Recently, the official microblogging of the public welfare hotline of the Commission on Health and Welfare said: Gum is not worth buying, just boiled donkey skin.

So whether or not Colla Corii Asini can replenish blood is once again hotly debated by netizens. As a beginner in Chinese medicine, I have actually expressed my opinion long ago.

Agaricus products broke $100 billion in sales in 2015 alone; Agaricus is the only commodity that has risen more than real estate in recent years.

Including all kinds of hot-selling Colla Corii Asini cake in the circle of friends, is also one of the mainstays of the hype. It seems that as long as you eat the Colla Corii Asini, all of a woman's illnesses are cured. In fact, the essence of Colla Corii Asini cake is no different from cut cake. All are all kinds of high-calorie nuts piled up snacks.

The real reason behind the skyrocketing price of gum is speculation.

We can analyze this issue from a number of angles:

1. Raw material: the raw material of Colla Corii Asini is donkey skin. But I personally think that it is inappropriate to equate Colla Corii Asini directly with boiled donkey skin. Because Colla Corii Asini does have a special concoction process.

2. The utility of animal-based Chinese medicine must take into account the economic and social environment of the time. In ancient China, not many people could have an abundant supply of meat, i.e. there was a protein deficiency. Therefore, donkey skin, which is rich in collagen, has a tonic effect on people.

3. In modern society, there is an abundance of materials, and theoretically there is no absolute lack of protein. However, the dietary structure of the Chinese people has not been adjusted in time, and is still dominated by carbohydrates such as rice and noodles. Especially many women who emphasize on slimness rarely consume meat. Therefore, there are still some people with insufficient protein intake, and Colla Corii Asini is still a good supplement for this group.

4. But in fact, simply on the supplemental protein, collagen is not as good as whey protein, the cost-effectiveness of gelatin is also much lower than milk, eggs, fish and shrimp meat. The reason why the price of Colla Corii Asini is rising, commercial speculation is the main factor.

5. Of course, the role of Chinese medicine can not be viewed purely from the raw materials. Chinese medicine is concerned with the unity of heaven and man, and there is a saying that people get the full nature of heaven and earth, and medicines get the partiality of heaven and earth.

When a person is sick, the body's attributes are deviated, and a drug that is supposed to be deviant is used to readjust the body to its normal, balanced attributes. From this perspective, Colla Corii Asini still has a certain role. But the current publicity, at least the role of Colla Corii Asini exaggerated 100 times.

6. Agaricus is a medicine. This attribute should be made clear. Agaricus should not be a food for everyone who wants to eat it. Because there is a contradiction between the two. If Gum really has such a good effect, it means that the medicine is very strong! The more powerful it is, the less it should be freely chosen by the people. Any medicine that can be freely chosen by the people should be very peaceful. For example, yam, lotus seed, Poria, Coix Seed, red bean, lentil, corn husk, and so on.

7. Since it is a medicine, it must be used under the control of a doctor. Medicine is poison when it is not used by a doctor. This is my consistent view, and the degree of toxicity varies from person to person.

8. At present, the quality of domestic Chinese herbal medicines is decreasing, while the price is getting higher and higher.

This state of separation of curves is outrageous and worrying. I suggest appropriate interventions, to make people increasingly value the services of doctors while improving the professional competence of pharmaceutical workers, tightly controlling the price of medicines and paying close attention to the quality of medicines.

Otherwise, the demise of Chinese medicine will be accelerated.

I am Dr. Qiu Chaoping from the Chinese Medicine Weight Loss Specialist of the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. If you have any questions about my answer, you are welcome to make suggestions and comments for discussion.

If you think I'm making sense, please give me credit. Much appreciated!

National Health and Family Planning Commission 12320 health public welfare hotline official microblogging said: Colla Corii Asini is not worth buying, because it is only "boiled donkey skin".

Let's look at the encyclopedia information is how to define the gum: Colla Corii Asini began in the Qin and Han dynasties, so far there have been more than 2,000 years of history, for the traditional nourishing, blood tonic, is the main raw material of donkey skin, put the water of the A well and the development of the (do not put the A well water boiled gum for the donkey skin gum, donkey gum). Colla Corii Asini originated in ancient Dong'a County, Shandong Province, Colla Corii Asini, tonifying blood and nourishing yin, moistening dryness, stopping bleeding. It is used for blood deficiency and atrophy, dizziness and palpitations, and insomnia and other effects.

