Changbai Mountain Forest Frog Oil

Changbai Mountain Forest Frog Oil

Changbai Mountain Forest Frog Oil is a protected geographical indication product.

　　The forest frog of China’s Changbai Mountain, also known as the "háshámǎ," is referred to as "xuěhā" in Hong Kong and Guangdong. It is a rare amphibian. In spring, the forest frogs emerge from rivers and breed in ponds, then move to forests to feed on insects. Until late autumn, when it rains, they return to rivers to hibernate. This is a well-known economic frog species in China that combines medicinal, tonic, and cosmetic benefits. The oil found in the bellies of female forest frogs caught in autumn matures and is dried and extracted as oil. It is also now called "snow frog oil" or "snow frog paste." Háshámǎ oil is the mature oviduct of the female frog containing eggs. It contains 18 amino acids, 13 inorganic elements, 9 vitamins, and multiple bioactive factors such as complex polypeptides, especially rich in three types of sex hormones — estradiol, testosterone, and progesterone. Among them, estradiol and testosterone are the most physiologically potent hormones among female and male hormones respectively, offering significant nourishing yin, strengthening kidney, stimulating immunity, and regulating bodily functions. The amino acid content in háshámǎ oil exceeds that of Northeast wild ginseng by more than tenfold and enjoys international renown, with a price exceeding $1,500 per kilogram. The resource is extremely scarce. As early as the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was an imperial tribute. There has always been strong demand, with a large market capacity, making it a product that is in short supply. In the 1970s, due to human factors causing ecological degradation and over-harvesting, the Chinese forest frog was driven to the brink of extinction. Therefore, artificial breeding is not only necessary but urgent, with considerable economic benefits and broad development prospects.

　　"Compendium of Materia Medica" records: The háshámǎ, referred to as "shānhā" in the book, is also known as háshámǎ or xuěhā. It is now named the Chinese forest frog. It is mainly produced in the Changbai Mountain area of Northeast China and is a unique frog species of the region. The dried substance of the female frog’s oviduct is called "xuěhā oil," which has the effects of nourishing weakness, moistening lungs, and strengthening the body. Since ancient times, it has been regarded by the people as a legendary tonic comparable to the "Three Treasures of the Northeast." For thousands of years, it has been widely used, and its pharmacological effects have long been known.

　　The main component of forest frog oil is frog alcohol, which has the effects of "nourishing kidney essence and yin while moistening the lungs."

　　The "Chinese Pharmacopoeia" includes: the oil has the effects of "nourishing kidney essence and yin while moistening the lungs." It is used to treat symptoms such as "yin deficiency and physical weakness, fatigue, palpitations, insomnia, night sweats, and coughing up blood due to overwork."

　　The "Comprehensive Dictionary of Chinese Herbal Medicine" records: the oil has the unique effects of "nourishing kidney essence, moistening lungs, and yin" and is used to treat conditions such as "post-illness or postpartum weakness, tuberculosis cough with blood, and night sweats."

　　The "Chinese Materia Medica" records: the oil is a "lung-moistening, saliva-promoting, weakness-nourishing body enhancer and an excellent tonic for the weakened body."

　　According to expert research: The Chinese forest frog produced in the Changbai Mountain region of Jilin Province has a long history of medicinal use, recorded in both Su Song's "Materia Medica Illustrata" in the Song Dynasty and Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" in the Ming Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the authentic oil made from this animal became a precious tonic product, highly esteemed by medical experts. During the Ming and Qing periods, the authentic oil was even hailed as the "foremost of the Eight Treasures" and served as a "premium imperial tribute" enjoyed by nobles and high-ranking officials.

　　In recent years, the authentic oil, with its unique historical-cultural connotations and extremely high nutritional and medicinal value, has been praised as one of the "New Three Treasures of the Northeast."

