First, the name of Gastrodia elata:

Gastrodia elata, formerly known as Red Arrow, was first published in Benjing, and the name of Gastrodia elata was first published in Kaibao Materia Medica in Song Dynasty. In the Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty, they were combined and called "Tianma Red Arrow". Alias tomorrow hemp, it is also known as Shencao (Wupu Materia Medica), Duyaozhi (Baopuzi), Dingfengcao (on medicinal properties), Helicao, and Zili (Pictorial Materia Medica). Japanese people call it ghost arrow shaft, stealing people's feet and so on.

Second, the evaluation of Gastrodia elata in ancient Chinese medical literature

Gastrodia elata has been highly praised in some ancient medical documents in China. As early as more than 2000 years ago, Tianma was listed as the top grade in Shennong Herbal Classic. In Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen, an outstanding medical scientist in Ming Dynasty, summarized the discussion on the efficacy of Gastrodia elata in books of past dynasties: Gastrodia elata is pungent, warm and nontoxic. Long-term service can benefit qi, grow yin, be fat and healthy, be light and fit, and increase years. Eliminate bloated, full lower limbs, cold hernia and bleeding. Indications for rheumatism, limb contracture and paralysis; Children's wind pain, shock, help yang qi, make up five soils and seven injuries; Wind deficiency, dizziness, headache, blood circulation and resuscitation. Eating mowgli, etc. "

Third, the medicinal value of Gastrodia elata

In China, Gastrodia elata has been used as medicine for more than 1000 years. Its medicinal functions are as follows:

1, analgesic effect: Gastrodia elata injection prepared from Gastrodia elata has obvious analgesic effect on trigeminal neuralgia, angioneurotic headache, cerebrovascular headache, toxic polyneuritis, etc. In recent years, the clinical trials in some medical units 1000 patients show that the effective rate is 90%.

2. Sedative effect: Some medical units use synthetic gastrodin to treat neurasthenia and neurasthenia syndrome, and the effective rates are 89.44% and 86.87% respectively. It can also inhibit the central excitation caused by caffeine and enhance the sleep time effect of pentobarbital sodium.

3, anticonvulsant effect: Gastrodia elata has a certain curative effect on facial nerve convulsion, limb numbness, hemiplegia, epilepsy and so on. It can also relieve smooth muscle spasm, angina pectoris and biliary colic.

4, lowering blood pressure: Gastrodia elata can treat hypertension. Long-term administration can calm the liver and replenish qi, strengthen the waist and knees, strengthen the bones and muscles, increase the blood flow of the peripheral and coronary arteries, and protect the heart.

5, eyesight, intelligence: Gastrodia elata still has the effect of eyesight and significantly enhancing memory. Gastrodia elata has obvious protective and regulatory effects on human brain nervous system and can enhance the resolution of optic nerve. At present, it has been used as brain health food or brain health medicine for high-altitude pilots. Gastrodia elata injection was used to treat Alzheimer's disease in Japan, and the effective rate was 8 1%.

4. Comparative study on the quality of cultivated gastrodia elata and wild gastrodia elata.

For a long time, there are different views on the quality (pharmacological action) of cultivated gastrodia elata and wild gastrodia elata. Therefore, Zhuang Yi of Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine made a special comparative experimental study (published in the fifth issue of China Edible Fungi, Volume 9). The test results show that (excerpt):

1, pharmacological action

(1) Comparison of cerebral blood flow in rabbits. 0.24 g/kg given by ear vein, the amplitude of rabbit cerebral rheogram changes the same, which all causes the amplitude to decrease, suggesting that it has the effect of constricting blood vessels and reducing blood flow. The amplitude of cultivated gastrodia elata decreased more obviously, and the ratio was almost double.

(2) The dosage of 10 g/kg given by intraperitoneal injection in mice has obvious synergistic effect with pentobarbital sodium, and there is no obvious difference between the two kinds of gastrodia elata.

(3) Pentobarbital sodium affects the sleep of mice, and the dose of 5 g/kg can prolong the sleep time, with no significant difference.

(4) Two kinds of gastrodia elata injection, 1 g/kg, significantly reduced the resistance of internal carotid artery and blood pressure in dogs, and there was no significant difference between them.

(5) Effect on mesenteric microcirculation in rats. The administration of 1 g/kg can enlarge the diameter of mesenteric arterioles and increase blood flow, and there is no significant difference between the two gastrodia elata.

The above proves that the pharmacological effects of the two kinds of gastrodia elata are the same, and the artificial cultivation of gastrodia elata is stronger in the rabbit cerebral blood flow test.

