Honey bee royal jelly, also known as royal jelly or bee milk, is a milky white gelatinous substance secreted by the pharyngeal glands of worker bees such as the Chinese honey bee in the family Apidae. It is a natural nutritional supplement with various benefits, including nourishing and strengthening the body, beauty and anti-aging, improving appetite, promoting digestion, enhancing sleep, promoting growth and development, and boosting immunity.
【Chemical Composition】
Protein 45%, converted sugar about 20%, fat about 14%, and also contains 14 types of free amino acids, abundant vitamins, various hormones, and unknown substances that contribute to nourishment and strengthening of the body.
【Taste and Function】
Sweet and sour, mild. Nourishing and strengthening.
【Storage Method】
Royal jelly should be stored at low temperatures, preferably at -5 to -7℃. It has been proven that under these temperature conditions, its composition changes very little, and it can be stored for several years at -18℃ without deterioration. Capsules and tablets can be stored at room temperature for 2 years.
【Pharmacological Effects】
Royal jelly has a wide range of biological effects. It can nourish and strengthen the body, improve appetite, enhance digestion, improve sleep, promote growth and development, enhance the body's resistance to diseases, and have good therapeutic effects on various diseases, especially age-related, chronic, and debilitating diseases. Its main functions are as follows:
1. Improving appetite, promoting metabolism, increasing body weight, preventing aging, and prolonging lifespan.
2. Reducing the mortality rate or prolonging the time of death of animals in adverse environments (starvation, fatigue, high heat, cold, hypoxia, toxicity, infection, radiation, etc.).
3. Promoting gonadal function and having adrenal cortex hormone-like effects.
4. Stimulating hematopoietic function: can increase red blood cells, platelets, and hemoglobin.
5. Protecting the liver, inhibiting bacteria, anti-inflammatory effects, promoting healing of infected wounds, and anti-cancer effects.
【Clinical Cases】
1. Infantile malnutrition and nutritional deficiencies
A total of 42 cases of infantile malnutrition were treated with royal jelly or alcoholic solution of royal jelly, of which 39 cases showed improvement in appetite and weight, as well as improvement in hemoglobin and plasma albumin levels. Another 100 cases of infantile malnutrition were treated, and most of them showed improved appetite, increased weight, increased skin elasticity, increased muscle mass, increased hemoglobin and reticulocyte count after 7 days of medication.
