What Is Ejiao Cake and What Are The Benefits Of Donkey-Hide Gelatin Cake?

Ejiao is also called donkey-hide gelatin. Donkey-hide is the raw material, boiled with a variety of Chinese herbs into a gelatinous substance, which is nourishment and royal tribute inherited for more than 3,000 years. Ejiao, Ginseng and Deer Antler are known as the "Three Treasures of Nourishment".  In "Shennong's Herbal", it is recorded that “lighten body and benefiting Qi when taken over a long period of time.”

Surveying history, Ejiao with porcelain, silk and tea, are known as the "Four National Gifts of China". Ejiao with the effection of enhancing immunity and reducing diseases, which is suitable for those who are in bad shape, weakness, take cold easily and physical deterioration.

Nowadays, many people start to take Ejiao cake, the benefits of Ejiao are particularly numerous, because it contains many nutrients, especially for girls is also known as the "friend of women".

Ejiao cake's nutrition not only from donkey-hide gelatin, with black sesame, walnuts, red dates, goji and other ingredients, enhance the mouthfeel and rich in nutrients.

According to Chinese Herb Medicine,  

Black sesame used for tonifying the liver and kidneys, moisturizing the five viscera, benefiting the vital energy, and build muscles, long-term take of black sesame is helpful for hair and skin care.

Walnut kernel effective on tonifying Qi and nourishing blood, moistening dryness and resolving phlegm, warming the lungs and moistening the intestines, and Li Shizhen mentioned in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that walnuts can "nourish the kidneys and the brain, beneficial to the intelligence".

Red dates used for invigorating spleen and replenishing Qi, nourishing blood for tranguillization. Modern pharmacological research found that red dates can enhance oxygenation of the blood and nourishes cells throughout the body.

Chinese wolfberry (Goji), effective on tonifying the liver and kidney, benefiting the vital essence, growing muscles, improving the complexion, brightening the eyes and calming the nerves, dispelling pathogenic wind and treating deficiency syndrome, prolonging life, strengthen sinews and bones.

1. Replenish Qi and blood: the most significant benefit of Ejiao cake is to tonifying Qi and blood, It is known as the "Medicine of Blood Tonic" and can treat various diseases caused by blood deficiency.

2. Anti-fatigue: People always tired for work and family, take Ejiao to build up stamina and anti-fatigue, With the benefits of nourishing Yin and tonifying the blood, the lungs as a source of blood, tonifying the lungs can solve the problem of insufficient blood.

3. Improve Immunity: Long-term use of Ejiao to achieve a balance of Yin and Yang, the internal organs mutual coordination , nourish Yin and moisten the lungs, strengthen the body, improve immunity to reduce disease, Ejiao cake contains proteins belonging to the animal collagen, easy to be absorbed and utilized by the body to better play the role of nourishment.

4. Reduce Insomnia: Regular take Ejiao cake can help calm nerves and strengthen the calcium nutrients, enhance the function of the nerve center, stabilize mood, eliminate depression and agitation.

5. Uterine cold and dysmenorrhea, Irregular Menstruation: Ejiao can regulate the circulation of Qi and blood by tonifying the blood and benefiting the Qi, improve the physical condition to normalize the operation of the menstrual cycle and hypomenorrhea.

6. Anti-aging: Ejiao is rich in collagen, gelatin collagen, proteins and seventeen elements such as calcium, potassium and zinc. Protein hydrolysis produces a variety of amino acids, such as arginine, lysine and histidine. These are important substances needed for human nutrition and play a role in anti-aging and prolonging life.

1. During Menstruation:  Ejiao is a medicine for blood tonic and stops bleeding, but menstruation is a process of discharging the body's waste blood, so it's unfavorable to human metabolism

2. Pregnant Woman: Ejiao benefit on promoting blood circulation for removing blood stasis, and pregnant women in our Chinese medicine belongs to a process of blood clotting and gathering of Qi, so it's inedible

3. People with diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipoidemia: The warm and dry nature of Ejiao will stimulate hyperactivity of liver yang which is the uncontrollable risk of high blood pressure

4. People with protein allergy