1, improve sleep
Ejiao can strengthen calcium nutrition and maintain nerve function by nourishing yin, nourishing blood and tonifying deficiency, which has a strong sedative effect.
2, blood hemostasis
Colla Corii Asini can promote hematopoiesis, obviously increase the content of red blood cells and hemoglobin, and has a good curative effect on hemorrhagic diseases such as iron deficiency anemia, hemorrhagic anemia, hemoptysis, hematemesis, bloody stool, epistaxis, hematuria, functional uterine bleeding, and pregnancy miscarriage.
3. Regulating menstruation and preventing 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. Taking single donkey-hide gelatin for blood deficiency can achieve results, and those with blood stasis and blood heat can be appropriately combined with other drugs. After conception, yin and blood gather to raise the fetus, which is the most prone to deficiency, while seeing that the fetus is not solid, the fetal movement is uneasy, and even abortion. Ejiao tonifies yin and blood, which is beneficial to chong ren, so it can nourish fetus and treat pregnancy diseases. Ejiao contains lysine, arginine, histidine, cystine, calcium, sulfur and so on, which helps to prevent miscarriage.
4. beauty beauty
Ejiao nourishes the skin by enriching blood, which is beneficial to skin health care. It has been regarded as a good beauty product for women in past dynasties. 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 medicine for patients with 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, and NK cells play a certain role in inhibiting the occurrence of tumors. In addition, Ejiao can promote the lymphocyte transformation of healthy people, and also improve the lymphocyte transformation rate of tumor patients, which can slow down the tumor, improve symptoms and prolong life.
6. Strengthen muscles and bones
Colla Corii Asini can replenish blood and fluid, blood can nourish tendons, fluid can lubricate joints and enrich bone marrow, spinal cord and brain marrow, so it can strengthen bones and muscles, be fluent in joints and resist the injury of rheumatism. Therefore, the theory of medicinal properties says that taking Ejiao can "strengthen bones and muscles". Ejiao also helps to get rid of bone and joint diseases and restore injured joint function. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica says that Ejiao can "cure all wind diseases and joint pain of men and women". Later generations added in Compendium of Materia Medica that Ejiao can cure "low back pain caused by internal injury, strengthen tendons, replenish essence and strengthen kidney".
7. Calcium supplementation
Colla Corii Asini is rich in calcium. Through the action of glycine, it can promote the absorption and storage of calcium, improve the calcium balance in the body, and prevent and treat osteoporosis. It is the most ideal supplement for the health care of middle-aged and elderly people.
8. dilate microvessels
Experiments show that Ejiao has obvious inhibitory effect on the increase of blood viscosity. Taking donkey-hide gelatin for middle-aged and elderly people can promote blood circulation, improve microcirculation and have anti-arrhythmia effects.
Nutritional value of Ejiao
1, calories per100g of donkey-hide gelatin 195.00 kcal (8 15 kj).
2. Colla Corii Asini is mainly composed of protein. Ejiao and yellow gelatin are both animal skins.
3. Collagen is rich in Ejiao. Gelatin, protein and various amino acids can be obtained by hydrolysis, which are the main nutritional components of Ejiao.
4. Colla Corii Asini contains nitrogen 16.43%~ 16.54%, which is basically various amino acids produced by protein hydrolysis. According to analysis, this product contains lysine, histidine, arginine, cystine, aspartic acid, serine, glycine, glutamic acid, threonine, alanine, hydroxyproline, proline, methionine, valine, phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, tyrosine and methionine oxide. Among them, lysine 10%, arginine 7%, histidine 2%, cystine 1% and so on. From the amino acids produced, Ejiao is similar to gelatin, but the former contains more lysine and cystine, but lacks tryptophan.