The difference between deer glue and donkey-hide glue

Deer glue and donkey-hide gelatin are both supplements with good nourishing effects. The difference between them is that they come from different animals. Donkey-hide gelatin mainly comes from donkey skin, while deer gelatin comes from deer skin. Through investigation, it was found that both health products have good effects in replenishing blood, nourishing skin and beautifying. Of course, deer glue is more precious, has better nutritional effects, and has a better conditioning effect on the body.

The difference between the two is:

Donkey hide gelatin nourishes yin and blood, while deer gelatin is aphrodisiac and qi-boost

Ejiao is also called donkey hide glue

It is a dry gum block made by boiling and concentrating the skin of the donkey, an equine animal. It is a rectangular or square rubber block, dark brown, shiny, and appears amber translucent when viewed under light. It is hard and brittle, with a shiny cross section. It has a faint smell and a slightly sweet taste. Nourishes blood and yin, moistens dryness and stops bleeding. It is used for sallow complexion due to blood deficiency, dizziness, palpitations, restlessness and insomnia, and dry cough. Take a small amount of this product and add about 3 times the amount of boiling water, stir for 10 to 60 minutes to dissolve. The solution is transparent red tea color, clear but not turbid. After cooling, a few oil droplets can be seen on the liquid surface. It does not agglomerate when left alone and has a slight fishy smell.

Deer antler glue is a solid glue made by boiling and concentrating deer antlers in water.

It is a flat square, yellow-brown or reddish-brown, translucent, and some have a yellow-white foam layer on the top. It is brittle, easy to break, and has a bright cross section. Take a small amount of this product and add 3 times the amount of boiling water. It will dissolve in 2 to 5 minutes. The solution will be a light red liquid with many oil droplets on the liquid surface. Deer antler glue is warm in nature and tastes sweet and salty.

Donkey-hide gelatin and deer antler glue can also be identified by ultraviolet spectroscopy. The method is: take a small amount of sample respectively, weigh it accurately, add 50% ethanol to dissolve and filter, prepare a solution containing 1 mg of sample per milliliter, and scan and measure with an ultraviolet spectrophotometer. The maximum absorption peak of donkey-hide gelatin is at 270-280nm, and the maximum absorption peak of antler glue is at 290nm.

Four unique features highlight the value of "fairy beasts"

donkey hide gelatin

History Tang and Song Dynasties: Tang's "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "All glues can cure wind... and donkey-hide glue is the best for treating wind" Before Han Dynasty: Before "Shennong's Materia Medica", "glue" was used as medicine, and the name "ejiao" did not exist. "There were many kinds of glue in the pre-Qin period, namely 'deer glue blue and white, horse glue red and white, ox glue fire red, rat glue black, fish glue bait, rhinoceros glue yellow', but there was no donkey skin glue."

Ingredients: Donkey leather deerskin

Efficacy: blood tonifying, hemostasis, yin nourishing, and moisturizing. It is used to replenish Qi, blood, and nourish the balance of kidney yin and kidney yang in patients with blood deficiency. Mainly for qi deficiency, blood deficiency, kidney deficiency

Contraindications: People with heavy internal dampness, blood stasis, heart fire, liver fire, lung fire, yin deficiency and fire

Unique and non-toxic, the whole body is full of treasures, regeneration and repair functions

As the season enters winter, it is the best nourishing season of the year, and the donkey-hide gelatin market also enters its peak sales season.