This section of the encyclopedia clearly writes about the many benefits of gum so what is the truth?

The main component of donkey skin is collagen, and this protein lacks essential tryptophan and is not a good source of protein.

In addition to the magical gelatin and sea cucumbers, bird's nests, cordyceps and shark fins and other effects, in fact, not so God, most of the rich, too much money to spend, as the saying goes, there is a demand for the market, these expensive tonic for these rich people to prepare for the rich, rich people have money, tonic on the market, the sad thing is that individual poor people still like to follow the trend, in fact, the use of Well, it is also that way.

To be fit, it's a lot better to exercise more, eat more veggies, and eat less meat than to eat all this expensive stuff ah.

The official microblogging of the Health Planning Commission managed to send out a reliable microblogging to tell people that Colla Corii Asini is nothing more than donkey skin boiled down and is not worth purchasing, but it turned out that it might be blocking other people's way of wealth, and was deleted due to pressure.

In fact, Colla Corii Asini is a donkey skin jelly, and pig skin, horse skin, cowhide have no substantial difference, boiled are collagen, in fact, it is not completely poor quality protein. Its claim to replenish blood, that is nonsense, we often say blood, because of anemia, and anemia in most cases is iron-deficiency anemia, the need for iron supplements, and donkey skin containing iron is very little, are not as rich as animal offal. In addition, Colla Corii Asini is said to be able to beauty, replenish blood, in fact, he is some incomplete proteins, eat all have to be digested into amino acids in order to be absorbed, eat expensive Colla Corii Asini would be better to eat some eggs, lean meat, which contains high-quality proteins, compared to the Colla Corii Asini is really 'good value for money'.
On February 11th, the State Administration of Pharmaceutical Supervision reported on its official website the seizure of more than 40 million dollars of fake Colla Corii Asini, most of which were made of cowhide. In fact, no matter whether it is real or fake Colla Corii Asini, consumers may feel the effect after eating it, which is actually a kind of mental suggestion, or placebo effect.

Dr. Chunyu is here to answer that question.

First of all, Colla Corii Asini is a gelatinous traditional Chinese medicine made from donkey skin, and its protein is mainly collagen and its degraded peptides, which contains more non-essential amino acids (not necessarily provided by food, but can be synthesized by the body itself) and less essential amino acids (which must be supplemented from food).

The history of medicinal use of Colla Corii Asini has been more than 2,000 years, the Chinese Pharmacopoeia records that Colla Corii Asini has the function of tonifying blood and nourishing yin, moistening dryness and stopping bleeding.

The most popular concern is the "Colla Corii Asini supplement blood", if from the Colla Corii Asini because of the iron and blood to explain, in fact, is not reliable. Collagen is made from donkey skin, and the main component of donkey skin is collagen, collagen is not high in nutritional value, and there is no claim of blood tonic effect.

In conclusion, because of the wide variety of components in the composition of Colla Corii Asini, there are also controversies about the mechanism of exerting pharmacological effects of different doctrines, so more in-depth research is still needed.

Instead of blindly pursuing a balanced diet

All in all, for Agaricus, in terms of nutritional value, it is not necessarily much higher than ordinary food;

In terms of efficacy, whether or not it really has a magical effect remains to be confirmed by fuller and more reliable human trials;

And, consuming small amounts for short periods of time doesn't necessarily make us healthier as a result.

In addition, the value for money is often poor, as there are some nutrients that we are just as likely to get from cheap, common foods.

Instead of blindly pursuing a variety of magical foods, it is better to pay more attention to comprehensive and balanced nutrition, and develop good eating and living habits, so as to better maintain health.

I hope Dr. Chunyu's answer can help you, welcome to pay attention to the headline number [Dr. Chunyu] to get more health science knowledge yo.

Copyright: This article is the original manuscript of Dr. Chunyu, the copyright belongs to Dr. Chunyu, unauthorized reproduction is prohibited, 授权与合作事宜请联系reading@chunyu.me

Commission on Health and Welfare Hotline official microblogging "gum is not worth buying, just boiled donkey skin", a stone stirred up a thousand waves, a time of various rumors, a variety of analyses, research information, historical records, each show their skills.Is gum worth it or not? This is indeed a question! Gum products are all over the supermarkets, shopping malls, pharmacies, and the streets. When it comes to whether it is effective or not, this is really a matter of opinion.