2. Clinical efficacy

(1) materials: two kinds of gastrodia elata injection; Dosage: 0.12g/2ml; Time: 30 days for each course of treatment.

(2) Methods and results:

The root of quality identification lies in clinical effect. Clinical verification of 433 cases in four hospitals proves that cultivated Gastrodia elata has a good curative effect on vertigo syndrome, vascular headache, apoplexy sequelae, neurasthenia and other diseases, with the total effective rate of 83.3%-74.5%, and vertigo syndrome has the highest curative effect. All experiments have proved that cultivated gastrodia elata is no less than wild gastrodia elata.

Through a series of experiments, it seems that the cultivated gastrodia elata is superior in the content of intracellular polysaccharide particles, gastrodin and the decrease of cerebral blood flow amplitude in rabbits, while the dried rate and alcohol extract content of wild gastrodia elata are slightly higher.

Extract of Gastrodia elata prescription for treating headache

1, Tianma Chuanxiong Pill

① Ingredients: Rhizoma Gastrodiae15g, and Rhizoma Chuanxiong 60g.

(2) Usage: fine powder, refined honey as pills, 9 grams each time, chewed after eating, and served with tea and wine.

Indications: headache, dizziness.

—— Excerpted from Yuan Imperial Medicine Hospital

2. Chuanxiong Tianma Tea

① Ingredients: 500g of Ligusticum Chuanxiong, 200g of Gastrodia elata, and proper amount of tea.

Usage: for the end, refine honey into pills, such as marbles, chew one pill a day and have tea.

Indications: it has the effect of calming wind and relieving pain. Indications: Headache and dizziness due to head wind.

-Excerpted from Compendium of Materia Medica

3. Tianma Chuanxiong Tea

① Ingredients: 3g of Gastrodia elata, 0g of Ligusticum Chuanxiong10g, 3g of Angelica dahurica and 3g of spring tea.

(2) Usage: Use a bowl of white wine, put the above four medicines in the wine, and fry until half a bowl, and then use a bowl of wine to fry until half a bowl. Combine the decoctions and drink tea before going to bed.

Indications: headache all over the head.

—— Excerpted from Yuan Yu Yao Yi Fang

4, gastrodia elata washing prescription

① Ingredients: 3 grams of Gastrodia elata, 6 grams of Angelica dahurica, 4.5 grams of Radix Saposhnikoviae, 4.5 grams of Radix Puerariae, 6 grams of Flos Lonicerae, 9 grams of gypsum Fibrosum, 3 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum and 3 grams of frankincense.

Usage: decoct in water and wash it.

Indications: forehead headache.

—— Excerpt from the Prescription of Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty.

5, Tianma Qufengqing wash prescription

① Ingredients: 3 grams of Gastrodia elata, 9 grams of Saposhnikovia divaricata, 6 grams of Ligusticum chuanxiong, 6 grams of Angelica dahurica, 3 grams of mint, 6 grams of mulberry leaves and 4.5 grams of chamomile.

Usage: Boil thoroughly with water and wash it.

Indications: headache, dizziness, etc.

—— Excerpt from the Prescription of Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty.

Gastrodia diet recipe

1, Tianma stewed chicken

[raw materials] chicken 1 (500) g, gastrodia elata 10 g, and proper amount of seasoning.

[method]

(1) After the chicken is slaughtered, the hair and internal organs are removed and washed.

(2) Gastrodia elata was and sliced.

(3) Gastrodia elata is placed in the belly of the chicken, and the chicken is stewed in the pot with water until it is cooked and rotten, and it is eaten after adding seasoning.

[Efficacy] Calm wind, promote qi circulation and promote blood circulation.

[Application] Treat weakness, postpartum blood deficiency and dizziness.

2. Stewed pig brain with gastrodia elata

[raw materials] gastrodia elata 1 5g, pig brain1utensil.

[method]

(1) Gastrodia elata was washed and sliced.

(2) Wash the pig brain.

(3) Put the pig brain and gastrodia elata slices in a porcelain enamel basin and stew them in water.

[Efficacy] Expelling wind, inducing resuscitation, dredging blood vessels, calming and nourishing.

[Application] Hemiplegia caused by hypertension, arteriosclerosis, Meniere's syndrome, mental failure, dizziness and cerebrovascular accident of liver deficiency type.

Stewed pig brain with gastrodia elata

Stewed pig brain with gastrodia elata is a nourishing food commonly used by the people.

[Efficacy] Expelling wind, inducing resuscitation, dredging blood vessels, calming and nourishing.

