Eucommia ulmoides is a relatively common Chinese medicinal material with many functions and effects. It is also widely used in the clinical field of traditional Chinese medicine. Eucommia ulmoides is classified according to the treatment method, and is generally divided into two types: raw eucommia ulmoides and fried eucommia ulmoides. The two are actually very similar in terms of functions, but cooked Eucommia ulmoides is easier to fry to produce reasonable ingredients. Below, I will explain in detail the relevant knowledge of Eucommia ulmoides.
1. The difference between raw Eucommia and fried Eucommia
The difference between fried Eucommia and raw Eucommia is actually cooked and raw. In fact, the functions of the two are similar. After the Eucommia ulmoides is processed, the Eucommia ulmoides gum is destroyed and the ingredients are easy to be fried.
Raw Eucommia: Wash the pyraclostrobin, brush off the rough skin, separate the thickness, cut into wide strips and dry them. The main difference from cooked Eucommia is that the surface is light brown, smoother, and the inner surface is smooth. , brittle and easy to break, with silver floc connected in the cross section, delicate, slightly elastic, light in taste, and good in lowering blood pressure.
Cooked Eucommia: refers to stir-fried Eucommia ulmoides. Spray and stir the Eucommia ulmoides with salt water until it is absorbed, and then stir-fry it over slow fire until it becomes brown and serve as medicine. The key difference from raw Eucommia is that the surface is darker, with burnt spots, silvery floc on the cross section that is easy to break, has little elasticity, and tastes salty; cooked Eucommia is fried with salt, which is said to lead the meridians into the kidneys, and it can nourish the kidneys. The aphrodisiac effect is stronger.
2. How to eat Eucommia ulmoides
Eucommia ulmoides can be soaked in water and drunk, or cooked and eaten. In fact, it is all possible, and there is no need to deliberately match it. Eucommia can lower blood pressure, but it cannot cure hypotension. Because Eucommia has the effect of removing fat and promoting urination, Eucommia can also lose weight.
The actual effects of Eucommia ulmoides and Eucommia ulmoides leaves are the same. In our spare time, we can use Eucommia ulmoides to make tea, make medicinal wine, or add it to dishes as an auxiliary ingredient during cooking.
3. Functions and functions of Eucommia ulmoides
Eucommia ulmoides has been listed as a top-notch traditional Chinese medicine for more than 2,000 years. Li Shi said that taking Eucommia ulmoides for a long time can benefit the body and resist aging, which shows that Eucommia ulmoides has the function of treating diseases and providing health care. The dried roots of Eucommia ulmoides are used as medicine. It is a valuable medicinal material. It is non-toxic and has the functions of tonifying deficiency, strengthening muscles and bones, benefiting the waist and knees, and removing pain.
Modern medicine has proven that Eucommia ulmoides is particularly effective in treating hypertension. The leaves of Eucommia ulmoides can be made into tea, which is a good health care product, and it can also be used as an auxiliary material for other food materials, so it has high economic value.
Anyone with insufficient kidney essence, pain in the waist and knees, or weakness in the feet and knees can be paired with psoralen, walnut meat, golden dog spine, wormwood, ox Dali, Qianjinba, etc.
This product is commonly used in uneasy fetal movements or subconscious fetal movement caused by Chong Ren malnutrition. Boiled jujube meat can be used alone as pills; it can be combined with Dipsacus bark, Loranthia sinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, etc. to improve the effect of tonifying the kidneys, strengthening yang and strengthening the fetus; for those with bleeding during pregnancy, it can be used with wild ginseng, donkey-hide gelatin cake, Chuanxiong, etc. Tonify deficiency, strengthen muscles and bones, and nourish the fetus. It can be used to treat pain in the waist and spine, weak feet and knees, persistent urination, wet and itchy genitals, fetal leakage, uneasy fetal movement, and blood pressure. Generally, the effect of single medicinal herbs is not obvious, and they are all used in combination.
Research in various countries around the world in recent years has found that the use of health products derived from Eucommia leaves as raw materials can whiten the skin, remove age spots, increase hair melanocytes, and increase the production of hair melanocytes. Specificity, prevents white hair, can also eliminate obesity, prevent loose teeth, prevent periodontal disease, Alzheimer's disease, treat chills, increase body cell metabolism, prevent musculoskeletal aging, and make the body look young and strong, etc. .