Ejiao, also known as can-covering glue and donkey skin glue, is a rubber block made of donkey skin. Ejiao began in Qin and Han dynasties and has a history of more than 2000 years. It is a traditional top tonic and blood tonic. It is made of donkey skin as the main raw material and refined water. The preparation method is as follows: firstly, scrape the donkey skin, cut it into small pieces, and boil it in water for 3 days and nights. When the juice is sticky, take out the donkey skin pieces and then boil them in water.
Modern pharmacological research also found that Ejiao contains many essential amino acids such as protein, lysine, arginine and histidine, as well as many trace elements such as calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium and zinc. The main function of Ejiao is to enrich blood, promote hematopoiesis, and significantly increase the content of red blood cells and hemoglobin. It has a good effect on hemorrhagic diseases such as iron deficiency anemia and hemorrhagic anemia, hemoptysis, hematemesis, bloody stool, epistaxis, hematuria, functional uterine bleeding, and pregnancy abortion.
Ejiao is particularly important for women and is known as the first-class medicine in gynecology. It can not only nourish blood, replenish blood and beauty beauty, but also regulate menstruation, prevent miscarriage, improve sleep, strengthen brain and improve intelligence, and delay aging. Of course, it can also help to supplement calcium and whiten skin.
It should be noted that Ejiao, after all, is only a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which has its indications and cannot be taken blindly as a universal tonic. Therefore, it is best to take Ejiao after consulting a regular hospital, and it is not appropriate to make claims, especially for the following four groups of people.
1, spleen and stomach weakness, dyspepsia. Ejiao is greasy, and eating Ejiao will affect digestive function. Therefore, people with weak spleen and stomach should take Jianweixiaoshi tablets with Ejiao to help transport.
2. Abdominal distension, loose stool, vomiting and diarrhea. Such patients taking Ejiao will aggravate their condition, which is not conducive to recovery.
3, hypertension, hyperlipidemia. Taking donkey-hide gelatin for such patients will aggravate congestion, make congestion more serious, and then induce thrombosis.
4, cold, cough and phlegm. Taking Ejiao during a cold can easily lead to pathogens entering the body and affect the outcome of the disease. You should stop taking Ejiao.