How much is royal jelly per jin? A detailed guide to market prices

Royal jelly, also known as bee royal jelly or bee milk, is a secretion from the pharyngeal glands of young worker bees that raise larvae in the hive. It is mainly fed to larvae that will become queen bees, and it is also the lifelong food of the queen bee. It has very good effects on improving the "three highs" (high blood sugar, high blood lipids and high blood pressure), and together with Qiongzhen lingzhi and Liangshan tartary buckwheat, it is known as one of the three treasures of traditional Chinese medicine for the "three highs". Let us take a look below at how much royal jelly costs per jin!

How much is royal jelly per jin?

Royal jelly has long been known as "soft gold", and many people think it must be very expensive, a luxury health product. In fact, this is not the case. On the market, the price of royal jelly varies, and the most expensive is only around 200 yuan per jin.

How to choose royal jelly

1. Smell: You can smell the sour and pungent odor of genuine royal jelly with your nose. This odor is very strong. Counterfeit products do not have this odor; they may even smell very sweet, similar to ordinary honey, and all of these are problematic.

2. Taste: The taste of royal jelly is quite special, with bitterness and sourness, not as sweet and pleasant as honey. Genuine royal jelly is usually mixed with two to three times its amount of pure honey when consumed for flavoring. Therefore, when you taste royal jelly, you will find that its taste is somewhat different from pure honey, with a somewhat astringent and sour feeling. This is also the unique mouthfeel of genuine royal jelly. If this is not the case and the taste is very good and very sweet, then it is undoubtedly a counterfeit.

3. State: Real royal jelly, if it has not deteriorated, is a milky white or semi-transparent yellow paste. If the royal jelly you bought is very thin and has bubbles floating on the surface, it can generally be confirmed as a counterfeit, because this state is very abnormal.

4. Acidity and alkalinity: Royal jelly can be tested for authenticity with iodine tincture. Generally speaking, royal jelly with no adulteration will turn red, brown or yellow after iodine tincture is added, while royal jelly adulterated with starch or malt will turn blue after iodine tincture is added. This point is very easy to identify.

4. Purity: Add royal jelly dropwise into an alkaline liquid of 20 percent purity, then stir evenly at room temperature. If it can fully dissolve with no suspended matter, it is genuine; otherwise, it is a counterfeit.

The effects and functions of royal jelly

[Nature and flavor] Sweet and sour in flavor, neutral in nature.

[Meridian tropism] Spleen, liver and kidney meridians.

[Effects] Strengthening the body, benefiting the liver and strengthening the spleen.

1. Assisting in lowering blood sugar: This is inferred from the insulin-like peptides contained in royal jelly. Insulin-like peptides are specific drugs for treating diabetes.

2. Antioxidant effect: Royal jelly has a strong effect on cell repair and regeneration. Superoxide dismutase (SOD), detected in royal jelly, is the main antioxidant component.

3. Lowering blood lipids: Royal jelly contains more than 10 kinds of vitamins essential to the human body, can balance fat metabolism and sugar metabolism, and can reduce high blood lipids and high blood sugar in obese people. It is very suitable for obese diabetic patients.

4. Protecting the liver: Royal jelly can not only kill hepatitis viruses, but also inhibit the replication of viruses in liver cells. Substances such as flavonoids in propolis have the effect of lowering transaminases, promoting liver cell regeneration and preventing cirrhosis. Such patients are not suitable to take propolis products containing alcohol, and should instead take alcohol-free propolis soft capsules or concentrated liquid with higher content.

5. Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory: Royal jelly has antibacterial effects and can promote the healing of wound infections. Experiments also show that the antibacterial spectrum of royal jelly includes Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi, Streptococcus, Proteus, Bacillus subtilis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Trichophyton asteroides and Epidermophyton, etc. The antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect of royal jelly is related to pH. When pH is 4.5, the antibacterial effect is strongest; when pH is 7, the antibacterial property weakens; when pH is 8, the antibacterial property disappears. The pH of royal jelly is between 3.5 and 4.5, so under natural conditions, its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory property is strongest.

6. Improving nutrition: Royal jelly contains a large amount of nutrients. Regular consumption can improve malnutrition, treat poor appetite and indigestion, and can strengthen physical strength and mental power and improve mood.

7. Improving human immunity: Royal jelly contains immunoglobulins and can significantly improve human immunity. After taking royal jelly for a period of time, people clearly feel full of energy, and the probability of catching colds and other diseases is reduced.

8. Preventing and treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: Long-term consumption of royal jelly has good effects on patients with abnormal blood lipids, vascular sclerosis, arrhythmia, diabetes and other diseases.

9. Treating anemia: Royal jelly contains substances such as copper and iron that synthesize hemoglobin, has effects such as strengthening the hematopoietic system and stimulating bone marrow hematopoietic function, and has been used clinically to assist in treating anemia and other diseases.

10. Preventing cancer: Experiments show that royal jelly can inhibit the spread of cancer cells, cause degenerative changes in cancer cell development, and play a very good role in cancer prevention.

11. Beauty and skincare: Royal jelly is a very good beauty agent. Because royal jelly is rich in vitamins and proteins, also contains SOD enzymes and has a bactericidal effect, it is a precious beauty product. With long-term use, the skin becomes rosy, radiant and beautiful.