In terms of the form of the product, the current market for gum is divided into three main categories. Pharmaceuticals, health products and food. Similarly Agaricus has three kinds of approval numbers: one is Pharmacopoeia, the second is National Food and Health, and the third is Food, which belongs to drugs, health food and food, of course, due to the different forms, the place of sale and the price is also very different.

Pharmaceutical gum, the properties of medicine, since it is to be, nature can not be eaten indiscriminately, at least consult a doctor, follow the doctor's advice, although the medicine and food are the same, but after all, medicine and food are different, consumption of gum, especially the drug approved word, it is more cautious, according to the person and the appropriate.

Health products and food gelatin is relatively more extensive, many people also take it as a tonic, since it is a tonic, people naturally think that you can have a disease cure, no disease fitness. But in fact, this is not the case, health care products, if consumed irrationally, will also be counterproductive.

Therefore, whether it is a medicine, a health product, or a food-based gum, it is important to fully examine whether it is suitable or not before consuming it.

One more thing about the effects of Agaricus, check out thePharmacopoeia, its functions and indications are described as follows: nourishing yin, tonifying blood, stopping bleeding. It is used for blood deficiency and weakness, menstrual irregularities; vomiting blood, epistaxis, platelet and white blood cell reduction. The current research and experiments on the efficacy of Colla Corii Asini, it should be said that it is still not enough, only animal realization, but also need more clinical human experiments, in order to be more effective and comprehensive to fully prove the role of Colla Corii Asini. As for food, health care products Colla Corii Asini the most important thing is still to put a good quality control.

With regard to the quality of Colla Corii Asini products, it should be said that the good and the bad are mixed! According to the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China, Colla Corii Asini is a solid gum made from the dried or fresh skin of donkeys of the family Equidae, which is decocted and concentrated into a solid gum that has the effect of tonifying blood and nourishing yin, moistening dryness and stopping bleeding. But the actual process, in the process, in the end with whose skin, is the skin of the donkey, or horse skin, or cow skin, is the whole skin, or scraps. This all need to have strict control and regulation, while consumers should also have the right to know.

Colla Corii Asini or donkey skin, the efficacy of not to mention, for the people's homes, if you can afford to consume, you can choose a higher quality products, as the spice of life. If you can not afford to consume, there is no need to regret, eat some colorful food, get a balanced diet, the same pursuit of health!

Author: Wang Xingguo, Director of Nutrition Department of Dalian Central Hospital, Chief Physician; Vice President of Liaoning Provincial Nutrition Society; Sina Weibo Medical V; China Nutrition Science Communication Star, engaged in clinical nutrition treatment, nutrition training and teaching, and nutrition popularization and communication for more than 20 years, published "Encyclopedia of Eating", "Growing Fetus, Not Growing Flesh", and other popular science books for more than 20 books.

I do not know if you have noticed that the official microblogging of the National Health 12320, secretly deleted this tweet criticizing Agaricus!

This message was sent out at noon on February 18, that is, 12:18 on the third day of the Lunar New Year, according to the microblogging is not a robot release, it should be the official microblogging arrangement of the duty editor manually released.

At that time, this message let many people "fried". Because this official microblogging mentioned a lot of people's "common sense" perception of supplements, are far from being so beneficial, there is no need to pursue.

On the list are gum, as well as honey, cordyceps, and more.

But the strange thing is that these expositions, as if the National Health 12320 editor's own original claims, can not see where the source is? Which Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, or food inspection center? It is not known, in short, the guys read, fried, it deleted the post.

Look at this screenshot below, in the time frame of 9:35 to 12:22 on the same day, the previously existing burst of tweets, no more.

Then, honey ah, ah, Colla Corii Asini ah, Cordyceps what exactly complementary or not, good, I do not know.

This matter gives everyone a wake-up call: hear, see, may not be true. These "supplements" good or not, I have the spirit when I must study and understand to share with you!

Tired and retired first, eat something good to replenish.

You guys, are these things any good? Will I get any fire power out of them?

