Bird’s nest is divided into several different varieties. Some are relatively expensive in price, while others are affordable products. Although they may not have the same value as genuine bird’s nest, they still have the effect of nourishing the body. Eating bird’s nest appropriately can regulate Qi and blood, and also regulate the spleen and stomach, which is beneficial to the body.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bird’s nest tastes sweet, is neutral in nature, nourishes Yin and moistens dryness, has the effects of invigorating Yang, warming the lower back and knees, reducing urination, and treating metrorrhagia and leukorrhea. Li Shizhen in ‘Compendium of Materia Medica’ said: ‘Bird’s nest greatly nourishes lung Yin, resolves phlegm and stops cough. It is a wonder drug for regulating deficiency and consumption. For all diseases caused by lung deficiency that cannot be cleared and descended, this can be treated with it.’

The ‘Food Prohibitions and Indications’ also says that bird’s nest has the effects of ‘invigorating Yang, invigorating Qi, harmonizing the middle, opening the stomach, replenishing essence and marrow, nourishing the lung, stopping chronic diarrhea, and reducing phlegm and sputum’. It has a good effect on diseases such as hemoptysis, hematemesis, chronic cough with sputum, fever due to Yin deficiency, and loss of body fluid. If bird’s nest is cooked with silver ear and a moderate amount of rock sugar, it can treat dry cough, night sweats, and lung Yin deficiency. If bird’s nest is soaked and cooked with milk, it can treat nausea and vomiting. If bird’s nest is slowly cooked with bletilla striata and sugar, it can be taken in the morning and evening to treat chronic bronchitis, emphysema, hemoptysis, and other symptoms.

It can be seen that bird’s nest has a certain beneficial effect. For those with long-term illness, weak physique, emaciation, fatigue, and poor appetite, it can be appropriately supplemented.

Modern medicine has found that bird’s nest can promote immune function, delay human aging, and prolong life. From the perspective of efficacy, bird’s nest has multiple effects such as nourishing Yin, moistening dryness, invigorating Qi, tonifying the middle, and nourishing the face.

1, It nourishes the lung and Yin, stops cough due to lung deficiency, and reduces lung Qi disorders. This includes asthma, shortness of breath, chronic cough, blood in sputum, hemoptysis, hemoptysis, bronchitis, sweating, and low-grade fever due to lung Yin deficiency.

2, It tonifies the spleen and stomach, stops stomach cold, vomiting. It can also treat nausea, dry heaving, and bowel sounds caused by stomach Yin deficiency.

3, For symptoms such as weakness after illness, consumption, and deficiency of Qi, eating bird’s nest together with food can nourish Yin and regulate the middle.

4, It stops sweating, deficiency of Qi and the spleen, excessive sweating, frequent urination, and nocturnal enuresis.

5, It makes the skin smooth, elastic, and lustrous, thereby reducing wrinkles.

6, Bird’s nest contains a variety of amino acids, and eating it regularly can enhance intelligence, increase thinking, resist sensitivity, and compensate for the deficiencies of both nature and nurture in infants and children.

7, During pregnancy, before and after childbirth, eating bird’s nest can have the effects of calming the fetus and nourishing the fetus.

8, Bird’s nest contains a variety of amino acids, which has inhibitory and counteracting effects on esophageal cancer, laryngeal cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, rectal cancer, and so on.