A woman in mainland China recently boiled eggs with the urine of a child, which has attracted widespread attention. (Picture / Taken from White Deer Video)
“Tongzi urine” refers to the urine of children under the age of 10. It is called Tongpian in traditional Chinese medicine. It is usually used as medicinal materials or medicine references in traditional Chinese medicine. The effect of cough, hematemesis, epistaxis and postpartum haemorrhage caused by yin deficiency and fire rise is an essential medicine for blood syndrome. However, a woman in mainland China recently boiled eggs with the urine of a child, and said that “it smells stinky, but tastes delicious”, which made many netizens find it hard to accept.
Bailu Video reported that a woman in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province recently collected urine from children in a kindergarten and used it to boil eggs, which has attracted widespread attention. Ms. Lu revealed that this is an intangible cultural heritage of Dongyang, Zhejiang. In the spring, the urine of boys under 10 years old will be taken, and boiled with eggs for 24 hours before eating, because the urine of boys contains a substance called “human It is said that following eating it, you will not suffer from heat stroke in summer.
Ms. Lu said that she went to the kindergarten to pick up the urine herself. “The boiled eggs are like stinky tofu. They smell stinky, but they taste delicious and have a salty taste.” According to Wenlv China According to news, eggs boiled with boy’s urine are called boy’s eggs. They have a long history and have been selected as the intangible cultural heritage of Dongyang City. They mainly use the crystallization effect of “Renzhongbai” from the sediment of urine, which can nourish yin and reduce fire, stop bleeding and treat stasis .
Every year at the beginning of spring, you can see baby eggs being sold everywhere in the streets and alleys of Dongyang, and there is often a strange smell in the air. The local people say that this is the smell of boy’s eggs, and it is also the smell of spring. In the eyes of Dongyang people, eating boy’s eggs in spring is a traditional custom left by the ancestors; vendors who sell boy’s eggs say that eating boy’s eggs will prevent you from getting sleepy in spring and heatstroke in summer.
According to those who have eaten boy eggs, the taste is salty. In fact, this has nothing to do with eggs, but has something to do with urine. Because urine contains a lot of inorganic salts, it will have a salty taste. In this regard, many netizens expressed unacceptable, “Dongyang specialty products, never dared to try, but the locals like it very much!”, “Can people stay in the house if this is boiled?”, “I really can’t accept it!”
