Does Ejiao belong to medicine or health care products?

It is both a health care product and a medicine.

In March 2002, the Ministry of Health issued the Notice on Further Standardizing the Management of Health Food Raw Materials, which made specific provisions on the homology of medicine and food. More than 80 kinds of jujube, yam, dark plum, lily, star anise and ginger are both health food and medicine, including donkey-hide gelatin.

Ejiao is a glue stick made from donkey skin through complicated cooking and extraction processes. Its processing technology is complex, and it has many functions, such as enriching blood and nourishing blood, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, beauty beauty, improving immunity and so on. Location: Shandong, Zhejiang. Shandong is the most famous producing area, and Zhejiang has the largest output. In addition, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Wuhan, Shenyang and other places also have production.

Colla Corii Asini is mostly made of collagen and its partial hydrolysate, and its nitrogen content is 16.43 ~ 16.54%, which is basically protein. Hydrolysis produces a variety of amino acids, including lysine 10%, arginine 7%, histidine 2% and so on.

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People who should not eat Ejiao:

1, a fire lover. For example, heart fire, liver fire, lung fire, and even people with yin deficiency and fire, if they only use Ejiao, the fire will get bigger and bigger.

2. People who are wet inside. It is characterized by dry mouth, sticky mouth, fatigue, dizziness or unconsciousness, abdominal distension, poor defecation, and most importantly, thick and greasy tongue coating, or white or yellow.

People with wounds can't eat. Ejiao promotes blood circulation, so if there is a wound, you can't eat it right away. Wait until the wound is scarred, otherwise it will not heal easily.

4. People with congestion. Dark complexion, pigmentation, easy to have ecchymosis, pale lips, dark or bruised tongue, purple or thickened sublingual collaterals. Women often have irregular menstruation, delayed menstruation, caking, stomachache, dull complexion and short menstrual time, which is not suitable for eating.

5, spleen deficiency, that is, people with low digestive function. Mainly manifested as rotten or dry stool first, fatigue, sallow complexion and so on. Although it has no regulating effect on spleen deficiency, the viscosity of Ejiao can easily hinder the function of spleen and stomach, especially for people with spleen deficiency and qi stagnation and less abdominal distension.

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People's Network-Ejiao tonic effect is good. Five types of people are not suitable for eating.