Colla Corii Asini in the past few years, the business is under the big money in the country's various television stations to do publicity and advertising, traditional Chinese medicine that Colla Corii Asini is a woman's essential medicines, blood and other functions, so that the business blowing the donkey skin is all the treasure, in fact, Colla Corii Asini is a donkey skin simmered into a cake shape and the general eggplant cake is no difference, I think there is no magical, and now the traditional Chinese medicine and some of the fake experts to some so-and-so things, so-and-so products on television, so a flicker of magic. So a fool, it is magical, in fact, they are taking the manufacturers and merchants of the money, do some false advertising, I do not believe that a donkey skin can be so efficacious, so do not listen to the false advertising of those fake experts, do not buy, in said that there are so many donkeys to do ah, the market is there is a lot of fake, such as fake wine, in fact, Colla Corii Asini is boiled donkey skin into a jelly of pork skin, that is, a wine dish only! The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular products on the market.

It is inappropriate to analyze Chinese medicine by its main components, just as someone asked back then, why is crow chicken different from domestic chicken when both are made up of carbohydrates, proteins and fats?

Oranges are born in Huainan as oranges, and in Huaibei as Hovenia. The same seed, the orange tree in Huainan, transplanted to the north of the Huaihe River will become Hovenia, it is because of the Huainan, Huainan and Huainan climate there is a clear difference, Huainan for the subtropical climate, Huainan for the warm temperate climate, the difference in climate, resulting in differences in plant species.

The best climatic conditions for ginseng cultivation are: altitude of 700-800 meters, relative air humidity of 70% and other strict conditions, so the ginseng from Changbai Mountain in Jilin obviously has the effect of lifting and replenishing qi, while artificially cultivated ginseng is detached from this environment, and basically has no feeling in the mouth.

Let's take a simple example, we eat sour plums, saliva in the mouth will increase, that is because the sour taste stimulates the salivary glands; eat chili pepper will enhance the appetite, because the spicy stimulate the secretion of the glands in the stomach; when a person is tense, eat something sweet to help calm down; some people eat pears, dragon fruit will be a stomach ache, some people eat steak face pimples, eat pork will not be, all of these are food flavor decision, some foods are hot, some foods are cold, and not necessarily related to the main ingredients. Some foods are hot, some are cold, not necessarily related to the main ingredients.

Plant nutrition depends on the texture of the soil, and animal nutrition depends on what is fed, either grains or feed. Our home grown ground pork definitely tastes different than a supermarket feed raised pig; ground pork tastes extra sweet and doesn't foam up when you cook it. You can't talk to the owner of a local pork seller and say that it's not all made up of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. So it should be sold at the same price as the supermarket.

The Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica classifies Colla Corii Asini as a superior product, saying that "Colla Corii Asini is sweet and flat in flavor, and it is the master of the internal collapse of the heart and abdomen, the extreme labor, spilling like malaria, waist and abdominal pain, limb pain, women's blood, and the fetus. Taken for a long time to lighten the body and benefit the qi".

Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Miscellaneous Diseases of the Typhoid Fever" in the Huanglian and Agaricus soup, for the treatment of insomnia "in the heart of the annoyance, can not lie down", the formula of Huanglian diarrhea heart fire, Agaricus benefit kidney water, can make the heart and kidney transportation, water and fire, so that a person sleeps peacefully.

In addition to the main components of plants and animals in nature, there are also a lot of trace elements, and the proportion of various elements in different substances is not the same, and sometimes the role may be to play is that these trace elements, which may be the four qi and five flavors of the traditional Chinese medicine or food, sex and taste attributed to the meridian. This is also the reason why traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the use of local herbs.

Simply taking the main ingredients of Chinese medicines is a kind of hooliganism, and it is also tantamount to blind men feeling the elephant.

Oh, boiled donkey skin? Huai Shan is nothing but yam, oxalis is nothing but cow's stone, malt is nothing but barley, but some flowers and grass, bone fungus wood and stone, but how many human suffering! Western medicine to look at Chinese medicine, said the ingredients are not clear, the ingredients are what things, Chinese medicine is about warm dry cold smooth, Colla Corii Asini is expensive, there is speculation, but can not say that it is boiled donkey skin ah, Colla Corii Asini, I have used myself, effective! I'm just an ordinary person who does not understand medicine, but I know that Colla Corii Asini is not ordinary donkey skin, donkey skin is not only supplement collagen. Medicine has medicinal properties, properly applied is good medicine.

(Where the Dong'a land boiled gum, are called gum. Colla Corii Asini well water sinking down convergence, donkey skin black into the kidneys, so Dong'a donkey glue for the top quality)

Controversy over a post on the Health and Family Planning Commission's public service hotline 12320, exclaiming that Colla Corii Asini is "boiled donkey skin". Triggered hot debate.

