Can pregnant women eat stone honey bird's nest?

Pregnant women are not allowed to eat many foods because they have a fetus in their body, because some foods have side effects on the growth and development of the fetus. Stone honey is a kind of sugar from Malaysia. Its main raw material is honey. This stone honey can be used to stew bird's nest, because the nutritional value of bird's nest has been recognized since ancient times. So can pregnant women eat stone honey bird’s nest?

When it comes to stewing bird's nest, many people will say to use rock sugar, but in fact, a kind of rock sugar produced in Malaysia is more effective.

What is rock sugar?

Rock sugar is a unique type of sugar in Malaysia. It is also a common food in Malaysia and can be bought in major pharmacies, health food stores, etc. The weather in Malaysia is hot all year round. Rock honey is very popular among Malaysians as a product that can reduce liver fire, relieve cough and phlegm, and clear away heat and detoxify. Rock honey has many benefits, which I will explain to you one by one below.

The effects of rock honey: "Ben Jing" original text: rock honey, sweet, flat. It can treat evil spirits in the heart and abdomen, all kinds of convulsions and epilepsy, calm the deficiencies of the five internal organs, replenish qi and nourish the middle, and relieve pain.

Rock honey is sweet in taste and neutral in nature, and enters the spleen and lung meridians. It has the effects of moistening the lungs and producing body fluid, relieving cough, harmonizing the stomach and benefiting the lungs, soothing liver qi, nourishing yin, adding flavor, removing bad breath, and detoxifying brine.

Stone honey can eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, regulate the gastrointestinal tract and increase immunity. Modern chemical analysis has found that rock honey is rich in nutrients, such as fructose, glucose and other sugars, protein, amino acids, various enzymes, vitamins A, B, C, K, pantothenic acid, folic acid, as well as iron, manganese, copper, nickel and other trace elements.

It is worth noting that rock honey contains a large amount of enzymes, mainly invertase, amylase, catalase, glucose oxidase, lipase and other types of enzymes, which are added by the bees through their glandular secretions in the process of making honey. In addition, honey also contains bioactive elements, biostimulants, chlorophyll derivatives, lutein, etc.

Specific effects: removing phlegm and relieving cough, liver fire headache, constipation, nourishing yin and reducing fire, dry blood and body heat, red and yellow urine, sore throat and hoarseness, clearing blood and detoxifying, and toothache caused by deficiency fire.

If you have special symptoms, you can also add other things for better results:

For those with nosebleeds: add raw lotus root and boil it.

For those with cold and cough: add ginger and boil it.

As a dessert, rock honey is also a good choice for stews:

Bird's nest stewed with rock honey is the best companion for bird's nest. Rock honey is made from natural honey with chrysanthemum added. It can eliminate phlegm and cough, regulate the gastrointestinal tract and increase immunity.

The bird's nest stew with added rock sugar has a rich flavor, sweet but not greasy, better taste and has the effects of clearing away heat, resolving phlegm, and nourishing yin. It is far better than ordinary rock sugar. Regular use can strengthen the body and maintain youth.

How to consume rock sugar:

1: Rock sugar can be soaked in water alone, just like ordinary sugar water, add one rock sugar each time and take it after the sugar melts.

2 : Honey can be added to desserts. When making desserts, you can add an appropriate amount of honey instead of other sugars to make the dessert more fragrant.

3: The best companion for stews. When stewing bird's nests, add rock honey 10 minutes before the bird's nest is served to make the bird's nest stew taste best.

Stone honey can replace most sugars, and its unique effects allow people to better maintain their bodies while taking in sugars.