Fresh Gynostemma pentaphyllum leaves can be brewed directly into tea, but it is generally better to brew them into water after being cured.

There are three ways to cure Gynostemma pentaphyllum: the earliest one is baking, which is to dry it by the stove or in the oven before drinking. The next step is to use hydrotherapy, which is to quickly put it in boiling water and then dry it. The best thing is to steam it, and then dry it in high-pressure steam for more than ten seconds. The taste and appearance are best when it is steamed. Therefore, the best Gynostemma pentaphyllum today is steam-cured. However, the disadvantage of steam curing is that the cost is relatively high and an expensive steam curing machine is required.

Be sure to keep it green and fresh as soon as you pick it, so that the tea soup will be green when you drink it. This is the requirement of Pingli Gynostemma pentaphylla.

For leaf tea, the requirements are lower and roasted tea is enough. Of course, if the old-fashioned ones are dried in the sun, you can also drink them directly if you pay attention to cleaning them.

Besides being unhygienic, the most important thing about the bad or unfinished food is that it tastes like grass. It’s the same as fried peanuts are more delicious than raw peanuts.

Killing will not damage the active ingredients of Gynostemma pentaphyllum.

Gynostemma pentaphyllum, also known as: paradise grass, gospel grass, super ginseng, male pot bottom, root everywhere, seven-leaf gallbladder, five-leaf ginseng and seven-leaf ginseng, etc., Latin name: Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb. ) Makino belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae and Gynostemma pentaphyllum is a herbaceous climbing plant; the stem is thin and branched, with longitudinal ribs and grooves, hairless or sparsely pubescent [1]. It is called sweet vine tea in Japan. Gynostemma pentaphyllum prefers a humid and mild climate. It grows wild in shaded places such as under forests and beside streams. It is a perennial climbing herb. In China, it is mainly distributed in Pingli, Shaanxi, Kangxian, Gansu, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Guangxi and other provinces. It is known as the "Southern Ginseng". Gynostemma pentaphyllum growing in the south has a relatively high medicinal content. Folks call it the magical "herb of immortality and longevity". "In 1986, the National Science and Technology Commission listed Gynostemma pentaphyllum as the first among the "precious Chinese medicinal materials" to be developed in the "Spark Plan". On March 5, 2002, the National Ministry of Health included it in the list of health products.