1, nourish yin and moisturize dryness
Bird's nest is sweet in taste, flat in nature, into the lungs, the spleen, the kidneys meridian, nourishing yin and moisturizing the lungs. It has a good effect on night sweating, hemoptysis, bronchitis, chronic cough, phlegm and wheezing caused by lung yin deficiency, and loss of fluid due to yin deficiency and fever.
2. It can replenish the middle of the body
Bird's nest is flat in nature, sweet in taste, and enters the stomach meridian, which can stop vomiting with stomach and replenish the middle of the body with the effect of replenishing the middle of the body with the effect of replenishing the middle of the body with the effect of replenishment. For stomach Yin deficiency caused by regurgitation, dry vomiting, intestinal sounds, Qi deficiency caused by excessive sweating, urination and other symptoms with the corresponding Chinese medicine have a very good effect.
3, antiviral
From bird's nest can be extracted from a mucovirus hemagglutination reaction inhibitor, which is very sensitive to various influenza viruses neuraminidase, but there is a lack of testable blood type antigen. Experiments have shown that mucin is not only an effective inhibitor of the hemagglutination reaction of influenza viruses, but also an effective substance for neutralizing infectious (which is viral inactivation) viruses.
4, strong heart and lower blood pressure
Bird's nest has a certain strong heart effect, can be very good to enhance the heart contraction ability. In addition, bird's nest also has a certain effect on lowering blood pressure, especially for people with high diastolic blood, has a very obvious effect on lowering blood pressure, suitable for patients with high blood pressure.
5, beauty
Bird's nest is very rich in high-quality protein, and protein is the main component of human skin, hair, muscle, is an indispensable nutrient. Meanwhile, bird's nest contains a very important peptide hormone - Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF), which can stimulate the division and proliferation of many kinds of cells, promote cell differentiation, and play a rapid repair effect on damaged skin. Eating bird's nest can increase the nutrition for skin and hair to be nourished.
6. Enhance immunity
Bird's nest contains hormone and epidermal growth factor that can promote cell division, which can promote cell regeneration, enhance immunity, and increase the body's resistance to X-ray and other radiation damage.
7. Promote growth and development
Teenagers in the high-speed growth period need to replenish a large amount of minerals, and bird's nests are very rich in minerals, such as phosphorus, calcium, potassium, iron, magnesium and so on, which have the effect of promoting the growth and development of bones.
8, promote recovery after illness
Bird's nest unique protein composition and a large number of biologically active molecules contribute to the growth and development of human tissues, recovery after illness, especially suitable for weak people to nourish.
9. Characteristics of Bird's Nest
The complete bird's nest is in the shape of a half-moon, slightly curved like a marigold, with a length of 6.5-10 centimeters and a width of 3-5 centimeters, which is known as the bird's nest. It is yellowish-white or grayish-white in color, attached to a flat rock surface, neatly arranged, and detailed into a wave shape. The outside of the nest is slightly elevated, and the inner surface is rough, showing an uneven network, such as a loofah. The texture is hard and brittle, the section seems to be gelatinous, silver-white and crystal clear after water moistening, the body is soft and expanding, lightly pressed with elastic cute, gently pulling can be retracted. Gas slightly, taste sweet.
10, the nutritional composition of bird's nest
Bird's nest is flat in nature, sweet in taste, and belongs to the spleen and lung meridian. Bird's nest contains a large number of high-quality easily absorbed amino acids such as arginine, lysine, and sugars, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur and other nutrients.
11. Types of Bird's Nest
The current specification is divided into: White Bird's Nest, Hairy Bird's Nest and Blood Bird's Nest.
(1) White Bird's Nest (Official Bird's Nest): white in color with a few downy feathers. The quality is good.
(2) Hairy Bird's Nest: gray in color, with more gray and black feathers. The quality is inferior.
(3) Blood Bird's Nest: contains reddish-brown blood threads. The quality is inferior.
12. How to recognize the real bird's nest
1. Different shapes
The real bird's nest is irregularly half crescent-shaped, sunken into a pocket, with a yellowish-white or grayish-white surface, flat on the side attached to the rock, and slightly elevated on the other
side. Fake bird's nests are generally hemispherical, with a yellowish or yellowish-white surface, slightly elevated on one side and slightly concave on the other.
2. Internal Differences
True bird's nests are rough and loofah-like, with tiny feathers visible under magnification; fake bird's nests are rough and slag-like, with tiny feathers invisible under magnification, and some are even visible as fur.
3. Texture and taste
The real bird's nest has a hard and brittle texture, slightly horny section, and a slightly sweet taste, while the fake bird's nest has a crunchy texture, easy to break, and a light taste.
4. Judgement after burning
True bird's nests are slightly _ cracked when burning, melting and bubbling, no smoke, no odor, grayish-white; fake bird's nests are _ cracked when burning, sparks, black smoke, burnt odor, and its ash is black.
5, soaking judgment
True bird's nest soaked in water is soft and swollen, crystal bright and transparent, light pressure has elasticity lovely, add dilute hydrochloric acid and boil for 10 minutes, the solution and samples of brown or brownish-black; fake bird's nest soaked in water
swelling is poor, loose sponge-like, opaque, add dilute hydrochloric acid and boil, solution and samples of brown or brownish-black.
6, stewed judgment
True bird's nest stewed, there is a strong smell of egg white, crystal clear, while the fake bird's nest will be loose or even dissolved in the water, the water is cloudy, there is an oily floating, stewed, "bird's nest" is opaque, stewed soon after the melting away.