Pig Parts That Are More Valuable Than Ginseng and Bird’s Nest, Eat As Much As You Want Without Worrying About Getting Fat

Pork is a very common food in family meals. But do you know which part of the pig is the most nutritious?

Pig’s tongue bone

The tongue bone is located in the front leg of the pig, it is the connection between the long bone and the wrist bone. This bone is curved like a tongue, and it is mainly cartilage, so it is crispy, soft, and sweet. Moreover, this part is rich in collagen, calcium, protein, and vitamins. It is very good for bone and joint health, enhances physical fitness, especially for women with weak health, and those who want to improve their skin.

No matter how you cook it, the tongue bone is delicious, especially when grilled. In addition, this part can be used to make soup or stir-fry with vegetables, both dishes are flavorful and crispy.

Some vendors keep the valuable bone to make soup for their families, so few buyers know about it. But more importantly, the tongue bone is rich in collagen, protein, and vitamins. Regular consumption of this valuable part can promote bone development, prevent osteoporosis, and enhance immune function.

There are 2 major benefits of the tongue bone:

– Calcium supplement: The calcium content in the tongue bone is high, which is very suitable for children in the period of growth and development, the elderly with osteoporosis, helping to supplement enough calcium for the human body. Women can eat a proper amount of tongue bone to supplement calcium during pregnancy, and the effectiveness is still relatively good.

– Nutritional supply: The tongue bone is rich in protein and contains soluble nitrogen extract, including various types of protein, which can provide rich and high-quality nutrition for the main functions of the body. In addition, the tongue bone has a very high value in maintaining health, using the tongue bone can effectively supplement vitamins.

Pig’s tail

In addition to the tongue bone, there is another part of the pig that few people pay attention to but is also very good for health, which is the pig’s tail.

The tails of domestic animals have been used since ancient times to reinforce the liver and treat many diseases mainly related to kidney support, back pain, and muscle fatigue. Among them, the pig’s tail has the effect of tonifying Qi, nourishing blood, supporting kidney deficiency, impotence, premature ejaculation,…

Some recipes to enhance sexual potency from pig’s tail:

– Stewed pig’s tail with black beans: This soup has the effect of tonifying the kidneys, nourishing the lungs, and relieving constipation, suitable for kidney deficiency and impotence, constipation. Symptoms of weak back and knees, sexual weakness, decreased libido, premature ejaculation, frequent urination, dry and hard stools, and constipation.

Preparation: About 250g of pig’s tail, 30g of radix rehmanniae, 15g of black beans, 3 red apples.

How to cook: Remove excess fat from the pig’s tail, scrape off the hair, rinse thoroughly, and cut into sections. Rinse the radix rehmanniae, black beans, and red apples (remove the seeds). Put all the ingredients in a pot, add enough water, after boiling with high heat, simmer over low heat for 1 – 2 hours, season to taste.

– Braised pig’s tail with pigskin: Treats back pain, frequent urination, fatigue, tinnitus, blurred vision, nocturnal emission, infertility, and gastric pain.

Preparation: 100g of pig’s tail, 1 piece of pigskin, 10 peeled apricot kernels, 10 peanuts, salt.

How to cook: Clean the pig’s tail, chop into short pieces. Boil water and then add the pig’s tail, pigskin, apricot kernels, and peanuts, cover tightly and reduce the heat to simmer until tender, eat hot.

– Pig’s tail soup with peanuts: This soup has the effect of nourishing the blood, moistening the lungs, and strengthening tendons and bones, suitable for kidney deficiency and blood deficiency. Symptoms of back pain, soft limbs, dizziness, tinnitus, constipation, frequent urination. It can also be used for postpartum low energy, weak back and limbs, prolonged recovery.

Preparation: About 250g of pig’s tail, 30g of peanuts.

How to cook: Remove excess fat from the pig’s tail, remove the hair, rinse thoroughly, and cut into sections. Peel the peanuts and rinse thoroughly. Put all the ingredients in a pot, add a moderate amount of water, after boiling with high heat, simmer over low heat for 2 – 3 hours, season to taste.

What foods should pork avoid?

– Pork with shrimp, snails: According to traditional Chinese medicine, pork should not be eaten with shrimp, snails, mussels, because of the mutual restraint according to the five elements theory. In the book Nam Duoc Than Hieu by Tue Tinh, it also summarizes experiences such as, pork is especially contraindicated with snails, licorice, mussels, shrimp… because it easily causes stomach cold, indigestion, and digestive disorders.

– Pork with basil: Pork contains a lot of protein, and when combined with basil, it can cause protein precipitation, making it difficult for the body to absorb. Do not eat these two foods together to avoid indigestion, poisoning, or long-term toxicity to the body.

– Pork and beef: Although they are both meat, the nutritional content in pork and beef is completely different. If cooked together, it will reduce the nutrients in both types of meat because the nature of pork is cold and beef is warm. It is best to cook each type of meat separately, ensuring the taste of the dish and not losing the quality of both meats.

– Pork and fragrant herbs: Fragrant herbs are warm in nature and consume Qi, while pork enhances Qi, there is a mutual restraint between these two types of food, making it difficult to process them together.

– Pork and soybeans: It is not advisable to combine pork with soybeans. Soybean is one of the nutrient-rich foods with 60-80% being phytic acid. When combining soybeans with pork in the same dish, the amount of phytic acid in soybeans can reduce the nutritional value of pork, especially lean pork.

– Pork and goat liver: Another food to avoid eating with pork is goat liver. The ancients had a saying “If you eat pork with goat liver, your brain and mind will suffer from poor absorption”.