Indications: Hypertension, dizziness, neurasthenia, hemiplegia after cerebrovascular accident and language disorder.

[Dosage and Usage] Take gastrodia elata10g, one pig brain (washed) and a proper amount of water each time, and put it in a tile pot to stew until cooked.

[Note] We are available in all seasons. Pig brain must be fresh, and it can be used once a day or every other day for 3-4 times.

Steamed pig brain with gastrodia elata

Formula: Gastrodia elata10g pig brain, 2 ginger, 5g garlic10g onion, 5g salt, 5g Shaoxing wine and 200ml chicken soup.

Production:1.Pulverize Gastrodia elata into fine powder. 9. Remove the red gland and membrane from pig brain, wash ginger and garlic, slice and cut onion.

2. Put the pig brain in a steaming basin, and add gastrodia elata powder, salt, ginger, onion, garlic and chicken soup.

3. Put the steaming basin with pig brain in a steamer and steam it in the air with strong fire for 35 minutes.

How to eat: once a day 1 time, and eat pig brain 1 animal each time.

Efficacy: calming the liver, calming the wind and lowering blood pressure. It is eaten by patients with hypertension with wind-phlegm ascending and descending type.

3. Gastrodia elata Carp

[Raw materials] 25g of Gastrodia elata, 0/0g of Chuanxiong rhizome/kloc, 0/0g of Poria cocos/kloc, 0/tail of fresh carp/kloc (1 .5kg), soy sauce, cooking wine, salt, essence, sugar, pepper, sesame oil, onion, ginger and water.

[method]

(1) Remove scales, gills and internal organs from fresh carp, clean and put them into a pot, cut Chuanxiong and Poria into large pieces, soak them in the rice swill for the second time, then soak Gastrodia elata in the rice swill soaked in Chuanxiong and Poria for 4-6 hours, take out Gastrodia elata, and steam them thoroughly on rice. Cut into pieces for later use.

(2) Put the slices of Gastrodia elata into the fish head and belly, put them in a basin, then add the onion and ginger, add a proper amount of water, and steam them in a cage for about 30 minutes.

(3) After the fish is steamed, the onion and ginger are picked off, and the clear soup, white sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper and sesame oil are boiled and thickened, and then poured on the gastrodia elata fish.

[Efficacy] Calming the liver, calming the wind, calming convulsions and relieving pain, promoting qi circulation and promoting blood circulation.

[Application] It is suitable for headache due to deficiency fire, numbness of eyes and limbs, neurasthenia, hypertension and dizziness.

4. Braised oxtail with Gastrodia elata

[Ingredients] Gastrodia elata10g, 2 oxtails, hens, elbows, scallops and seasonings.

[method]

(1) Cook the hen and elbow in a pot, wash the gastrodia elata, put it in a pot, steam it in a cage, slice it, chop the oxtail according to the joints, put it in a pot, add water, onion, ginger and white wine to boil it, and remove its peculiar smell.

(2) Put the cooked hen, elbow and soup in the pot, then add oxtail, ham and scallop, adjust the flavor, simmer with slow fire for about 2 hours, take out oxtail when it is cooked, put the bones and meat into the plate neatly, then insert the gastrodia elata slices, pick out the hens, elbow and other materials in the original juice, thicken with starch, pour sesame oil and pour into the plate.

[Efficacy] Expelling wind and dampness, relieving pain, promoting qi circulation and promoting blood circulation.

[Application] Treat dizziness, headache and rheumatalgia.

5. Stewed pigeon with gastrodia elata

Medicinal materials: Gastrodia elata (10g), longan pulp (5g) and fig (2g).

Ingredients: old mother pigeon meat (100g), lean pork slices (50g), old ginger slices (a little).

Production: 1, cook the old mother's pigeon meat and lean slices; 2. Put all the ingredients together and simmer for 2-3 hours.

Gastrodia elata has the effect of stopping headache, and the effect is excellent

Nourishing degree: medium

Dish name Tianma fish head

Its cuisine is Zhejiang cuisine.

