Gastrodia elata is not only medicine, but also food and health food. It is also an article that can be used as health food as stipulated by the Ministry of Health. In the poem Zhai Ju written by Bai Juyi, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, there is a poem "A few spoonfuls of porridge from Astragalus membranaceus, a red arrow and an ou soup". Gastrodia elata was also called "red arrow" in ancient times, which shows that Astragalus membranaceus and Gastrodia elata were used as food to cook porridge and soup in Tang Dynasty. Liu Gongquan, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, wrote "Asking for a Red Arrow Sticker", which also used gastrodia elata as food to help the elderly. In the Ming Dynasty, in Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, several edible methods of Gastrodia elata were recorded: "The other party vomited too much, or cooked it", "or fried the honey of the living person as fruit food, which is very precious." These eating methods have been handed down from generation to generation. Now, fresh gastrodia elata is washed, sliced, dipped in sugar, cold-mixed, cooked and honey-fried, especially "honey-fried" gastrodia elata, which is the first.

"Gastrodia elata is the first tonic medicine", and Gastrodia elata has been listed as the "top grade" of herbal medicine in past dynasties, and it is considered that Gastrodia elata has high medicinal and edible value. In the fifty years after the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, Yibin magistrate sent a confidant to Xiaocaoba to buy gastrodia elata for the birthday of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, which shows the preciousness of Zhaotong gastrodia elata. According to modern pharmaceutical research, Gastrodia elata contains more than ten kinds of active ingredients such as gastrodin, three kinds of polysaccharides with immune activity, 14 kinds of trace elements and 6 kinds of macro elements necessary for human body, and 16 kinds of amino acids. At the same time, gastrodia elata is rich in meat and good in palatability, so it is a good material for food processing.

Excerpts from the feast of fresh gastrodia elata dishes.

Gastrodia elata, collected in February, March, May and August, is now the harvest period of Gastrodia elata, and its resources are very rich. Regarding the function of Gastrodia elata, Li Shizhen, a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty, made an inductive exposition in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Taking Gastrodia elata for a long time will benefit qi, make it fat and healthy, increase the number of years and reduce bloating, make the lower limbs full, and cause blood due to cold hernia; Indications: rheumatism, limb spasm and paralysis; Children with wind epilepsy, fright, help Yang Qi, make up five strains and seven injuries; Wind deficiency, dizziness, headache, blood circulation, enlightenment, and unscrupulous eating. Modern medical research has also proved that Gastrodia elata can calm the liver, reduce fire, replenish qi and soothe the nerves, stop dizziness, promote blood circulation, dispel wind and remove dampness, lower blood fat, lower blood pressure, soften blood vessels and enhance blood vessel elasticity. Fresh wild gastrodia elata can make the skin tender and radiant when used for beauty.

In the folk, people also regard it as a good brain tonic. They steamed the heads of livestock and fresh gastrodia elata with a knife in a retort and ate them while they were hot. The fragrance has the unique sweetness of Shan Ye, which makes people's brains fresh as spring after eating.

Fresh gastrodia elata

Because Guangdong does not produce gastrodia elata, so the understanding of gastrodia elata can only be found in herbal shops. It is ok to make soup, but it can't be eaten as a meal. Cooking fresh gastrodia elata in Jinji Hotel is also very distinctive. Manager Xu of the restaurant introduced that some time ago, they went to Sichuan and Hubei and found that people there were strong and had smooth and beautiful skin because they often ate fresh gastrodia elata, so he began to pay attention to the processing methods of gastrodia elata by local people and the principles of how to match food. After coming back, Manager Xu and the chefs studied together and made a healthy gastrodia elata dish in line with Zhongshan people's eating habits. At the same time, send people to Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, which is rich in gastrodia elata, to contact Sichuan, Hubei and other places, so that suppliers can regularly airlift fresh gastrodia elata and cook it in time to ensure the natural moisture and delicious taste of fresh gastrodia elata.

Get rid of the wind-soak the fish head with fresh gastrodia elata

Stewed fish head with fresh gastrodia elata

Li Shizhen said: "Gastrodia elata is a medicine that divides liver meridian and regulates qi. ..... Eyes blackhead dizziness, wind deficiency, no gastrodia elata can't be cured. Gastrodia elata is a wind-fixing medicine, so it is a magic medicine for treating wind. Today, those who take Ma Tianyao for a long time and are covered in red pills are also a test of dispelling wind. " Soaking fish heads with gastrodia elata has long been fulfilled in the folk, but most of them are processed dry gastrodia elata, which lacks the taste of a little leaf and the crisp taste of fresh gastrodia elata.