　　 [] Benefits of Forest Frog Oil

　　1. Anti-aging, anti-fatigue, nourishing yin and beautifying. Rich in protein, amino acids, trace elements, vitamins, and minerals, it strongly promotes growth, delays aging, and enhances health and vitality. When fully hydrated, the collagen proteins, amino acids, and nucleotides released from the forest frog oil can boost metabolism, especially in skin tissue, maintaining smooth and delicate skin and a youthful, healthy state. Its abundant collagen, which has good affinity with human skin and is readily absorbed, helps prevent hand and foot cracking, moisturizes, aids in sun recovery, reduces wrinkles, relieves itching, fades spots, cares for hair, and promotes wound healing.

　　Changbai Workshop Forest Frog Oil 2. Enhances immune function and stress resistance, significantly increasing macrophage phagocytic rate and index, eliminating free radicals, boosting non-specific and humoral immunity, reducing the frequency of colds and incidence of other diseases, keeping one away from sub-health conditions.

　　3. After taking this product orally for one cycle (2–3 months), it can significantly reduce blood lipids. Hydrophilic and lipophilic groups within the phospholipid structure can clear lipid deposits on blood vessel walls, enhance blood flow, improve microcirculation, and yield good results in regulating and improving vascular diseases such as coronary heart disease and arrhythmia, as well as their complications.

　　4. Nourishes kidney essence and yin while moistening lungs. Highly effective for post-illness or postpartum physical weakness, tuberculosis cough with blood, and similar conditions.

　　5. Enhances sexual function, prolongs arousal, and significantly improves sexual performance. Also effective in regulating menopausal syndrome.

　　6. Alleviates insufficient essence and blood, neurasthenia, memory decline, insufficient breast milk, and other conditions.

　　For thousands of years, forest frog oil has enjoyed great prestige, especially cherished by women for purposes distinct from men — to maintain beauty and vitality and to bear strong offspring by building stamina. It has been indispensable for women during postpartum recovery. By the Qing Dynasty, it became an imperial tribute. Today, due to its rare nutritional and health value, it is called "green soft gold."

　　Bai’ai Company processes forest frog oil as a powerful tonic that boosts immunity. Research shows the oil has many benefits, suitable for all ages and genders. For women, it beautifies, nourishes yin and liver, regulates endocrine function, and delays aging. For men, it combats fatigue, nourishes yin and yang, and boosts kidney essence. It is a reliable anti-aging and immunity-boosting regulator. Particularly beneficial for students facing college entrance exams, its tonic effects are even more pronounced.

　　Quality Description: Contains about 5% moisture, mostly connected pieces; thoroughly dried pieces are often fragmented and granular, with poor appearance. Contains trace seeds or blood vessels, skin, expands 25–30 times before and after soaking, appearing snow-white and translucent cake-like.

　　Storage Method: Must be stored in a freezer at below -7°C, take out as needed.

　　 [] Forest Frog Oil Medicinal Dishes

　　Snow Frog Rock Sugar Lotus Seed Soup

　　Snow Frog Rock Sugar Lotus Seed Soup

　　.【Ingredients】

　　Main ingredients: 25g forest frog oil, 50g red dates, 50g lotus seeds with cores removed.

　　Seasonings: 300g rock sugar.

　　　【Method】

　　(1) Place the forest frog oil in a container, pour boiling water to submerge it, cover and let it steep until softened. Then place it in water to remove black threads and impurities, and rinse clean.

　　(2) Set the wok over high heat, add rock sugar, and pour in water to bring to a boil. Then skim off the foam and strain through a fine sieve. Wash the lotus seeds with hot water. Wash the jujubes, remove the pits, and set aside.

　　(3) Combine the forest frog oil, lotus seeds, jujubes, and rock sugar water in a stewing cup, cover tightly, and steam in a steamer over high heat for about 1 hour until soft and glutinous. Serve directly in the original cup or divide into 10 small bowls.

　　1. Forest Frog Oil with Mushrooms　

　　【Ingredients】 100g soaked forest frog oil, 10g soaked mushrooms, 10g winter bamboo shoots, 10g peas, 25g lard, 1.5g salt, 10g soy sauce, 5g Shaoxing wine, 10g scallions, 10g ginger, 2.5g sesame oil, 15g wet starch, 350g chicken stock, 1g pepper.　

