Medical Based Benefits Research Information

According to scientific analysis, on the average, 70% of the nests contain forms of glycoprotein. Moreover, numerous health benefits have been documented in the Classics of Chinese Medicine.

Benefits of Edible Bird Nest recognised in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

1. Nourishes the lungs, prevents cough, reduces lung lesions, including asthma, shortness of breath, chronic cough, bloody sputum, hemoptysis, hemoptysis, bronchitis, sweating, low heat.
2. Protects and improves stomach functions, refrain from cold stomach symptom, vomiting. Weak stomach caused by stomach upset, nausea, gurgling sound.
3. Helps in healing and recovery after any sickness and illness which causes one to feel tired easily, strengthen stomach immunity.
4. Prevents perspirant, deficiency of vital energy, weak and sweaty spleen, frequent urination, nocturia.
5. Promotes smooth and healthy skin with wrinkle reduction.
6. Various amino acids found in Edible Bird Nest help in increase brain's efficiencies especially in growing children, as well as strengthens the body's immune system.
7. The consumption of Edible Bird Nests among pregnant women have shown beneficial results to both the baby and the mum, especially their immune system.
8. Edible Bird Nest is a natural body moisturizing food and contains various amino acids.
9. Frequent consumption of Edible Bird Nests products have also shown significant improvement in patients recovering process from the side-effects of all sorts of diseases-related therapy.
10. Edible Bird Nest has neutral taste but it is a health food that is nourishing and reduces heatiness.

Medical Based Benefits Research Information

Modern medical research on Edible Bird Nest

1. 'Beauty Gene'
Edible Bird Nest consists of a very important peptide hormone known as epidermic growth factor ('EGF'). EGF plays a very important function especially in beautifying genes. It stimulates cell division and proliferation, promotes cell differentiation, repairs damaged skin and surgical wound quickly and promote wound healing. It helps in enhancing the tenderness of skin and lower the rate of aging.
2. Treatment in respiratory system
Edible Bird Nest works miraculously for respiratory system related sickness. Several ancient medical books highlighted on the usefulness of Edible Bird Nest towards the pulmonary system disease treatment. Further, it acts as 'lungs cleaning agent' for those heavy smokers.
3. Cardiac, anti hypertensive effect
Edible Bird Nest extracts has heart strengthening ability. Regular consumption of the extracts has shown significant results in lowering blood pressure.
4. Anti-oxidant & anti-aging
Latest medical research shows that Edible Bird Nest is an antioxidant-containing food which helps in detoxification. Long term consumption of Edible Bird Nest has also shown to help delay in aging.
5. Health care for expectant-mothers
According to the research of Prof. Wang Bing, reknown specialist from the Department of Molecular and Life Sciences, Microbiology, Human Nutrition University of Sydney, Australia, Edible Bird Nest contains sialic acid (SA) which is a type of carbohydrate useful for development of the brain cells and synaptic membrane. Hence, it is essential for a healthy growth of a baby. As a result, expectant mothers would ensure that they include food that has high content of SA in their diet.
According to Japanese research, Edible Bird Nest contains among the highest content of sialic acid.
Regular consumption during pregnancy can strengthen the body of the mother and the foetus. As Edible Bird Nests contains with richness protein and it can promote tissue growth, enhance immunity.
6. Anti-aging, improve blood circulation
It helps to rejuvenate body, boosts active lifestyle, enhance memory ability.
7. Promote better blood circulation
Rejuvenate healthy and smooth skin, reduce wrinkles and acne, stabilizes menstrual cycle, helps to elleviate menstrual sickness.
8. Prevent arteries blockages, hypertensions and heart related diseases.
9. Other benefits
Helps to elleviate joints pain and myodesopsia, strengthen the back and nourishes kidney. Relieves fatigue from pressure.
Increases immunity system, prevents fever, flu and cough. Effective in the treatment of Hepatitis-B, cirrhosis of the liver.

Gel Electrophoresis Ideally Identifies and Authenticates Cave and House Edible Bird Nests from Common Adulterants.

Conference: Conference: 10th South East Asian Technical University Consortium (SEATUC), Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan., At Japan

Edible Bird Nest is a high price animal bioproduct found in the Southeast Asian region of the world. Primarily, Edible Bird Nest is used as a food in addition to its uses in several nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products. Extra care is always needed for ensuring its purity and quality. For earning extra profits, people adulterate different fake materials into Edible Bird Nest to raise its weight and earn extra money. This is a serious offense, and therefore, it is very important to develop methods and protocols with ability to differentiate Edible Bird Nest from the adulterants for the authentication of pure Edible Bird Nest. In this direction, we developed a gel electrophoretic method for differentiating cave and house EBNs from white fungus, jelly, fish swimming bladder and egg white. In order to identify the adulterants and authenticate Edible Bird Nest; efforts were made to investigate and compare the protein profiles of cave and house EBNs with white fungus, jelly, fish swimming bladder and egg white. The protein profiling indicated 10 bands for cave nests with two strong bands at 30 and 35 kDa. House nest proteins consisted of 9 bands with major bands at 120 and 140kDa. White fungus displayed three dim bands at 22, 35 and 75 kDa whereas egg white was found to contain two predominant bands at 35 and 75 kDa. Fish swimming bladder showed substantial streaking of protein bands after dilution whereas protein profile of jelly was without any band. The results of this study can be used for the identification of any of these fake materials in Edible Bird Nest, and establishing the authenticity of the genuine Edible Bird Nest. The method reported is simple and can be used in Edible Bird Nest industry in the Southeast Asian region for checking the adulteration of Edible Bird Nest.