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Glutinous Rice and Ass Hide Glue Gruel

糯米阿胶粥 〔糯米阿膠粥〕 nuò mǐ ē jiāo zhōu

Source: Shí Yī Xīn Jiàn 食医心鉴

Ingredients

Actions: Enriches yīn, nourishes the blood, stanches bleeding, quiets the fetus, and boosts the lung.

Indications: Blood vacuity, vacuity taxation cough, enduring cough with expectoration of blood (which includes hemorrhage from bronchodilatation), vomiting of blood, nosebleed, bloody stool, scant menstrual discharge, continuous scant flooding and spotting (spotting), or severe flooding and spotting, stirring fetus, and flooding and spotting in pregnancy.

Method: Boil the glutinous rice to a gruel, and then add the crushed ass hide glue, and bring to the boil two or three times, stirring constantly, before serving.

Rationale: ē jiāo has a powerful blood-supplementing and blood-stanching action. Modern research shows that it contains protein and amino acids, and stimulates the growth of red blood cells and hemoglobin in the blood. In laboratory animals, it has also been shown to improve the calcium balance and enhance calcium absorption.

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