1. Qing Palace Poria Cake
Ingredients: Poria, lotus seeds, gorgon fruit, yam, japonica rice, glutinous rice.
Preparation method: Divide Poria cocos and other herbs into fine powder, grind japonica rice and glutinous rice separately. Take 3 parts of medicinal powder, 5 parts of japonica rice flour, and 2 parts of glutinous rice flour, mix them with water to make a cake, put them in a cage and steam them to make small cakes. Eat 1^2 each in the morning and evening.
Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and kidneys, calms the mind and calms the mind, and prolongs life.
Explanation: This is the secret recipe of dietary therapy for the Qing Dynasty. Poria cocos is listed as top grade in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica". It is said that "long-term use can soothe the soul and nourish the mind, prevent hunger and prolong life." It is a longevity medicine commonly used by ancient doctors. Modern research has proven that Poria cocos mainly contains poria polysaccharide, poria acid, lecithin, histine, ergosterol, etc., and has sedative and hypoglycemic effects. Poria cocos polysaccharide can enhance the body's immune function, improve the body's disease resistance, and has strong anti-cancer effects. Lotus seeds are listed as top-grade in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" and are said to "tonify the body and nourish the mind, replenish energy, eliminate all kinds of diseases, long-term use, lighten the body and resist aging, prevent hunger and prolong life." Gorgon fruit is listed as top grade in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", saying that it mainly treats "damp paralysis, back and knee pain, nourishes the middle, removes violent diseases, replenishes essence and qi, strengthens will, makes the ears and eyes bright, takes long-term use to lighten the body and not be hungry, and is patient." old".
2. Jiling Paste
Ingredients: 60g ginseng, 120g each of Asparagus, Ophiopogon japonicus, raw rehmannia, and Rehmannia glutinosa, 60g each of Achyranthes bidentata and Lycium barbarum.
Preparation method: Grind ginseng into fine powder, boil the remaining medicine, filter and remove the residue, add an appropriate amount of honey and ginseng powder to make a paste. Or mix the medicines into powder and refine the honey into pills as big as sycamore seeds. The ointment is taken 2 times a day, half a spoonful each time, with boiled water. Take the pills 2 times a day, 10g each time, with plain water on an empty stomach.
Efficacy: Nourishes the kidneys and lungs, strengthens the spleen and heart, replenishes essence and marrow, strengthens the body, and prolongs life.
Explanation: Ji Ling Ointment was an improved recipe by Gu Songyuan, the imperial physician during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. Since the medicines in the prescription tend to nourish yin and replenish blood, it is best not to be used by people with spleen deficiency and diarrhea.
San and Erdong Paste
Ingredients: 500g of Asparagus, 500g of Ophiopogon japonicus, 120g of Sichuan clam noodles.
Preparation method: Add water to boil into a paste, add Sichuan clam noodles and honey to harvest the paste. Take 4.5 teaspoons with boiled water every morning.
Efficacy: This ointment clears the heart and moisturizes the lungs, relieves cough and reduces phlegm, nourishes yin and reduces fire, quenches thirst and relieves troubles, removes fire from the five internal organs, relieves blood loss and strain, and restores vitality. If the yin is deficient, don't go without this medicine for a day. If the yin and yang are in balance, you can't live without this medicine for a long time. Asparagus is sweet, cold and nourishes yin. It is a nourishing, strong and anti-aging medicine. It is listed as top grade in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica". Long-term use "lightens the body and replenishes qi, prolongs life and prevents hunger". "Rihuazi Materia Medica" says it "moistens the five internal organs". , benefit the skin, please the color, and replenish the five kinds of fatigue and seven injuries." This may be related to its rich content of asparagin, mucus, steroidal saponins and other ingredients. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" lists Ophiopogon japonicus as the top grade, calling it "long-lasting" "It lightens the body and prevents aging and hunger." "Famous Doctors" states that "strengthens yin and replenishes essence, eliminates grains and regulates the heart, protects the mind and calms the lungs, calms the five internal organs, makes people fat, healthy, beautiful, and has children." This product contains A variety of steroidal saponins, mucilaginous substances, B-sitosterol, etc., have strong antibacterial effects. Sichuan Fritillaria scallops in the prescription are a very good medicine for moistening the lungs and reducing phlegm. When combined with Asparagus and Ophiopogon japonicus, it can enhance nourishing yin and moisturizing. Lung efficacy.
4. Taihe Cake
Ingredients: 120g of yam, 120g each of lotus seeds, atractylodes, gorgon fruit, poria, Shenqu, Shijunzi, and Araceae, and 60g of licorice. p>
Preparation method: Make the medicine into fine powder, use 500g of dried rice, and make a small cake of honey.
Efficacy: Strengthen the spleen and stomach, for men and women. It is best for those with weak spleen and stomach.
Explanation: The prescription is from "The Secret Medical Prescription of Qingtai Hospital", which is a dietary health care prescription that strengthens the spleen and replenishes qi. The prescription includes yam, lotus seeds, atractylodes, gorgon seeds, and poria. It is a good product for strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi. Among them, Gorgon has the effect of fixing astringency, and Poria cocos has the effect of removing dampness. Yams and lotus seeds can improve the body's immune function. Yams can lower blood sugar and blood lipids, while lotus seeds and gorgon seeds have anti-cancer effects. It can be seen that the health-promoting and anti-aging effects of this recipe are not ordinary.
5. Bazhen paste
Ingredients: 60g Codonopsis pilosula, 60g Poria cocos, 30g Atractylodes macrocephala, 90g each of coix seed, Gorgon fruit, lentil, lotus seed and yam, 240g white sugar.
