Ejiao, a kind of "tonic" unique to China,It is said to be able to nourish the skin, blood and iron, and on the surface it is "boiled donkey skin", but in fact it is mysterious and abnormal, and it is wonderful.
An Ejiao company once issued an article saying that the role of Ejiao:"Chinese dialect pulse, Western dialect experiment. However, those who speak of qi are too subtle and difficult for ordinary people to understand, so they often lose their emptiness.", Chinese medicine "heaven and man correspond", the perspective of looking at the world is macroscopic, yin and yang five elements are mysterious, but any way and angle to understand the world is reasonable, not to the end can not judge the superior, can not casually say that it is false, can only say that we may not have touched the truth.
Therefore, there is no point in arguing whether Ejiao is useful or not, and each has its own reason. But the donkey for making ejiao may not be easy to get.
There are currently about 53 million donkeys in the world, two-thirds of which live in Africa. Donkeys are still the main means of transport in many parts of Africa today, carrying water, food, and necessities, and in Africa, families with a donkey may not be so embarrassed.
Data quote [The Paper Observer Network: African Union announced"Retreat lock donkey"，"China's ejiao production may be hit hard"】
According to the South China Morning Post, China needs to slaughter more than 5.9 million donkeys a year because of the demand for ejiao, of which 2 million are domestic, and the rest basically need to be imported from Africa. The breeding of donkeys is very difficult, only once a year to a year and a half, and only 1-2 small donkeys can be born at a time.
A motion was approved at the recent AU summitA 15-year ban on donkey skin** in member countries was announced, because donkey skin is the core raw material for boiling ejiao, and after this ban is introduced, it will definitely have a serious impact on the production of ejiao.
In fact, companies that make ejiao can also open their mindsUsing the traditional "ancient method" to boil glue, cowhide, pigskin, and horse skin are all OK.
Today's Ejiao donkey skin is orthodox, but all Ejiao that is not made of donkey skin is named "fake Ejiao", and Ejiao companies say that traditional Ejiao is donkey skinIt's a "thousand-year-old recipe", so is it right? In fact, this matter is easy to deduce, because the ancient books are still there.
First of all, let's talk about history, China is not the country of origin of donkeys, to Zhang Qian envoy to the Western Regions, opened up the Central Plains and Central Asian countries exchanges, donkeys as "strange animals" came to the Central Plains, the Western Han Dynasty Huankuan "Salt and Iron Treatise" recorded: "win (mule) donkey camel, tail into the plug." At that time, even in the eyes of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the donkey was a rare bird, he had a small white donkey, raised in the imperial garden, every day to feed with fresh fruits, listen to its call, like it very much.
Therefore, the earliest Chinese ancient books recorded Ejiao would never be made of donkey skin. It is also recorded in the Wei and Jin Dynasty's "Famous Doctors' Records", "Born in Dongping County, boiled cowhide to make it." Out of the East. ”
The ancients did not pay much attention to the preparation of ejiao, cows, pigs, donkeys, horses, camels, and mules, and Li Shizhen believed that there was no obvious difference between various animal glue and medicine.
It is clearly recorded in the Tang Dynasty's "New Cultivation of Materia Medica"."Born in Dongping County, boiled cowhide to make. Out of the East. Evil rhubarb, good fire. Out of the east, hence the name Ejiao. It also states the use of three qualities of ejiao, thin for calligraphy and painting, thick and clear for medicine, and dark for glue.
After the Tang and Song dynasties, it was strictly forbidden to slaughter cattle, cowhide was scarce, donkey skin was replaced, and gradually became "orthodox".
Nowadays, Ejiao's ** has been high, which is related to the strategic positioning of the enterprise and the shortage of raw materials, and there is a market for demand, which is understandable, for the African Union to make a ban on donkey skin, I also support it with both hands, protect the ecological environment, and protect animals, not to mention that the donkey is one of the production tools in Africa, and it is all pulled to China to eat, which is really uncomfortable.
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