　　【Effects】 Stimulates appetite, regulates qi, nourishes yin and beautifies skin. Suitable for sallow complexion, poor appetite, physical weakness, hematemesis, night sweats, and female sexual dysfunction.　

　　【Preparation】　

　　① Slice the winter bamboo shoots into small diamond shapes, cut the soaked mushrooms into thin slices, chop the cilantro, and dice the scallions and ginger.　

　　② Heat lard in a pan, sauté the scallions and ginger when hot, add soy sauce and chicken stock. After boiling, remove the scallions and ginger, add forest frog oil, Shaoxing wine, MSG, prickly ash water, winter bamboo shoots, peas, pepper, and mushrooms. Boil again, skim off the foam, thicken with wet starch to a milky consistency, drizzle with sesame oil, sprinkle with cilantro, and serve in a soup bowl.

　　2. Hibiscus Forest Frog Oil　

　　【Ingredients】 100g soaked forest frog oil, 3 egg whites, 10g peas, 10g cooked ham, 5g winter bamboo shoots, 5g soaked mushrooms, 25g lard, 300g chicken stock, 2g salt, 2.5g MSG, 10g Shaoxing wine, 10g prickly ash water, 20g wet starch, 10g scallions, 10g ginger.　

　　【Effects】 Nourishes yin and moistens dryness, calms the heart and soothes the nerves. Suitable for irritability, insomnia, dry cough, hoarseness, red eyes and sore throat, restless fetus, postpartum thirst, diarrhea, and burns.

　　① Beat the egg whites in a soup bowl, add chicken stock, salt, and MSG, stir well with chopsticks, and steam in a steamer until cooked (soft tofu-like texture). Set aside.　

　　② Slice the ham and winter bamboo shoots into small diamond shapes; halve the mushrooms; dice the scallions and ginger and slightly crush them with a knife.　

　　③ Heat lard in a pan, sauté the scallions and ginger when hot until fragrant, then add chicken stock. After boiling, remove the scallions and ginger, add salt, Shaoxing wine, prickly ash water, forest frog oil, ham, winter bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and peas. Boil again, skim off the foam, add MSG, thicken with wet starch to a light consistency, and pour over the hibiscus base.

　　3. White Fungus Forest Frog Oil　

　　【Ingredients】 25g soaked forest frog oil, 50g soaked white fungus, 5g rape greens, 5g winter bamboo shoots, 5g ham, 5g Shaoxing wine, 5g prickly ash water, 2g salt, 2g MSG, 500g broth.　

　　【Effects】 Nourishes kidney and essence, moistens lung and yin. Suitable for post-illness or postpartum weakness, tuberculosis cough, hematemesis, night sweats, neurasthenia, and female sexual dysfunction.

　　① Wash the forest frog oil, remove the tendons and black spots. Cut the rape greens, winter bamboo shoots, and ham into small diamond shapes.　

　　② Soak the white fungus and forest frog oil in boiling water, then remove.　

　　③ Add broth to the pan, along with Shaoxing wine, prickly ash water, salt, white fungus, forest frog oil, ham, rape greens, and winter bamboo shoots. When the soup boils, skim off the foam, add MSG, and serve in a bowl.

　　4. Chicken Paste Forest Frog Oil　

　　【Ingredients】 75g chicken meat, 125g soaked forest frog oil, 10g blanched rape greens, 10g soaked magnolia slices, 10g cooked ham, 15g fresh mushrooms, 2 egg whites, 25g lard, 2.5g salt, 3g MSG, 10g Shaoxing wine, 10g prickly ash water, 450g chicken stock.　

　　【Effects】 Nourishes kidney and essence, strengthens the body. Suitable for physical weakness, sallow complexion, tuberculosis cough, hematemesis, and night sweats.　

　　【Preparation】　

　　① Remove the white tendons from the chicken meat, pound it into a fine paste with the back of a knife, then mix with egg whites, chicken stock, salt, Shaoxing wine, prickly ash water, MSG, and forest frog oil. Cut the rape greens, magnolia slices, cooked ham, and fresh mushrooms into thin slices.　

