Polygonatum contains carbohydrates and protein. Has the effects of promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, moistening lung and invigorating spleen. Generally, roots are dug in spring and autumn to eat. Polygonatum sibiricum is flat in nature and mainly enters spleen, lung and kidney meridians. It has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening lung, invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, and is mostly used for spleen and stomach weakness, lung dryness and cough, and kidney deficiency and yin deficiency. It can improve dizziness, fatigue, soreness of waist and knees, premature gray hair, etc. Polygonatum mainly contains polysaccharides. Modern medical research shows that Polygonatum sibiricum has the functions of enhancing immunity, lowering blood sugar, delaying aging and resisting fatigue. Polygonatum sibiricum has the functions of invigorating spleen, moistening lung, benefiting qi and nourishing yin. Du Fu once wrote a poem: Sweep away the white hair of Polygonatum sibiricum, which is known as a century-old grass among the people. There are also many therapeutic prescriptions made from Polygonatum sibiricum, which are mainly used for lung yin deficiency, spleen and stomach weakness and kidney essence deficiency. Clean Rhizoma Polygonati, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata and Fructus Lycii, and soak in warm water for 30 minutes. Clean and chop chicken, slice ginger and cut onion, pour chicken, Rhizoma Polygonati, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata and Fructus Lycii into the inner container of electric cooker, and add onion ginger, salt and cooking wine.

Polygonatum sibiricum is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, also called Jitoushen and Tiger Ginger. Polygonatum sibiricum usually grows on mountains, and we also have it here, but it is rare, and we can meet one occasionally. My father also dug some from the mountains and planted them in our vegetable fields. At the same time, put the above raw materials into a casserole and inject a proper amount of water. Boil the fire, skim the foam, simmer until the pork elbow is cooked, pick out the medicine bag, and put the elbow, jujube and soup into the bowl at the same time. To tell the truth, there are Polygonatum sibiricum in the mountains of my hometown. My father's generation knew it, but I didn't know it myself. I know it's a medicine. When I was a child, my parents always went to the mountains to dig some Polygonatum and cook soup with lean pork. From the name alone, it can be explained as the essence of loess. The naming of traditional Chinese medicine can sometimes reveal the "nature" of medicinal materials, just by looking at the name.