燕窝(又名燕菜或燕根),为雨燕科动物金丝燕CollocaliaesculentaLinnaeus及其同属近缘种的唾液与绒羽等混合凝结所筑成的巢窝。燕窝在民间广为流传使用,是宜药宜膳的高级保健品。早在《本经逢源》、《本草再新》中就有记载。燕窝能“调补虚劳,治咳吐红痰;大补元气,润肺滋阴”。 The bird’s nest (also known as Yan Cai or Yan Gen) is a nest formed by the mixture of saliva and velvet feathers of the swiftlet family Collocaliaesculenta Linnaeus and its related species. The bird’s nest is widely used in the private sector and is a high-level health food supplement suitable for Yifan. As early as in the “Ben Jing Feng Yuan”, “Ben Cao Zai Xin” has recorded. The bird’s nest can “adjust the virtual labor, cure cough and sputum, and redness, and revitalize the lungs and nourish the lungs.”