As the official microblog of the Health Planning Commission, it is authoritative to the public. Originally there were questions and objections to Agaricus, sea cucumber, deer antler and other tonic products, this statement, the fire borrowed the wind, intensified ......

"Gum ingredients are mainly collagen, and the content in gum and sea cucumber is not as high as pig's hooves ...... Deer antler's main ingredient is cuticle, which is the same as nails ......"

This kind of statement may seem scientific, but it is actually quite irresponsible.

As a simple example, the animals that are genetically close to humans are "pigs" and "orangutans", with 83% DNA similarity to pigs and 99% similarity to orangutans. Can humans, pigs and orangutans be lumped together?

Furthermore, the main component of human beings is carbohydrates. Can a Sichuan beauty and a Dongshi beauty feel the same?

Diamonds are still made of carbon. Who proposes with graphite or bone?

Therefore.This ingredient claim is "pseudoscience" in the nutrition and health community.

Colla Corii Asini has a long history as a tonic, even before donkeys were introduced to China.

The black donkey is from the Sinai Peninsula in Arabia during the Wei and Jin dynasties, and the chestnut donkey is from Mexico in the Americas during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

And the history of Colla Corii Asini has been recorded in the North and South Dynasties. It has a history of 2500 years.

It is recorded in the Materia Medica:"For the most part, the ancient formula used more cowhide, the latter is expensive donkey skin." "Where the gum can cure the wind to stop leakage and replenish the deficiency, donkey skin gum main wind for the most."

The donkey was first used as an ornamental animal in China, just as the South American moose (grass mud horse) is in China today. In South America, the animal's hair was taken and its meat was eaten, but in China, it was used for viewing and taking pictures for tweets.

To the Sui and Tang dynasties, began to use donkey skin. Covering farming, conquests, cattle and horses, the law prohibits the consumption of meat.

(Pigs are still abandoned. Although pig skin and hooves are high in collagen. For one thing, pigs are very lazy and stagnant fire, for another, as a source of meat grade common, and for another, respect the beliefs of some consumers)

Donkey skin is chosen because donkey belongs to water, which is the main wind and enters the kidney. The black color is also compatible with the kidney.

Nine Dynasties Tribute Gum is the best quality of Colla Corii Asini. It is made on the winter solstice after nine days and nine nights with the ancient method of "nine lifting and nine sizzling". Craft than ordinary "three days and three nights" more elaborate.

The five elements of the ancients are profound and profound. Not modern Western medical theory can be explained superficially.

At present, the domestic donkey farming industry is depressed, and most of the donkey skins used are imported.

With the large number of imports into the Chinese market, this has led to a sharp decline in the number of local donkey resources. Some countries have banned the export of donkey skins.

The countries that are allowed to import donkey hides are specifically:

South-East Asia: Pakistan

Central Asia: Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Mongolian

Europe: France, Germany, Italy

Australia: Australia

Americas: Canada, Uruguay, Mexico, Peru

Africa: Egypt

(South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, etc. cannot be imported directly)

Africa's main production area, the local mostly wild donkeys. Driven by profit, there is a high level of indiscriminate hunting and killing. Only the skin of the donkey is taken, and the meat is not utilized.

From the three-year financial statements of Dong'a Gum Co. Dong'a Gum Co. has hoarded a large amount of donkey hides. The number of sales has declined due to price increases at the finished product end.

On the one hand, it is publicized that donkey hides are getting scarcer and scarcer, while on the other hand, the price of Colla Corii Asini products keeps increasing. It seems to be a big game.

Do you know the principles of TCM concoctions and pairings?

Do you know who the major shareholders of Dong'a Gum Co. are?

Do you know the grid plan of Dong A Gum Company?

Do you know the process of collecting skins from Dong A Gum Company?

Do you know which way the door to the stockyard faces at Dong A Gum?

Do you know why Dong A Gum suddenly stopped collecting hides last year?

Do you know why domestic donkey farming can't prosper?

Do you know which gum factories can boil gum and which ones will only take semi-finished products?

Do you know of any gum factory that only accepts domestic donkey hides?

Do you know how many years ZZ has been chasing glue in this article before he dares to talk nonsense?

Apparently the official Weiwei of the Health Commission posted it before it was clear, and then hastily deleted the post out of some skepticism and pressure.

Strictly examine the evidence, answer cautiously, and insist on originality.

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