Efficacy of Bird's Nest and Who Should Not Eat Bird's Nest

Also known as bird's nest dish, bird's nest dish and bird's nest root, it has always been regarded as a tonic. It is a bird that grows in Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand, and likes to live in cliffs and caves. It is called "Jin Siyan" and uses moss, seaweed and soft plant fibers to mix their feathers and saliva to build a nest. People take this bird's nest down, and after refining and selecting it, it becomes a valuable bird's nest.

Jin Siyan nests three times a year, and the first nest is thick and white. Because Jin Siyan has a long winter, a long time to recuperate, enough nutrients are stored in the body, and the quality of saliva is excellent, so the nest built is better and thicker, and the shape is particularly good, so it is called Zhan Yan, which is the best in bird's nest.

In June, Jin Siyan made another nest. Because of the short distance, the quality of the bird's nest is very poor. In September, Jin Siyan built a nest for the third time. On the one hand, because Jin Siyan is near the production period, time is short, physical strength and saliva can not be fully supplemented, and she is in a hurry to feed the young birds, so her physical strength is very high, so the third nest is worse than the previous two.

Nature and taste: sweet, light, flat and non-toxic.

Meridian tropism: entering the lungs.

Efficacy: tonify fatigue, reduce defecation, nourish yin and moisten lung, and benefit spleen and stomach.

Indications: chronic bronchitis, emphysema, hemoptysis, dry cough, night sweats, spontaneous sweating, hiccups and nausea in the elderly.

In Chinese medicine, bird's nest is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the functions of benefiting qi, regulating middle warmer, moistening lung, appetizing, resolving phlegm, relieving cough, nourishing yin and strengthening yang. It contains protein, bioactive protein molecules, fat, phosphorus, sulfur, calcium, potassium, etc., which is helpful to the growth and regeneration of human cells and promotes the improvement of human immune function, and is especially suitable for patients with respiratory diseases. It also has unique effects in moistening the lungs, strengthening the waist, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and stopping bleeding from trauma, and has been regarded as a rare beauty tonic by health-preserving people in past dynasties. Modern medical research believes that bird's nest is rich in protein and amino acids, which is an important substance for human skin, hair and muscle, and can nourish skin and hair, thus playing a role in skin care and anti-aging. However, only long-term use will have an effect. Need to be reminded that bird's nest is not suitable for everyone. Patients with lung and stomach deficiency, cough, expectoration, nausea, vomiting and cold should not eat bird's nest. In addition, women who smoke are advised to eat more bird's nest. In fact, this cannot be generalized. Women who smoke should not eat more if they have symptoms such as cough, thin expectoration and cold.

Supplementary note: Tremella has always been called the bird's nest of the poor, with similar effects and is not suitable for use when catching a cold.