2. Fresh houttuynia cordata should not be cooked for too long, so as not to affect the flavor and taste of the ingredients. Houttuynia cordata Thunb has many roots and a lot of dust on its surface. When cleaning, you need to soak Houttuynia cordata in clean water for ten minutes and rinse it repeatedly. In the process of cooking houttuynia cordata, you can add a proper amount of rock sugar, and the cooked houttuynia cordata will taste better.