Sand nuts are distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan in China. Cultivated or wild in the shade of the mountains, the best quality is found in Yangchun, Guangdong.

1, edible: sand nuts is a kind of flavoring spice. In China is commonly used in hot pot base or stew seasoning. Yangchun, Guangdong has a spring sand nuts delicious dishes. Ribs with sand nuts its soup is very tasty.

2, medicinal: sand nuts leaves, flowers, roots, stems can be used as medicine. Sand nuts flavor pungent, warm. Studies have shown that the main component of spring sand nuts for volatile oil, mainly acetate lobster resin, camphor and so on. It can significantly strengthen gastrointestinal smooth muscle peristalsis and increase the secretion of gastric digestive enzymes, and thus can be widely used in digestive system treatment.

According to the "Classic of Materia Medica": "Pungent flavor, warmth, non-toxic; into the foot Taiyin, Yangming, Shao male, syncope, also into the hand Taiyin, Yangming, syncope. Can be ascending and descending, descending more than ascending, Yang Ye."

Expanded:

Yangchun Sha Ren is one of the top ten medicinal herbs of the famous southern medicine, widely known as "Chun Sha Ren" "Chun Sha". According to the "Dictionary of Chinese Pharmacy" records: "Yangchun sand nut is full and solid, the odor is strong ...... other sand nut is dry, flat and thin, the odor is weak."

The two most classic effects of spring sand nuts are directed at two special groups of pregnant women and children, one is to help early pregnant women to stop vomiting, and the other is to help children wake up the spleen, so it also makes people feel better about it. Not only can Yangchun Sha Ren be used as medicine, but it can also be used to make numerous therapeutic meals, so it can be used for many purposes.

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