How to eat fresh Tianqi.

Cold Tianqi

Ingredients

Fresh Tianqi, salt, vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, ginger, garlic

Method

1. Remove the old ones from the fresh Tianqi bought at the vegetable market and wash them.

2. Blanch it with boiling water and chop the ginger and garlic into small pieces.

3. Add a little salt, vinegar, sugar and sesame oil and mix well.

Tianqi is also known as Panax notoginseng. Li Shizhen, a famous pharmacologist in the Ming Dynasty, called it "gold cannot be exchanged". The classic way to eat Panax notoginseng:

1. Panax notoginseng stewed chicken Ingredients: 500 grams of hen, 20 grams of Panax notoginseng powder (slices) Ingredients: 10 grams of dates (dried), 10 grams of wolfberry , 10 grams of longan Seasoning: 10 grams of ginger, 15 grams of rice wine, 3 grams of salt, 5 grams of soy sauce Method:

a. Cut off the chicken's internal organs, chop off the head and claws, and rinse;

b. Soak Panax notoginseng in warm water and cut into thin slices. Wash the wolfberry and red dates. Wash and slice the ginger. Set aside;

c. Cut the Panax notoginseng, wolfberry, red dates, Mix longan meat, ginger slices, cooking wine, salt and soy sauce evenly, put it into the chicken belly, put the chicken into the enameled basin (the chicken belly is facing up), cover it and place it in a cage to steam and stew;

d. After stewing for 2-3 hours, take it out of the cage. Function: Replenishing qi, activating blood circulation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. It is suitable for blood stasis and abdominal pain, postpartum lochia, abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, etc.

2. Panax notoginseng fibrous roots stewed with chicken or pork ribs Ingredients: chicken or ribs (500 grams) Ingredients: 20 grams of Panax notoginseng fibrous roots Seasoning: salt, pepper Method: put the Panax notoginseng fibrous roots in cold water Soak in medium for about 20 minutes, add chicken or ribs, a little salt and simmer for 1-2 hours, then add appropriate seasoning. Efficacy: beneficial to qi and blood, treating metrorrhagia, postpartum weakness, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, nourishing and strengthening. It also treats headaches, lumbar muscle weakness and other symptoms in the elderly.

3. Confinement soup - Panax notoginseng black-bone chicken soup Ingredients: 1 black-bone chicken (about 1200 grams), 15 grams of Panax notoginseng, 8 red dates, 2 pieces of tangerine peel, 2 slices of ginger, 1/2 teaspoon of salt , 2500 ml of water. Method: a. Remove the internal organs of the black-bone chicken, clean it and chop it into large pieces. Wash the red dates and tangerine peel and set aside;

b. Put the black-bone chicken into the pot, pour in the water, bring to a boil over high heat and continue to cook for 2 minutes. Remove the blood, remove the blood, and rinse the floating surface of the chicken with water. foam;

c. Put Tianqi into a strong bowl, smash it with a rolling pin, put it into a seasoning bag, and wash it with clean water across the seasoning bag;

d. Pour water into the pot, add black-bone chicken tangerine peel, red dates, ginger slices and seasoning packets containing Tianqi. Bring to a boil over high heat, then pour into an electric casserole and simmer for more than 3 hours (or longer). Add salt to taste before eating. Efficacy: Panax notoginseng black chicken soup is appropriately called a maternal conditioning soup. This soup has the effects of strengthening the heart and replenishing blood, removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding. The mother's body loses a lot of blood during childbirth. If she does not take enough supplements, she will suffer from spleen and kidney deficiency and a yellow and weak complexion. In order to take care of your body after childbirth, cook it once a week. Panax notoginseng black chicken soup is also suitable for patients after surgery, but pregnant women should not take it.

4. Eat Panax notoginseng powder and red dates together. Red dates nourish blood, calm the nerves, and strengthen the spleen, while Panax notoginseng powder activates blood circulation and removes blood stasis. Taking jujube and Panax notoginseng powder together can strengthen the spleen, activate blood circulation, beautify and remove freckles, and can effectively treat insomnia, forgetfulness, gastric acidity, stomach pain, diarrhea, and bloating;

5. Panax notoginseng powder and Astragalus, American ginseng, wolfberry, and polygonatum have the effect of making tea together: it has the effects of reconciling qi and blood, generating blood, nourishing blood, regulating qi and blood, regulating meridians, and activating the meridians.