Which women should not eat donkey-hide gelatin
Core tip: Donkey-hide gelatin is a beauty treasure for women, which everyone probably knows, but not all women are suitable for eating it. Some people may experience symptoms of excessive internal heat after consuming donkey-hide gelatin. So, which groups of people should not eat it? The following lists 5 types of people who should not eat donkey-hide gelatin.
Donkey-hide gelatin is a holy product for women to nourish both Qi and blood
Yang Guifei's "a glance back and a smile captivated a hundred, leaving the six palaces' beauties colorless" has been admired by countless women. "Secretly taking donkey-hide gelatin but not speaking of it, saying she was born beautiful for her lord." This was a story told by busybodies at the time about Yang Guifei's beauty secret. From this, we also learned about her beauty elixir—donkey-hide gelatin.
Donkey-hide gelatin, along with ginseng and deer antler, is known as the "three great treasures of nourishment." What are its specific effects?
1. Donkey-hide gelatin can nourish the blood. Taking it can promote the growth rate of hemoglobin and red blood cells, with better efficacy than iron supplements. It can effectively improve symptoms of blood deficiency such as pale lips, nails, eyelids, sallow complexion, dizziness, and palpitations.
2. Donkey-hide gelatin can stop bleeding and can be used to treat bleeding conditions such as hemoptysis, hematemesis, hematuria, hemafecia, and bleeding during pregnancy.
3. Donkey-hide gelatin can also moisten Yin and dryness. Dry weather often leads to respiratory diseases like coughs. Donkey-hide gelatin can be used to nourish the lung's fluids to treat coughs.
4. Donkey-hide gelatin can also be used for symptoms caused by insufficient body fluids, such as irritability and insomnia.
People who should not eat donkey-hide gelatin:
Many people believe that donkey-hide gelatin has the effect of "treating illness when present, and strengthening the body when not," but in fact, its misuse can also cause side effects, such as indigestion and symptoms of excessive internal heat. For example:
1. People who are prone to "internal heat," such as those with heart fire, liver fire, or lung fire, or even those with Yin deficiency and fire. If they only take donkey-hide gelatin, they may experience a condition where their body cannot properly absorb the nourishment, and the fire will become more severe.
2. People with heavy dampness in their bodies: This can manifest as a dry, bitter, or sticky mouth, fatigue, dizziness or fogginess, abdominal bloating, and poor bowel movements. The most important sign is a thick, greasy coating on the tongue, which can be white or yellow.
3. People with wounds cannot eat it. Donkey-hide gelatin invigorates blood, so if there is a wound, it cannot be taken immediately. Wait until the wound has formed a scab before eating, otherwise the scab will not form properly.
4. People with blood stasis in their bodies: This can manifest as a dull complexion, pigmentation, easy bruising, dark lips, a dark tongue with or with ecchymosis, purplish or thickened sublingual veins, and a choppy pulse. Women often have menstrual problems, such as delayed periods, blood clamps, abdominal pain, dark color, and a short duration.
5. People with Spleen deficiency, i.e., those with poor digestive function. The main manifestations are poor appetite, loose or initially hard then loose stools, fatigue and listlessness, and a sallow complexion. Although there is no rule that people with Spleen deficiency cannot eat donkey-hide gelatin, its sticky nature can easily impede Spleen and Stomach function, especially for patients with Spleen deficiency, Qi stagnation, poor appetite, and abdominal bloating. If one must take it, it needs to be combined with Qi-regulating and food-digesting herbs to counteract the gelatin's greasy nature.
TCM experts believe that people with Yang deficiency should not eat donkey-hide gelatin. After taking it, they may experience symptoms such as loss of appetite, stomach fullness, and digestive dysfunction. In addition, people suffering from colds, coughs, diarrhea, or during their menstrual period should stop taking donkey-hide gelatin and resume only after the illness has healed or the period has ended.