Preparation method: ***. Grind into fine powder and make it the same as steamed rice cake.
No matter how much you take, take it two or three times a day with boiled water.
Efficacy: This recipe is neither cold nor hot, gentle and warming, nourishing the spleen and stomach. It can be used by men, women and children with various deficiencies and injuries. Taking this cake will have miraculous effects.
Explanation: This is a good dietary therapy to replenish deficiency. Emperor Qianlong took this cake regularly since he was 40 years old. Since then, the emperors and concubines of the Qing Dynasty, including the Empress Dowager Cixi, also competed to take it. In the prescription, Codonopsis pilosula greatly replenishes vitality, barley and lentils strengthen the spleen and remove dampness. The combination of various medicines has mild properties and is more suitable for patients with weak spleen and stomach, as well as heart and kidney deficiency.
6. Schisandra chinensis paste
Ingredients: Schisandra chinensis 240g.
Preparation method: Wash the Schisandra chinensis, soak in water for half a day, boil to remove the residue, then boil it into glutinous rice paste, add less honey to collect the paste. Take orally 1^2 times a day, 1 spoonful each time, with boiled water.
Efficacy: Nourish the kidneys and brain, nourish yin and qi, and nourish the heart.
Explanation: This recipe is included in "Cixi Guangxu's Selection of Medical Prescriptions" and is used to nourish Cixi's body and mind. This product is warm in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and enters the liver, kidney, heart, and lung meridians. Medical scientists of the past dynasties believe that it has nourishing and strengthening effects such as "nourishing the five internal organs and strengthening the bones and muscles". Modern research shows that it contains schisandrin, citric acid, volatile oil and other substances, which can regulate the function of the cerebral cortex, improve people's intelligence and physical strength, enhance the body's non-specific resistance and adrenal cortex function; it has liver protection and detoxification properties. , reduce the effect of alanine aminotransferase, etc. This ointment can be called a good product for strengthening the brain and promoting longevity.
7. Mingmu Trillium Pills (ointment)
Ingredients: 60g of frost mulberry leaves, 60g of chrysanthemums, appropriate amount of honey.
Preparation method: The medicine is made into coarse powder, and the honey is refined into pills as big as mung beans. Or boil it thoroughly with water, remove the residue, then boil it into a thick juice, mix it with honey and take it as an ointment. 2^3 times a day, 6g each time.
Effects: calming the liver and improving eyesight, clearing away heat and dissipating wind, and lowering blood pressure.
Explanation: Modern research shows that chrysanthemum contains volatile essential oils, choline, inulin and other ingredients, which can be antibacterial and anti-inflammatory. It can also enhance the resistance of capillaries, expand coronary arteries, and have cardiotonic and antihypertensive effects. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" lists chrysanthemum as top grade, saying that "long-term use can benefit qi and blood, lighten the body, resist aging and prolong life." This prescription was prescribed by the imperial doctor Zhang Zhongyuan to Cixi when she was 71 years old, which shows that this prescription is very suitable for the elderly.
8. Yuji Powder
Ingredients: 6g each of Angelica dahurica, talc, and white aconite, 120g mung bean powder.
Preparation method: Grind the powder into very fine powder, use a small amount each time to wash your face, or mix it with human milk for quick effect.
Efficacy: This powder is specially designed to treat rough, dull, dark, freckles and dirt on the face. Frequent washing can moisturize the skin, make it brighter and smoother than jade, and make the face as smooth as cream.
Explanation: "Taiyuan Hospital's Secret Cream Pills and Powder Recipes" was published. Angelica dahurica has a fragrant smell and can moisturize the skin, making it white, tender and rosy. It can be used as cosmetics, so it is often used as a beauty medicine in the palace. Modern science has confirmed that Angelica dahurica contains aromatic volatile oils. External use can dilate local blood vessels and improve blood circulation, thus promoting the absorption of skin pigments and moisturizing the skin. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "White aconite treats all kinds of facial diseases and treats black dry black scars on the face." Pharmacological research shows that this product has a stimulating effect on the skin and can exfoliate the epidermis, thereby eroding black dry black scars. . In addition, external use of this product can dilate local blood vessels and improve blood circulation, thereby allowing pigments to be absorbed.
9. Yangchun White Ice Cream
Ingredients: 60g white Poria (peeled), 60g yam, 90g Gorgon, 150g lotus seed meat (remove the heart and skin), 30g Shenqu (fried), 30g malt (fried), 500g each of rice and glutinous rice, 500g white sugar.
Preparation method: Pound the medicine into powder, put it together with rice and glutinous rice in a cloth bag, steam it in a cage until it is very cooked, take it out, put it in a dustpan (or large wooden tray), and mix in white sugar. Stir well together, knead into small pieces, dry (or bake) and store for later use. The elderly should take it 2^3 times a day, 1~2 yuan each time.
Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, nourishes the kidneys and vitality, calms the mind and calms the mind, and prolongs life.
Explanation: This is the imperial dietary therapy prescription of the Ming Dynasty, which comes from the "Forbidden Prescriptions of the Lu Mansion". The effect of Poria cocos is shown in the previous "Poria cocos cake". "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" lists yam as a top-grade product, saying that it "enhances qi and strengthens muscles, and long-term use can make the ears and eyes clear, lighten the body, prevent hunger and prolong life." Zhang Xichun, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty, said that yam is an unparalleled tonic. Modern medical research shows that yam contains amylase, amino acids, choline, saponins, etc., which can increase the phagocytic function of white blood cells and lower blood sugar. The amylase contained in yam can decompose protein and sugar, so it has the effect of nourishing and promoting muscle growth.