Features and effects: calming the liver and calming the wind, calming convulsions and relieving pain, promoting qi circulation and promoting blood circulation. It is suitable for asthenic fire, headache, eye numbness, neurasthenia, hypertension and dizziness.

raw material

Gastrodia elata 25g Chuanxiong 1 0g Poria cocos10g fresh carp1tail (150g) soy sauce cooking wine salt monosodium glutamate white sugar pepper sesame oil onion ginger bean powder.

manufacturing process

1. Remove scales, gills and internal organs from fresh carp, wash them and put them into pots; Cut Rhizoma Chuanxiong and Poria into large pieces, soak them in rice swill for the second time, then soak Rhizoma Gastrodiae in the rice swill soaked with Rhizoma Chuanxiong and Poria for 4-6 hours, take out Rhizoma Gastrodiae, steam it on rice, and cut it into pieces for later use. 2. Put the gastrodia elata slices into the fish head and belly, put the fish in the basin, then add the onion, ginger and appropriate amount of water, and steam in the cage for about 30 minutes. 3. After steaming the fish, remove the onion and ginger. In addition, water bean powder, clear soup, sugar, salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate, pepper and sesame oil are boiled and thickened, and poured on gastrodia elata fish.

Usage with meals, twice a day.

Banxia Baizhu Tianma Decoction

It consists of 9 grams of Pinellia ternata, 9 grams of Gastrodia elata, 9 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 9 grams of Poria, 6 grams of orange peel, 6 grams of licorice, 6 grams of ginger and 3 pieces of jujube.

Functions: invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, resolving phlegm and calming wind.

Indications: phlegm-retention, excessive phlegm, palpitation, dizziness and headache.

According to ancient books, this prescription is an agent for treating endogenous wind and phlegm. If phlegm is due to dampness, Atractylodes macrocephala is mainly used to dry dampness and resolve phlegm. Dizziness is due to wind, supplemented by gastrodia elata to calm the internal wind. Spleen is the source of phlegm, so Pinellia ternata, Poria cocos, Orange and Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch are used to tonify spleen, replenish qi, eliminate dampness and neutralize middle energizer. And quoted ginger and jujube to reconcile Yingwei.

comment

1, this prescription is designed for wind-phlegm dizziness. Dizziness, nausea and white greasy tongue coating are the main points of syndrome treatment. It is not suitable for dizziness caused by yin deficiency of liver and kidney and deficiency of qi and blood.

2. If the wet phlegm is excessive and the tongue coating is white and slippery, add Alisma orientalis and Guizhi Lishihua Drink; For patients with hyperactivity of liver-yang, Uncaria rhynchophylla and ochre are added to subdue yang and extinguish wind.

3. Patients with otogenic vertigo and neurotic vertigo with the above syndromes can take this prescription with the addition and subtraction of symptoms.

In a word, this prescription mainly treats dizziness caused by phlegm-dampness in water, and has good results, which can be described as a good prescription.

In addition, this recipe is also based on Erchen Decoction. On the basis of the original recipe for eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, Atractylodes macrocephala, which strengthens the spleen and eliminates dampness, and Gastrodia elata, which calms the liver and calms the wind, are added to form a prescription for eliminating phlegm and calming the wind.

Gastrodia elata

Formula:

30g of Gastrodia elata, grass carp 1 tail (about1000g), 30g of cooking wine, 4g of salt, 3g of monosodium glutamate, 0g of ginger10g, 0g of onion15g, 20g of celery leaves, and 3 carved radish or rose flowers.

Efficacy:

Calm down, calm down. It is suitable for head wind, headache, numbness of limbs and hemiplegia.

Making:

1, soak Gastrodia elata in two swill (rice washing water for the second time), Chuanjuzhu10g, and Poria cocos 20g for 24 hours, then steam it on rice, slice it, and remove Chuanxiong and Poria cocos.

2. Remove intestine, liver, scales and bones from grass carp; Cut the fish outward into flower knives, use fins as faucets, fish tails as dragon tails, carrots as dragon tongues, and fish as arowana and dragon claws. Marinate fish with salt, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine and salt for 1 hour, then add ginger, onion and gastrodia elata, steam for 9 minutes with strong fire, take out, remove ginger and onion, and plate.

Tian ma feng chi

Raw materials:

Five chicken wings, 50g gastrodia elata, carrots, green peppers, soy sauce, sugar, Shaoxing wine, salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper, onion, ginger and garlic.

Method:

Soak Gastrodia elata in rice swill for 4 hours; Steaming Rhizoma Gastrodiae in rice, and slicing; Wash chicken wings and cut them into pieces, and braise them with gastrodia elata slices (braise them in the same way as ordinary cooking).

Efficacy:

Gastrodia elata has sedative, anticonvulsant, antiepileptic, and bile secretion promoting effects, and can calm the liver, calm the wind, dispel the wind, and relieve convulsion. It can be used for dizziness, numbness of limbs, infantile convulsion, epilepsy, hyperlipidemia, and otogenic vertigo. Chicken wings are warm and enter the spleen and stomach meridian, which can warm the middle energizer, replenish essence and marrow.

References:

China Gastrodia Food Network