Abstract: Bupleurum, as one of the traditional Chinese medicines, is very common in clinical practice. Some friends said that in fact, we can also use Bupleurum to make delicious food in life. For example, when cooking porridge, we Bupleurum can be added appropriately and combined with other Chinese herbal medicines to achieve therapeutic effects. Bupleurum dietary therapy can alleviate symptoms by taking reasonable and symptomatic use of Bupleurum Houpu Decoction, Bupleurum Bienjia Decoction, Bupleurum Lotus Root Tablets, Bupleurum Green Leaf Porridge, etc. How to eat Bupleurum and its effects

1. Bupleurum soothing liver porridge

Ingredients: Cyperus rotundus, malt, Bupleurum, licorice, white peony root, Chuanxiong and Citrus aurantium and appropriate amount of Japonica rice and sugar.

Method: Put the Chinese medicine together and boil the juice, remove the residue, then clean the japonica rice and cook it with the juice to make porridge, add sugar, and eat it twice a day.

Efficacy: It can improve rib pain and low-grade fever caused by liver qi stagnation.

2. Bupleurum and Lotus Root Slices

Ingredients: lotus root, Bupleurum, mung bean sprouts, hawthorn, tomato, salt, sugar and vinegar, etc.

Method: First decoct the Bupleurum and Hawthorn in water, then mix the salt, sugar and vinegar together, then cut the lotus root into slices and soak in the juice for a few minutes, then use Stir-fry it over high heat, add a certain amount of juice, put it out of the pan and put it on a plate. After frying the mung bean sprouts, place them around, and finally add raw tomato slices for decoration.

Efficacy: It can soothe the liver and clear away heat.

3. Bupleurum and green leaf porridge

Ingredients: Daqingye, Bupleurum, japonica rice and appropriate amount of sugar.

Method: First put Daqingye and Bupleurum together and add water to boil, then add japonica rice in it, wait until the japonica rice becomes porridge and then add sugar. The way to eat it is to eat it once a day , you need to take it continuously for about a week.

Efficacy: The problem targeted is herpes zoster.

4. Bupleurum porridge

Ingredients: Bupleurum, rice and sugar.

Method: Clean the Bupleurum first, put it in a pot and add a certain amount of water, then boil the water to extract the juice, add rice and cook it, add sugar and cook for a while. To take it, take it once or twice a day for three to five days in a row.

Efficacy: It can soothe the liver and relieve depression.

5. Bupleurum and Magnolia officinalis soup

Ingredients: 3 grams each of Bupleurum and Magnolia officinalis (broiled), 2.4 grams each of Poria, orange peel, and perilla, 3.6 grams of ginger, and 1.5 betel nut. Gram (end)

Method: Add the seven flavors and cut into pieces. Take 700 ml of water, boil 300 ml, wring out the water, take it warmly in three times, and take it once an hour apart. Little profit after taking it.

Efficacy: Regulating qi and reducing dampness. It mainly treats qi stagnation and dampness, and distension of the heart and abdomen.

6. Bupleurum and turtle shell soup

Ingredients: 30 grams each of Bupleurum (remove seedlings), turtle shell (remove skirt and lantern, vinegar and heat), 45 grams of Digupi Gram, Anemarrhena (baked) 30 grams

Method: Add the four flavors, pound and sieve roughly. Take 9 grams per serving, add 150 ml of water, half a black plum, and a little artemisia annua, simmer until it reaches 90 ml, remove the dregs, and take it warm while lying down after eating.

Efficacy: It is mainly used to treat excessive night sweats due to fatigue, sallow complexion, weakness of limbs, lack of appetite and incessant coughing.

7. Bupleurum Buzhong Decoction

Ingredients: 10 grams each of Bupleurum and Qingpi, 24 grams of Astragalus, 15 grams of Codonopsis, Atractylodes, White Peony, Poria, Citrus aurantium, and Fried Pueraria. 12 grams, 30 grams of yam, 6 grams of licorice.

Method: Add appropriate amount of water to the medicine and boil it twice, and take 300 ml of the medicine juice. 1 dose per day, taken warm in the morning and evening.

Efficacy: soothes the liver and promotes qi, nourishes the middle and replenishes qi. Suitable for gastroptosis.