![]() It’s cold and reasonably refreshing, but it’s hard to distinguish which of the soft chunks are frog parts and which are boiled fruit.Īccording to the farm, hashima contains 18 kinds of amino acids, and improves the immune system, blood circulation and skin complexion. ![]() It’s especially good for women,” Jackson Wan says, offering me a glass of Royal Hashima Dessert. “Because it has collagen protein it’s very good for the skin and beauty. In the context of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the promotion of hashima as a byproduct of breeding American bullfrogs for their meat is relatively new. As a result, it’s also considered a luxury product reserved for the rich.ĭried hashima as sold over the counter in a shop for traditional Chinese medicine. They’re also known as snow frogs, which gives hashima its alternative name of “snow jelly.”Īccording to Han Bing, who works with the Beijing-based Hope Institute of Chinese Medicine, hashima is rarely used in clinical treatment, partly because it’s so hard to source. Traditionally, hashima comes from the Changbai Mountain wood frog, a rare frog species that hibernates for more than 100 days. ![]() “This is a big paradigm shift from (the) old belief that hashima can only be harvested from frogs living in mountains in the northern regions of China,” says Wan, who’s trying to reinvent a tradition of the past for the future. Recent demand has been rising for the supplement in Singapore, according to Chelsea Wan, a self-declared “frogologist” at Jurong Frog Farm, a family-run business in Singapore’s Kranji Countryside. The female frog’s fallopian tubes – or more correctly oviducts – are said by practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine to promote stronger lungs and clearer skin. The drink appears to be a simple iced tea but on closer inspection contains the delicate anatomy of an American bullfrog. ![]()
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