Chinese medicinal herbs used for meals very much, generally used more commonly is the wolfberry, ginseng, white ginseng, jujube, Tianqi, astragalus and so on, the key is to want to use what medicinal herbs to achieve which aspect of the health effects, the following are some of the medicinal properties of Chinese medicinal herbs that can be used to make soup, you can pick according to these attributes to use which herbs to make soup. Lycium barbarum: sweet, flat, tonifying the kidney and essence, nourishing the liver and eyesight, tonifying the blood and tranquillizing the mind, generating fluids and quenching thirst, moistening the lungs and relieving coughs. Codonopsis: nourishes the middle and benefits the qi, strengthens the spleen and benefits the lungs, used for weak spleen and lungs, shortness of breath, palpitations, loose stools, asthma and cough Red jujubes: the main function is to strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach, and harmonize the qi and blood functions. Radix Panax Quinquefolii: Used raw, it can stop bleeding and strengthen the heart, disperse blood stasis and generate new blood, eliminate swelling and relieve pain; used cooked, it can invigorate blood circulation, replenish blood, and strengthen and replenish the benefits of deficiency. Astragalus: tonifying qi and promoting yang, fixing the surface to stop sweating, diuretic and swelling, supporting the efficacy of sores and muscles Lily: tonifying the liver and lungs, clearing heat and benefiting the spleen (immersed in clear water for 1 hour). Bamboos: clearing the lungs, tonifying the spleen, moistening dryness and resolving phlegm (soak in water for 10 minutes, cut into 4cm pieces and boil for half an hour at most). Xia Ku Cao: Clearing heat from the liver and lowering blood pressure (boiled for 2 hours at most). Radix et Rhizoma Dioscoreae: cooling the blood and detoxifying the toxin, diuretic. Luo Han Guo: clears the lungs and moistens the intestines. Amaranth stalks: detoxify and clear away heat, tonify blood, stop bleeding, and facilitate urination (sold in Chinese herbal stores, washed and cut short). White fruit: benefit lung qi (shell, into the boiling water for 5 minutes to take up the coat, remove the heart). Gorgon fruit: tonifying the kidneys, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea. Figs: moistening the lungs and clearing the throat, strengthening the stomach and clearing the intestines (sliced). Bamboo cane: moistening dryness, harmonizing the stomach, clearing heat and detoxification, and can be used to remove the fishy smell of snakes. Poria cocos: remove heat and dampness, detoxification and diuretic. Angelica sinensis: nourishes and harmonizes blood, regulates menstruation and relieves pain. Tianma: dispels wind and calms fright. Cordyceps Sinensis: nourishes deficiency, benefits the vital essence and resolves phlegm. Jasmine: refreshing, clearing fire and removing cold. Snow Clams: nourish the kidneys, nourish the lungs and strengthen the spleen (soak in water for 5 hours, roll in onion and ginger for 5 minutes, and add to the stew pot for one and a half hours). Ginseng: sweet, slightly bitter, slightly warm; contains ginsenosides, ginseng paraprotein, calcium, magnesium, saponin. It can calm the spirit and nourish the heart, tonify the lungs, tonify the five organs, strengthen the spleen and stomach. Saponin has hemolytic effect, can disseminate rheumatic heart disease caused by various blood stasis. Gui Zhi: sweet, pungent, warm, can enhance the metabolism stimulate mucosal congestion, the joints, sweating, the meridian warm tendons, pulse to wind temperature. Ling Xian: pungent, bitter, suitable for the five viscera, dispersing wind-dampness, joints, dredge the whole body tendons. Polygonum multiflorum: bitter, sweet, slightly astringent, containing rhubarbic acid has significantly promote peristalsis, containing lecithin for the weak spirit, promote the development of blood newborns, cardiotonic effect. Nightshade: bitter, sweet, slightly warm, can cure rheumatism and dizziness, anemia, insomnia. Wu yao: pungent, fragrant, bitter, warm, can stimulate the clearing of mucous membranes and paralyze the central role. Huaishan: sweet, flat, rich in starch liquid, can fill the five organs, strengthen the spleen and stomach, tonifying weakness, quench thirst, tonifying the spleen and diuresis effect. The ripened earth: sweet, warm, slightly bitter, containing sugar mannan honey fermentation, rhododendron and iron, etc., can nourish the kidney and blood, beneficial to the marrow to fill the essence, for nourishing, strong blood tonic, strong and strong effect of the nerves for anemia, neurasthenia, respiratory distress, and so on. Garden pearl grass: hot, pungent, cold dampness, aphrodisiac, strong heart, help the effect of gas. Protecting the heart vine: bitter, warm, slightly fragrant, evil pain and swelling, breaking the firm blood, diuretic and blood circulation. Poria: sweet, light, flat, containing poria enzyme, plant cellulose, glucose, fructose and ash powder, in addition to the chest and ribs against the gas under the heart knot gas, treatment of pain, cold and heat annoyance fullness, cough, diuresis, diuresis, water dampness and the spleen and stomach, as a palliative agent for palpitations, urinary incontinence, subcutaneous edema, sleep disorders. Malt: sweet, flat, rich in vitamins, maltose and lecithin. Can and stomach digestion, break the cold, go to the heart and abdominal fullness, digestion and in the middle, for can help digestion, treatment of injury food, stop food stagnation, go to the bitter thick and greasy, chest full of boredom.