What is the difference between the five glues?

Gum, deer horn gum, turtle plate gum, turtle nail gum and fish bladder gum are commonly used tonic products. With the improvement of people’s living standard, gum herbal medicines such as five gums have become the most sought-after products for people’s tonic, but there are differences in the clinical application of five gums. Gum is known as the “holy medicine for blood”, which is made from donkey skin, and is most famous in Dong’a, Shandong Province. It is also good for skin care. It is also good for skin care. After using it, it will make the face rosy, skin tender and lustrous, regulate menstruation and protect the fetus, enhance physical fitness, strengthen the immune function of the body, improve sleep, strengthen the brain and slow down aging, and can be taken by both men and women. Turtle plate gum is a solid gum made of turtle abdominal nail by decoction and concentration, dark brown in color, hard and brittle in texture, shiny in section, transparent to light. It is calm in nature, sweet and salty in taste, with the effect of nourishing yin and submerging yang, benefiting kidney and strengthening bone, and also tonifying blood to stop bleeding. It is often used for bone steam and hot flashes, night sweats and spermatorrhea caused by kidney yin deficiency and for children with incomplete fontanelle and unhealthy tendons and bones. This medicine is also commonly used to nourish Yin and stop bleeding in some gynecological diseases such as bleeding from collapse. Turtle shell gum is a solid gum made from turtle shells by decoction and concentration, brown in color, with concave lines, semi-transparent, brittle, uneven in cross section, with luster. It is calm in nature and tastes good. It can nourish the kidney and nourish the yin, break the silt and disperse the nodules. Deer horn gum is a solid gum made by decocting and concentrating deer horn with water, yellowish brown in color, with yellowish white foam layer on the top, brittle, easy to break, shiny on the broken surface. It is warm in nature and slightly sweet in taste. It is suitable for those who suffer from deficiency of kidney yang, cold in the limbs, impotence and premature ejaculation, lumbar soreness and weakness, and can also be used for hemoptysis, blood in urine, excessive menstruation with deficiency of cold, and internal trapping of Yin gangrene. Fish bladder glue is dried from the swim bladder of the family Shishou fish, yellow fish, small yellow fish or sturgeon family, Chinese sturgeon, locust fish, etc. The dried swim bladder is generally pressed into oblong thin slices, light yellow, horn-like, slightly lustrous, can be melted after long cooking, the thick solution condensed into jelly glue after cooling, the viscosity is very strong, one of the eight treasures of seafood, fish bladder glue is sweet and bitter, flat into the kidney meridian, has the benefit of essence and blood, nourishing the tendons and veins, nourishing the liver and kidney. It has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidney and stopping bleeding. It is suitable for kidney deficiency, slippery sperm, vomiting blood, collapse, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees. It is a high-protein tonic and can treat tuberculosis, peptic ulcer, rheumatic heart disease, aplastic anemia, vasculitis, neurasthenia, amenorrhea in women, abscesses, and leaks. Fish bladder gum can promote the secretion of fructose from sperm vesicles, provide energy for sperm, promote digestion and absorption of the stomach and intestines, improve appetite, and help prevent loss of appetite, anorexia, indigestion, bloating and constipation; increase the toughness and elasticity of muscle tissue, enhance physical strength and eliminate fatigue; nourish the skin, make the skin delicate and smooth; enhance brain power and nervous system functions, promote growth and development, improve thinking and intelligence, maintain Glandular normal secretion; and can prevent mental retardation, slow nerve conduction, slow response, insufficient postpartum lactation, senile dementia, forgetfulness, insomnia, etc.; also can improve the body’s resistance and immunity, anti-fatigue, and inhibit tumor growth.