Bird's nest is a common nourishing delicacy, which can be used as both herbal medicine and daily dietary therapy. If you know the specific ingredients contained in bird's nest, and what effects these ingredients play respectively, and then combined with the specific effects of bird's nest, it will help to enhance our understanding of bird's nest, and maximize the use of bird's nest.

I. Nutritional composition of bird's nest

Bird's nest is rich in protein, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, sodium, potassium and other trace elements, as well as cystine, asparagine amino acids, serine, glutamic acid, lysine and arginine and other amino acids.

1. Bird's nest contains water-soluble proteins, which are biologically active molecules that can help the growth and development of human tissues as well as recovery after illness.

2. Bird's nest contains carbohydrates, which are the main source of calories in the body, and complement proteins, which can enable proteins to play a role other than providing calories, and also promote the metabolism of body fat.

3. Epidermal growth factor and water-soluble substances contained in bird's nest can directly stimulate cell division, regeneration, and tissue reconstruction, so bird's nest plays a great role in nourishing and restoring the human body.

4. Bird's nest is rich in calcium, which not only enhances the blood clotting ability when the skin is broken, but also helps the body to absorb vitamin B12.

2. Bird's nest efficacy and function

1. Enhance immunity: Bird's nest extracts can enhance the humoral immunity and cellular immunity. In addition, bird's nest contains epidermal growth factor and hormones that promote cell division, which can promote cell growth and proliferation, and also enhance the body's immune function. Bioactive protein molecules contained in bird's nest can also enhance cellular immunity.

2, beauty: Bird's nest contains bird's nest acid, long-term consumption of bird's nest can increase the body's amino acids and synthesis of collagen, can improve the skin due to aging caused by pigmentation and other problems, effectively lighten the pigmentation, whitening the skin. Epidermal growth factor in bird's nest has a good effect on cell regeneration function and repair function, which can stimulate cell division and proliferation, promote cell differentiation, and can repair the damaged skin, so it can make the skin become smooth and delicate and elastic.

3, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs: bird's nest contains a lot of glycoprotein, mucin, phosphorus, calcium and other nutrients, which have the nutritional effect of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, which can reduce lung qi pathology, stop coughing of lung deficiency, and can also be used for the treatment of bronchitis, prolonged coughing, blood in sputum, asthma, shortness of breath and other diseases.

4. Lowering blood pressure: Studies have shown that bird's nest extract has the effect of lowering blood pressure. In addition, the collagen in bird's nest can also effectively soften blood vessels, which can avoid blood vessel rupture and can be used to prevent stroke and coronary heart disease.

5, delay aging: bird's nest has the effect of replenishing the deficiency and nourishing the stomach, and can be used for regurgitation, bowel sounds, dry heaving and vomiting caused by stomach yin deficiency.

6, anti-cancer: Bird's nest contains a variety of amino acids, which can inhibit and counteract stomach cancer, liver cancer, throat cancer, esophageal cancer, rectal cancer and so on.

Three, the role of different groups of people

1, for women: bird's nest contains epidermal growth factor and water dike substances can strongly stimulate cell regeneration, division, tissue construction, rapid repair of damaged skin, accelerate the metabolism, regulate the endocrine secretion, in addition to the bird's nest is rich in amino acid collagen so as to achieve whitening and lightening of spots, smoothening wrinkles, improve sensitivity, darkness, roughness, anti-aging, acne and other health problems. In addition, bird's nest is rich in amino acid collagen, which can whiten and lighten spots, smooth wrinkles, improve sensitivity, dullness, roughness, anti-aging, and have obvious therapeutic effects on acne, as well as preventing the harmful effects of sun exposure and radiation on skin.

2. For those who are preparing for pregnancy: eating bird's nest together as a couple in the first three months of pregnancy improves the quality and quantity of sperm, and at the same time protects the egg function and gives the baby a healthy egg bed.

3. For pregnant women: It can increase the nutrients of mother and fetus to make the body healthier. It can promote the formation of baby's brain and retina, improve baby's immunity and intelligence. And can enhance the fetal system, so that the baby's brain is more flexible, stronger resistance, for future healthy growth to lay a solid foundation. It also has the effect of "one for two". In addition, the rich water-soluble proteins in bird's nest can increase the thickness and elasticity of the skin, which has a good effect on preventing stretch marks.

4. For women in labor, the rich and balanced nutrients in bird's nest can provide breastfeeding quality, help women in labor to recover quickly, and promote fat metabolism, helping to recover the body, restoring the slim figure again, and exuding youthful vitality.

5, for newborns and children (depending on the soundness of the baby's intestines and stomach): newborns are not recommended to eat because of the weakness of the spleen and stomach. However, children after 6 months of age can consume bird's nest, as they need to absorb more nutrients during their development and growth period. Bird's nest can strengthen their body, increase their resistance, prevent diseases, and promote the development of the brain, increase their intelligence, and make them more responsive.

6. Bird's nest can promote metabolism, strengthen body functions, enhance immunity, regulate endocrine secretion, prevent and treat acne, remove blemishes and whiten the skin, making it smoother and more youthful. For people who are busy with school and work, taking bird's nest can help eliminate fatigue, relieve mental stress, replenish physical energy, strengthen the brain and body, and make the spirit more energetic and work more efficiently.

7, for men: "The Compendium of Materia Medica" said that bird's nest "can make gold and water together", the kidney gas on the lungs and the stomach gas can also be safe, the food in the straight most good. Therefore, it has the effect of moisturizing the lungs, benefiting the qi and replenishing the spleen. Long-term consumption of bird's nest can make people full of energy, energetic, not easy to be weak, and it can increase the physical strength and stamina.

8. For middle-aged and old-aged people: Bird's nest, the aqueous solution of its active glycoprotein stimulates the cell growth of the immune system more directly. It promotes metabolism, and enhances the effectiveness of the mechanism. It can also prevent Alzheimer's disease.

9, nervous, busy people: can eliminate fatigue, relieve stress, often take bird's nest, for long-term late-night sleep deprivation, too much alcohol and tobacco people, there are moisturizing the lungs, clearing intestinal heat, and make up for the lung deficiency of the significant therapeutic effects.

10. For those who are recovering from illnesses, hematemesis and vomiting of blood, and patients with prolonged coughing and phlegm wheezing, bird's nest has a very good effect of nourishing the yin, moistening the lungs, nourishing the stomach, and strengthening the spleen. For those who are recovering from illnesses, suffer from bronchitis or asthma and often have colds and flu, taking bird's nest for a long time can soothe the trachea, make breathing smooth, stop coughing and resolve phlegm, restore vitality and prolong life.