Name: Peach Resin Gum (桃胶)
Description:
Peach gum is a solidified resin from peach trees and Chinese wild peach trees. They look like gem-stone with their vibrant amber hues. Peach gums are usually sold in dried form and need to be rehydrated so you can clean and cook them.
They are treasured in the Traditional Chinese Medicine community for its nutritional value similar to those of the highly-priced bird’s nest, but at a fraction of its cost. When rehydrated, peach gum has a jelly-like texture, soft, bouncy and usually tripled its original size. Peach gum is tasteless on its own and usually used to prepare sweet soup such as tong sui or savory soup.
Benefits:
Peach gum is very popular among women because of its high collagen content. Yes, when you hear collagen, immediately you think of your skin beauty ,But with that said, it’s not only for women of course. Peach gum consists of collagen, galactose, rhamnose, and amino acids. They are pretty much praised for their high collagen content and great substitution to the very expensive bird’s nest.
Preparation:
Soak the peach gums in clean water for at least 8 hours or up to 12 hours so they can grow to their maximum size as much as possible Pick out the black impurities if there has.Then it's ready to be used in whatever you want.
Specification：300g/Tin.
Note: That kids under the age of 2, pregnant women, and women who are having menstruation should avoid peach resin.