For women to have a good body, in addition to appropriate exercise, replenishing Qi and blood is the best method, and Ejiao is the first choice. Experts say that eating Ejiao has many benefits for women, such as blood-nourishing and hemostasis, improving sleep, regulating menstruation and calming the fetus, beautifying and nourishing the face, etc. In addition, Ejiao also has good effects on anticancer, strengthening bones and tendons, etc., and the effect will be very good after eating it for a period of time.

1. Blood-nourishing and hemostasis

Promoting hematopoiesis, significantly increasing the content of red blood cells and hemoglobin, and has a good therapeutic effect on hemorrhagic anemia, hemorrhagic anemia, hemoptysis, vomiting of blood, hematochezia, epistaxis, hematuria, functional uterine bleeding, pregnancy fetal leakage, and other hemorrhagic symptoms.

2. Improving sleep

Ejiao, by nourishing Yin and blood to replenish deficiency and control the disturbance of the heart and mind, can strengthen the nutritional effect of calcium, maintain nerve function, and has a strong calming effect.

3. Regulating menstruation and calming the fetus

The most important function of Ejiao is to nourish the blood. Irregular menstruation has many causes, mainly blood deficiency, blood stasis, and blood heat. For blood deficiency, taking Ejiao alone can be effective. For blood stasis and blood heat, appropriate use of other drugs can be used. After conception, Yin blood gathers to nourish the fetus, which is most susceptible to deficiency, and symptoms such as unstable fetus, restlessness of the fetus, and even abortion may occur. Ejiao nourishes Yin blood and benefits the Chong and Ren channels, so it can nourish the fetus and treat pregnancy-related diseases. The lysine, arginine, histidine, cysteine, calcium, sulfur, and other ingredients contained in Ejiao help in stabilizing the fetus.

4. Beauty and health

Ejiao moisturizes the skin through blood-nourishing, which is conducive to skin health and has been used as a beauty product for women throughout the dynasties. After taking Ejiao, the complexion becomes rosy, the skin becomes tender and lustrous, which is the common result of Ejiao’s nutritional effect on the skin and the promotion of calcium absorption and maintenance.

5. Anticancer effect

Ejiao is an auxiliary medicine for patients undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy. An experiment used Dong’e Ejiao as the raw material to observe its effect on specific immune function and found that Ejiao has a bidirectional regulatory effect on cell immunity. It also has a good enhancing effect on the activity of NK cells, which play a certain role in inhibiting the occurrence of tumors. In addition, Ejiao has a promoting effect on the transformation of healthy people’s lymphocytes, and can also improve the transformation rate of lymphocytes in tumor patients, making the tumor slow down, symptoms improve, and lifespan extend.

6. Strengthening bones and tendons

As a traditional Chinese medicine, Ejiao can nourish the blood and body fluids. Blood can nourish tendons, body fluids can lubricate joints, and enrich the bone marrow, spinal cord, and brain marrow, thus strengthening the tendons and bones, lubricating the joints, and resisting the harm of wind and dampness. Therefore, the ‘Treatise on the Nature of Medicines’ says that taking Ejiao can ‘strengthen the tendons and bones’. Ejiao also helps in removing bone and joint diseases and restoring the function of injured joints. Li Shizhen’s ‘Compendium of Materia Medica’ says that Ejiao can ‘treat all kinds of wind diseases in men and women, and joint pain’. Later generations supplemented in the ‘Compendium of Materia Medica’ that Ejiao can treat ‘internal injury of the waist pain, strengthen tendons, and add essence to strengthen the kidneys’.