How to choose donkey-hide gelatin? Recommended methods of consuming donkey-hide gelatin

Donkey-hide gelatin is a regular rectangle with uniform size and thickness, a smooth and shiny surface and even color. The product name is printed on the front with clear and neat fonts in dark red color. It is also a very good blood-replenishing food, but everyone should pay attention to eating it in moderation. First of all, you should choose the best quality donkey-hide gelatin. Do you know how to choose?

Contents of this article

1. How to choose donkey-hide gelatin?

2. Recommended methods for consuming donkey-hide gelatin

3. Precautions for eating donkey-hide gelatin

How to choose donkey-hide gelatin?

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Authentic donkey-hide gelatin is a regular rectangle with consistent size and thickness, a smooth and shiny surface and uniform color. The product name is printed on the front with neat and clear dark red font. There are two regular dividing lines on the back of the gelatin block. It is hard and brittle, and will break with a little force when bent by hand. If the gelatin block is slapped on a hard object, it will crack into several pieces with a shiny cross-section and appear brown and translucent when exposed to light, with no oil holes or air holes. Fake donkey-hide gelatin is generally black or obviously yellowish in color, and the gelatin blocks are mostly irregular, with a rough and dull surface, and vary in size and thickness. The product name on the front is printed with lacquer or pigment, and the font is mostly bright red. The font is mostly blurred and crooked, and there are many cracks on the characters. There are mostly no dividing lines on the back, and those with dividing lines are irregular. Most of them are hard but not brittle, some are bendable, not easy to break, and not easy to break when slapped. The cross-section is gray-black and not shiny, and it is easy to soften and stick together, with oil holes and air holes.

Smell

Smell the smell of donkey-hide gelatin. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "The fake ones have a foul smell and cannot be used as medicine. The real ones do not have a leather smell, and they are not wet and soft in summer." Fake donkey-hide gelatin is generally made from the scraps of cowhide and horsehide, and has a rancid smell. The simplest way is to put the purchased donkey-hide gelatin pieces in your hand, blow air from your mouth on them, and then put them in front of your nose and smell them. If it is real donkey-hide gelatin, it will have the unique fragrance of traditional Chinese medicine, and you will be refreshed by smelling it. If it is fake donkey-hide gelatin, it will have a distinct odor. Another way is to smash the genuine donkey-hide gelatin, put it in a cup, add an appropriate amount of boiling water, then cover the cup, leave it for 1-2 minutes, and open it to smell the strong glue fragrance. Or remove the outer layer of the film packaging, wrap it with a hot and wet towel for 1-2 minutes, and open it to smell the glue fragrance. Fake products have no glue fragrance and a fishy smell after the above two methods.

Recommended methods of consuming donkey-hide gelatin

1. Donkey-hide gelatin liquid Take 6-10 grams of donkey-hide gelatin pieces, smash them, put them in a bowl, and add up to half a bowl of boiling water. Donkey-hide gelatin is difficult to dissolve, so you must stir it repeatedly with chopsticks until it dissolves, then add white sugar (rock sugar or brown sugar is also OK) or honey. Stir well and you can take it. This recipe is suitable for iron deficiency, nutritional anemia, excessive blood loss, long-term illness, blood loss, irregular menstruation, etc.

2. Donkey-hide gelatin porridge: Use 100 grams of rice or millet, 15 grams of crushed donkey-hide gelatin, and 50 grams of crystal sugar to make porridge. Dissolve the donkey-hide gelatin in boiling water before adding it, then add it to the porridge and stir well. Bring it to a boil. Do not add the donkey-hide gelatin directly into the porridge, as it will easily stick to the bottom of the pot. This recipe nourishes blood and kidneys, strengthens the body, and prolongs life.

3. Donkey hide gelatin pear honey soup Take 1-2 pears, cut into small pieces, add water and boil, then add 12 grams of donkey hide gelatin pieces, stir repeatedly with chopsticks to dissolve, add 50 grams of sugar or rock sugar, honey. Drink the soup and eat the pears. This recipe nourishes yin, moistens the lungs and quenches thirst, and is suitable for dry coughs and long-term illness with phlegm.

4. Donkey-hide gelatin soup (instant donkey-hide gelatin) Use 250 grams of donkey-hide gelatin, smash it, add 250 ml of rice wine and soak it for 1-2 days, add 250 grams of crystal sugar and 200 grams of water, steam it for 1-2 hours, add black sesame and walnut kernels (black sesame seeds are fried first, and walnut kernels are fried and crushed into bean-shaped), stir evenly, and steam it for 0.5-1 hour. After cooling into a frozen state, store it in the refrigerator. Take 1 spoonful each morning and evening. When taking it, put 1 spoonful of donkey-hide gelatin soup in a bowl and add boiling water. Eat and drink it together. It tastes fragrant and sweet. This recipe nourishes blood and kidneys, improves intelligence and black hair, nourishes the skin and prolongs life, and moisturizes the intestines and relieves constipation.

5. Donkey-hide gelatin egg soup Take 5-10 grams of donkey-hide gelatin pieces, dissolve them in 1 bowl of boiling water, mix well with eggs, add donkey-hide gelatin liquid and cook into egg flower, add appropriate amount of honey for seasoning. Take once a day in the morning. This recipe is suitable for insufficient yin blood, restless fetal movement, irritability, cough due to deficiency, etc.

6. Donkey hide gelatin and rice wine: Put 250g donkey hide gelatin and 30ml rice wine in a pot, cover and steam for about 2-3 hours, and take it out after it is completely dissolved. Take 2 spoons 1-2 times a day. This recipe is suitable for general blood deficiency.

Precautions for eating donkey-hide gelatin

First, replenishing blood and qi at the same time: qi and blood can nourish each other, that is, qi can produce blood, and blood can nourish qi. Therefore, replenishing blood and qi at the same time can achieve twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, donkey-hide gelatin can be used together with qi-replenishing drugs such as astragalus and codonopsis. For those with insufficient spleen and stomach function, it is best to use drugs that regulate the spleen and stomach, which can promote the digestion and absorption of donkey-hide gelatin and double the effect. The commonly used combination is to fry 15 grams of white atractylodes, 5 grams of roasted licorice, and 10 grams of orange peel, and pour them into the donkey-hide gelatin to dissolve.

Second, the method of taking it should be appropriate: when you have a cold, cough, diarrhea or menstruation, you should stop taking donkey-hide gelatin and take it again after recovery or menstruation. In addition, you should also avoid eating raw and cold food, radish, strong tea, etc. during the period of taking donkey-hide gelatin.

Third, although donkey-hide gelatin is good, it is not suitable for everyone. People with the following conditions should be cautious about taking it or not take it:

1. People with weak spleen and stomach and indigestion: taking donkey-hide gelatin will affect the digestive function of the spleen and stomach.

2. People with hyperlipidemia (or hypertension): Donkey-hide gelatin can aggravate stagnation, increase blood viscosity, make blood stasis more serious, and induce thrombosis.