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Notoginseng, another name of Notoginseng, is a tertiary paleotropical relict plant, which is only cultivated in China, Yunnan and some counties of other provinces and regions in the world, especially in the hilly area at an altitude of 1600 meters.

brief introduction

Sanqi is also known as Sanqi, Tianqi, Ginseng, Ginseng, Mountain lacquer, Bergamot Mountain lacquer, Mountain lacquer and Sanqi. It is a famous specialty in Guangxi and Yunnan. It is a perennial herb of Araliaceae, and its underground stems can be used medicinally. Originally produced in Shan Ye, it was discovered and adopted by our people a long time ago, and then it was cultivated artificially. Because this plant generally has three petioles per plant, and each petiole often has seven leaves, it is commonly known as "Sanqi". According to the records in Zhuishun County Records in the Qing Dynasty, "Sanqi ... takes Tianzhou producers as the top priority", and Volume III of Baise Tangzhi in the Qing Dynasty also said that Sanqi actually came from Tianzhou, so its common name is Tianqi.

Panax notoginseng is a tertiary tropical relict plant, which is only cultivated in some counties of Guangxi and Yunnan provinces in the world, especially in the mountainous areas of Tiandong and tianlin county 1600 meters above. Panax notoginseng produced in Yunnan is also famous at home and abroad.

Medicinal value

Panax notoginseng is a precious medicinal material and an excellent variety of ginseng, which has unique functions. According to Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty, Tianqi "tastes slightly sweet and bitter, quite like the taste of ginseng", and is known as "gold never changes". Raw use has obvious effects of stopping bleeding, strengthening heart, removing blood stasis, promoting fluid production, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and cooked use has the effects of promoting blood circulation, enriching blood and strengthening deficiency. In the Qing Dynasty's pharmaceutical work Compendium of Materia Medica, it was said: "Ginseng is the first to replenish qi, and Sanqi is the first to replenish blood, with the same taste, so it is called Ginseng Sanqi, which is the most precious Chinese medicine." Tianqi toothpaste, Yunnan Baiyao and Pien Tze Huang, which are well-known at home and abroad, are all made from Tianqi as the main raw material.

Panax notoginseng is a perennial herb, originally wild, but now domesticated, and its roots, stems, leaves and flowers can be used as medicine. Notoginseng is usually referred to as the dried root of Notoginseng plants. According to drug analysis, Panax notoginseng mainly contains six saponins, sitosterol, carotene and flavonoids. Saponins are the main components of ginseng, which play an important role in strengthening physical strength, improving myocardial oxygen metabolism and improving animal hypoxia tolerance. Through scientific research, it is confirmed that the most important medicinal component in ginseng, Panax notoginseng, not only contains tetracyclic triterpenoid saponins, but also contains more flavonoids than ginseng. Panax notoginseng contains flavonoids, which can regulate blood pressure, dilate coronary artery, increase coronary blood flow, reduce cardiac oxygen consumption and reduce myocardial workload. Clinical practice has proved that Tianqi has a satisfactory effect on chest tightness and heartache caused by coronary heart disease, and has a significant effect on lowering cholesterol and blood lipid. Therefore, Notoginseng Radix is not only a traditional famous medicine for treating traumatic blood stasis, but also widely used as a nourishing health care product for preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases and strengthening the body.

Tianqi is harvested in spring and autumn, and "Chunqi" has the best quality, big and heavy, good color, solid and not empty. The less the number of heads, the higher the value of Tianqi. Panax notoginseng flower essence processed with Panax notoginseng flower is a good medicine for cooling blood and moistening dryness and treating acne. If Tianqi can make meat and chicken into soup, the effect will be doubled.

Edible efficacy of panax notoginseng

Tianqi is sweet, slightly bitter and warm. Return to lung, heart, liver and large intestine meridian. When dividing blood, it can be scattered and collected.

(1) Remove blood stasis and stop bleeding. This product can not only stop bleeding, but also promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. It is a good medicine for stopping bleeding. Can be used for treating various bleeding syndromes.

(2) detumescence and pain relief. It can be used for treating chest, abdomen and joint pain caused by traumatic injury and internal resistance of blood stasis, and has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and reducing swelling.

(3) Panax notoginseng has a good effect on lowering cholesterol and triglyceride.

2. The health care value of Tianqi: Due to the aging society and the younger prevalence of coronary heart disease, we often use Tianqi to make soup, which can be used to recuperate coronary heart disease.

Edible method of panax notoginseng

1, auricularia Tianqi red jujube soup:

Ingredients: 50g auricularia auricula, notoginseng 15g, red dates 10, 2 slices of ginger.

Production: Soak Auricularia auricula, remove the head and chop it, wash Tianqi, chop it or break it, wash Jujube, pat it loose and remove the core, put the above materials and ginger slices in a pot, add 1000ml water, cook it for about 2 hours on medium fire, and finally add a proper amount of salt to taste.

Function: It has the functions of nourishing liver and lung, harmonizing stomach and strengthening spleen. It is suitable for people with asthenia and anemia, shortness of breath and cough, and disharmony between spleen and stomach.

2, Tianqi pepper root pot pork belly

Ingredients: notoginseng15g, pepper root 30-50g, pork belly 500g, pork spine100g, and ginger 3 slices.

Production: slightly hot iron pot, add chicken paste, stir-fry Tianqi until it is slightly yellow, dry and break; Pepper roots are slightly soaked; Wash the pork belly with raw salt, and then rinse it; The back of the knife split the pig's spine. Add ginger to the pot, add 2500 ml (about 10 bowl), cook over high fire for about 2 hours, and then add salt.

Function: Zanthoxylum bungeanum root is warm, sweet and pungent, which can dispel cold and dampness, warm stomach and promote digestion. Guangdong folk often use it to cook or stew pork belly in cold winter and wet spring. Now the effect of adding cooked Tianqi is better, and the cooked soup is fragrant and delicious, which can nourish the heart, warm the stomach, drive away cold and dampness. It is a family health soup when it is wet and cold in winter and spring.

3, Tianqi Danshen Chuanxiong stewed black-bone chicken

Ingredients: Notoginseng Radix and Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix each 12g, Ligusticum chuanxiong 5g, Codonopsis pilosula 15g (available in Chinese medicine shops), half black-bone chicken, 3 red dates and 3 slices of ginger.

Production: Wash things separately. Soak the medicinal materials slightly; Black-bone chicken goes to dirty and tail; Jujube is pitted. Put it with ginger, add 1000 ml of cold boiled water (about 4 bowls), cover and stew for 2.5 hours. Drink prescription and reduce salt.

Function: Tianqi Danshen Chuanxiong, a traditional Chinese medicine, has the functions of dredging meridians, promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, protecting heart and benefiting qi. Black-bone chicken is both medicine and food. Because of its mild smell and remarkable curative effect, it can also be used as medicine introduction. Combining them into soup has the effects of dredging meridians, removing blood stasis and nourishing heart, and is also a vegetarian soup formula for patients with coronary heart disease.