Suitable crowd: men who are not very good in that respect; Women with dysmenorrhea, cold hands and feet and constipation; The elderly with weak constitution and people with high blood pressure are suitable for eating.
People who are not suitable and had better not eat: children; Menstrual women; People with weak spleen and stomach and frequent diarrhea; Then there are people with yin deficiency and excessive fire (upset and insomnia, dry mouth and throat, night sweats and nocturnal emission, flushed cheeks, short and yellow urine, dry stool, etc.). Please take your seats accordingly.
What is generally sold on the Internet is the cistanche tubulosa and Cistanche deserticola in Xinjiang, which is better or worse. I won't describe it here, but remember the six-character mantra, and you get what you want for a penny. Don't say that things are not good.
Cistanche deserticola is extremely tenacious. After it is excavated, it will continue to grow. Improper treatment will cause nutrient loss, and improper preservation will also cause mildew. Here are some common product types in different preservation methods.
1. fresh dried tablets of cistanche deserticola
Fresh cistanche deserticola, peeled and sliced, naturally dried in the shade, mostly light yellow and light brown in color. This kind of product has good nutrition preservation, and can be eaten directly or soaked in water to make soup. It tastes sweet and is easy to be absorbed by human body.
2. Whole cistanche deserticola
After excavation, the cistanche deserticola is not peeled, and the growth is blocked after the head is cut off or scalded with boiling water. The whole cistanche deserticola is naturally dried and stored in the shade, with the length ranging from 20 to 30 centimeters to more than one meter or even longer, with different thickness, slightly flat shape and dark brown or yellowish brown color. The quality of such products varies greatly, and how to choose them later is generally used for soaking wine or slicing after steaming. The taste is sweet, but slightly bitter compared with fresh slices. The nutrients are the same as those of fresh slices.
3. Five-treasure tea, 100% tonic wine and other products.
The products are mainly Herba Cistanches Cynomorium songaricum, plus Lycium barbarum, Maca, Epimedium and other medicinal materials, all kinds of gimmicks, such as ancestral secret recipes, etc. These products are rational! Reason! Treat it with caution! Sometimes 1+ 1≠2! ! !
1. Fresh dried cistanche deserticola tablets
Color: light yellow or yellowish brown, as long as there are no black spots on one side.
Pattern: A good cistanche deserticola has chrysanthemum pattern after slicing.
Gum: Cistanche deserticola is a plant with high sugar content, which is also called oily in the industry. Generally, it is better to have a soft dry texture.
Size: there are big and small slices of cistanche deserticola, and the nutritional value of large slices will be better than that of small ones (the difference is not great), but the price will be twice or even higher. Reference price: over 200 yuan-1000 yuan/kg.
Suitable for people: soak in water for five or six times, and the soaked tablets can be eaten directly. The most direct absorption method can also replenish water and have the best taste. Soak in wine, a small amount of high-alcohol liquor, with some Cynomorium barbarum, and you can drink a small amount every day for ten to fifteen days. After drinking the materials, you can soak it again, which is more friendly and convenient for people who want to use wine for tonic. Boil soup, mutton or chicken, and throw one or two pieces when stewing soup, the soup will be more delicious and the nutrition will be absorbed fully.
2. Whole cistanche deserticola
Color: dark brown or yellowish brown, color does not affect the quality.
Thickness: the same length, the thicker the better, and the thicker the price.
Length: The longer, the better, and the price has gone up.
Appearance: the fish scales are dense.
Season: autumn and winter are the best, and they are not outcropped. In spring, many cistanche deserticola have been unearthed, and their nutrition is not as good as that in autumn and winter. When selecting, you only need to see whether the head has a cut surface, or whether the head has obvious color difference, and it is better to have no obvious color difference and no cross section.
Oily gum: It is also called oily cistanche in the market. The greater the oiliness, the better. If you pinch it directly with your hands, it is good to feel soft obviously.
Suitable crowd: people who are suitable for soaking in wine and have certain requirements for nourishing medicinal liquor have better tonic effect, and look like high-end atmosphere, that is, soaking in wine takes a long time and costs a lot. Reference price, tens to thousands, you can consult me for a detailed answer.
This product is not suitable for soaking in water or making soup. The effect is good but the taste is not good.
3. Brewing materials
Again, 1+ 1≠2. Personally, I suggest buying some good Herba Cistanches and Cynomorium songaricum, and just taking some Lycium barbarum for soaking and drinking. If you are not expert in nourishing all kinds of medicines and foods, don't blindly add other medicinal materials. The tonic effect varies from person to person.
1. Will digging Cistanche deserticola destroy the ecology?
This is a question that many netizens are concerned about. My answer is no, because Cistanche deserticola has begun to be industrialized in Alashan. As long as the roots of Haloxylon ammodendron are not destroyed during excavation and the soil is buried back after excavation, Cistanche deserticola will continue to grow in the future. Many local herders live on this industry, and they know the sustainable utilization of resources better than anyone else. As for poaching, places with cistanche deserticola are basically herdsmen's personal pastures, so go if you are not afraid of being beaten.
2. The so-called ten-year, decades-old cistanche deserticola.
Cistanche deserticola is a perennial plant. As long as it does not grow on the ground, it will continue to grow. After growing out of the ground, it will blossom and seed, and the life cycle will end. Cistanche deserticola can grow10-20 cm every year, and it is usually excavated for two or three years, with a length of 30-40 cm, a fresh diameter of about 5 cm, and a diameter of about 3 cm after drying. If the length reaches one meter, the growth time is about five or six years. Very few old cistanche deserticola, which has grown for more than ten years, can reach more than 2 meters in length, with a fresh diameter of about 15 cm and a monomer weight of more than 30 kg, which is already a very rare delicacy.
Do you think that kind of best goods will still be sold online?
That's all for this issue. Let's talk about Cynomorium songaricum in the next issue.