Chinese medicine research on bird's nest: these 6 conditions eat some bird's nest, the effect is remarkable ~
Abstract: Bird's nest is known as an oriental treasure, rare and famous medicine, many people know bird's nest, but do not necessarily understand bird's nest, let's take a look, the reasons why Chinese doctors recommend eating bird's nest!
01、Lung moistening
The classic dietary effect of bird's nest is to moisten the lung, which has been recognized by medical prescriptions for generations. Medical books on tuberculosis are called "deficiency labor" and "consumption and tuberculosis". According to the Materia Medica Revisited, "Bird's nest is a great tonic for the vital energy, moistens the lung and nourishes the yin. Cure deficiency cough." The Materia Medica from the New: "Bird's nest nourishes lung yin, dissolves phlegm and stops coughs, replenishes and clears, and is the holy medicine for treating deficiency and consumption and tuberculosis. In folklore, bird's nest with 6 grams each of Bletilla and rock sugar is the most suitable for coughing blood in tuberculosis.
02、Nourish the stomach
According to the book "Ben Jing Feng Yuan", bird's nest can make the gold and water to produce each other, so that the kidney energy can nourish the lung and the stomach energy can also be safe. In the Materia Medica, it is stated that bird's nest is a tonic for the stomach, so that it does not dry out and moisten without stagnation, and it is the most peaceful and beautiful taste in medicine. Cao Xueqin, who was well versed in medicine, wrote in "Dream of the Red Chamber": "The first thing to do is to calm the liver and strengthen the stomach, the liver fire is calm, can not grasp the earth, the stomach is not sick, the diet can be nourished. Every day in the morning to take the best bird's nest one or two, icing sugar five money, with a silver choshi boiled porridge, if you are used to eating, than the medicine is also strong, the most is nourishing Yin and replenish the gas." Therefore, bird's nest is a good product to nourish the stomach.
03、Liver protection
Nutritional treatment for hepatitis patients should pay attention to supplying adequate protein, low-fat food, avoiding alcohol and spicy fried food, and not consuming too much to protect the liver and promote liver cell repair and regeneration and liver function recovery. Bird's nest, which is high in protein and low in fat, is an ideal choice for you, and can be stewed with milk and red dates.
According to the book "Medical Forest Codex - Medicinal Properties", bird's nest is "sweet to harmonize the spleen, nourish the lungs and slow down the liver". In Chinese medicine, liver is wood, spleen is earth, and a strong wood will affect the function of the spleen and stomach.
04、Healthy kidney
Patients with nephritis in the early stages of the disease, avoid eating a high protein diet, generally should not exceed 1 gram per kilogram of body weight per day can be limited to about 35 to 40 grams per day. This is because protein metabolism in the body, can produce a variety of nitrogenous waste, also known as "non-protein nitrogen", such as urea, uric acid, creatinine, etc., which will increase the burden of kidney excretion. Especially in the case of reduced kidney function and reduced urine output, it will lead to higher levels of non-protein nitrogen in the blood, resulting in uremia. Late nephritis, if a large amount of protein is excreted in the urine, and there is obvious anemia and edema, and the urea nitrogen in the blood is close to the normal value, and when to increase the protein diet, 1.5 to 2.0 grams per kilogram of body weight per day, the total amount of protein throughout the day can be about 100 grams, and to use high-quality animal protein, such as milk, bird's nest, various dairy products, eggs, fresh fish, lean meat. For example, the "Benjing Feng Yuan", "Ben Cao seeking truth" and other medical books of the past generations have recorded that bird's nest "can make gold and water to produce each other" and "into the kidney to nourish water".
05、Tonic heart 
The diet of heart disease patients should pay attention to lower fat, limit cholesterol, moderate amount of protein and carbohydrates, moderate amount of minerals and vitamins. The Medical Forest Codex - Medicinal Properties states, "Bird's nest is salty to nourish the heart and invigorate the blood." Bird's nest is suitable for heart patients as a high quality protein free of fat and cholesterol and also rich in minerals.
06、Clear Eyes
Chinese medicine believes that the physiological functions of the eyes are related to the internal organs and meridians of the whole body, especially the liver. As the saying goes, "The liver opens the orifices in the eyes" (Su Wen); "Liver qi passes through the eyes" (Ling Shu - pulse degrees). The effect of bird's nest on the liver has been recognized in medical prescriptions and books for generations, and it is also written in "Dream of the Red Chamber" that "the first thing to do is to pacify the liver and nourish the stomach. Once the liver fire is pacified, it can't grasp the earth, and the stomach is free of disease, so the diet can nourish people. Every day in the morning, take the best bird's nest one or two, icing sugar five money, with silver hangers boil out porridge, eat used to stronger than medicine, the most is nourishing Yin and replenish the qi." Chinese medicine says that liver is wood, spleen is earth, wood is strong then grind earth, that is to say, liver fire will affect the function of the spleen and stomach, eating bird's nest can nourish Yin and calm the liver, it is not surprising that the eyes are clear. Since the Ming Dynasty, about a dozen Chinese medical texts have described the efficacy of bird's nest. Combining all of them, traditional Chinese medicine believes that bird's nest is effective in moistening dryness, nourishing Yin, tonifying the middle and benefiting Qi.