Fresh gastrodia elata in synopsis of the golden chamber gastrodia elata feast was soaked in bighead carp and returned by air. Slice gastrodia elata and put it in an iron pot, then put the fried bighead carp in the Yangtze River Reservoir into the soup with gastrodia elata juice, and eat it with the iron pot for 10 minute. The soup is fresh, sweet and delicious, and the fish head is tender and smooth, while gastrodia elata is refreshing, sweet and fresh, with a unique taste. According to the chef, this fresh gastrodia elata fish head is not greasy and has no fishy smell. More importantly, it can be used regularly to treat headache, tinnitus and glaucoma caused by wind.

Fresh gastrodia elata and mushroom chicken wings soup nourish and strengthen the body.

Fresh gastrodia elata and mushroom chicken wings soup

Mushrooms are recognized as healthy foods with high protein and low fat. It is rich in vitamins and various healthy ingredients, which helps to fight cancer, lower blood pressure, prevent influenza and reduce anemia. No wonder it is called "God's food" in America and "the peak of plant food" in Japan. On the other hand, chicken has always been regarded as a tonic for blood deficiency, bone marrow deficiency, waist and knee pain, sedentary, fatigue, bone steaming and night sweats. Basically, it can be cooked with any kind of Chinese medicine to achieve different tonic purposes.

This soup of fresh gastrodia elata, mushroom and king chicken shark's fin is made of chicken slices and fresh gastrodia elata, just like abalone mushroom, termites, mushroom, rare mushroom and loofah. The soup is fresh and sweet, and the chicken is tender. Long-term consumption, strong and refreshing.

Beauty Cough-Fresh Gastrodia elata Fried Eggs Clear

Fried eggs with fresh gastrodia elata

Egg white contains a variety of vitamins and niacin, which can promote the secretion of sebaceous glands and moisturize the skin. It is suitable for treating chloasma and facial dullness. The elderly, especially those with elevated blood cholesterol, dyslipidemia and hepatitis, had better not eat egg yolk, but eat more egg white. Chinese cabbage is fresh and tender. It is rich in nutrients such as cellulose, vitamins, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and iron. Has the effects of diluting and eliminating enterotoxin, treating constipation, preventing intestinal cancer, and caring skin.

This fresh gastrodia elata scrambled egg is not only white, but also crisp, sweet, refreshing and unique in flavor. Plus the bright red tomatoes, which are red and white, are really beautiful. In this dish, gastrodia elata is no longer cut with an oblique knife, but with a simple straight knife, and a circle of fresh gastrodia elata is added inside, which adds a bit of novelty.

Manager Xu introduced that the biggest feature of this gastrodia elata dish is that it is light and rich in fresh flavor of gastrodia elata, which is especially suitable for the elderly and women. After eating this dish, I feel that I can get rid of the heat in my chest, stop coughing, beauty beauty, and eliminate the edema and pain in my eyes, so it is very popular.

Stir-fried clam slices with fresh gastrodia elata for moistening viscera, expelling wind and relieving pain

Stir-fried fresh gastrodia elata with three shreds, crispy and delicious.

According to Compendium of Materia Medica, mussels have the functions of nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, clearing away heat and cooling liver, moistening viscera and quenching thirst. Regular consumption can make people keep fit, eliminate diseases and prolong life. There is also the effect of mussels on attracting wind, which is often used as a folk prescription to treat headache pain.

Stir-fried mussel slices with fresh gastrodia elata is a slightly higher-priced dish in the feast of fresh gastrodia elata, which is a brand around 50 yuan, but it is a South African mussel, which tastes crisp and is worth the money. At the same time, kale was added to the dish, which made the whole dish very fresh, sweet and delicious.

In addition, there are fresh gastrodia elata fried two-color fish balls and fresh gastrodia elata fried noodles and meat. , which has different flavors. Guests can order food according to their own situation, which can be accompanied by one or two gastrodia elata dishes or enjoy a whole gastrodia elata banquet.