　　② Heat chicken stock in a pan, when boiling, scoop the mixed forest frog oil and chicken paste by hand and slowly add it to the soup. When it forms pearl-like shapes, add the ham, fresh mushrooms, rape greens, magnolia slices, salt, prickly ash water, MSG, and Shaoxing wine. Boil again, skim off the foam, and serve in a bowl.

　　II. Forest Frog Oil Medicinal Dishes

　　5. Pearl Forest Frog Oil　

　　【Ingredients】 25g forest frog oil, 0.2g pearl powder, 75g chicken breast, 25g pork fat, 15g ham, 15g winter bamboo shoots, 15g cucumber, 2 egg whites, 10g cilantro, 2.5g salt, 1.5g MSG, 5g prickly ash water, 5g scallion bits, 5g ginger bits, 500g chicken stock, 0.2g sesame oil.　

　　[Efficacy] Nourishes skin and beautifies complexion. Suitable for female sexual dysfunction, rough skin, postpartum weakness, pulmonary tuberculosis cough, hemoptysis, night sweats, neurasthenia, and other conditions.　

　　[Preparation Method]　

　　① Place the forest frog oil in a bowl, soak in boiling water, and remove all sinews, membranes, and black spots.　

　　② Mash the chicken breast and fatty pork into a fine paste, then mix in egg white, chicken broth, chopped scallions and ginger, salt, and MSG. Slice the ham, winter bamboo shoots, and cucumber into diamond-shaped pieces.　

　　③ Pour broth into a wok, bring to a boil, then simmer. Mix the chicken paste with pearl powder, shape into small meatballs, and drop them one by one into the broth. Once the meatballs float, skim off any foam, then add ham, winter bamboo shoots, cucumber, forest frog oil, prickly ash water, salt, and MSG. Skim again, drizzle with sesame oil, and serve in a bowl.　

　　④ Chop cilantro into fine pieces, place in a dish, and serve alongside the soup.

　　6. Assorted Forest Frog Delight　

　　[Ingredients] 25g forest frog oil, 25g pine nuts, 50g apple, 50g banana, 50g orange, 50g pear, 50g pineapple, 50g candied fruit.　

　　[Efficacy] Nourishes kidney and essence, moistens lung and yin. Suitable for various deficiencies, pulmonary tuberculosis cough, thirst, and related conditions.　

　　[Preparation Method]　

　　① Remove black spots, skin, and other impurities from the forest frog oil, rinse with warm water, then soak in warm water for 1 hour. Use tweezers to remove any black threads, then rinse again.　

　　② Soak pine nuts in warm water for 3 minutes. Peel, core, and slice the fruits thinly.　

　　③ Arrange the forest frog oil, fruits, and other ingredients separately in a bowl. Add water and sugar, then steam for 8 minutes.　

　　④ Strain the steamed forest frog oil into a wok. Once boiling, skim off foam, thicken with a cornstarch slurry, sprinkle with candied fruit slices, drizzle with sesame oil, and pour over the assorted fruit bowl.

　　Forest Frog Beauty Tablets have excellent beautifying effects.

　　 Mechanism of Action of Forest Frog Oil

　　. Cleansing Blood Vessels: The active component in forest frog phospholipid oil, forest frog lecithin, helps clear blood impurities, dissolve deposits on blood vessel walls, and enhance blood flow and permeability.

　　Lowers Blood Lipids: The unique active components in forest frog egg oil—linoleic acid and linolenic acid—help break down blood impurities, separate harmful attachments on vessel walls, and reduce triglycerides and cholesterol, restoring clean and normal blood.

　　Improves Circulation: Rich in unsaturated fatty acids, forest frog egg oil helps naturally expel blood impurities, restore blood flow rate, and ensure the heart, brain, liver, and kidneys receive adequate oxygen and nutrients—earning it the nickname “blood vessel cleaner.”

　　Repairs Blood Vessels: DHA in forest frog egg oil has the effect of clearing, softening, and repairing damaged inner blood vessel walls while also benefiting brain health and intelligence. It restores the elasticity and tension of blood vessels, earning it the reputation of “brain gold.”