and fire, if they only use Ejiao, there will be a situation where the deficiency is not enough, and the fire will become bigger and bigger.
2. People with heavy body moisture
It can be manifested as dry mouth, bitter taste, sticky mouth, fatigue, dizziness or unconsciousness, abdominal distension, uncomfortable stool, and most importantly, thick and greasy tongue coating, or white or yellow.
3. Spleen deficiency
That is, people with low digestive function are mainly characterized by eating less, rotten or dried stools, fatigue, sallow complexion and so on. Although there is no rule that you can't eat Ejiao due to spleen deficiency, Ejiao is sticky and easy to hinder the function of the spleen and stomach, especially for patients with spleen deficiency and qi stagnation and less abdominal distension. If you must eat it, you need to be compatible with drugs that regulate qi and promote digestion to limit the greasy nature of Ejiao.
4. People with wounds can't eat.
Ejiao is blood-activating, so if there is a wound, you can't eat it immediately, until the wound scabs, or the wound doesn't scab.
5. People with blood stasis in their bodies
Dark complexion, pigmentation, easy to have ecchymosis, dull lips, dark tongue or ecchymosis, dark purple or thickened sublingual collaterals, and unsmooth pulse. People with yang deficiency can't eat Ejiao either. People with yang deficiency will also have symptoms such as loss of appetite, bloating and digestive dysfunction after taking it. In addition, you should stop taking Ejiao when you have a cold, cough, diarrhea or menstrual cramps, and then continue to take it after you have recovered or stopped taking it.