Pseudostellaria heterophylla, a dried root tuber of Dianthus. It is also called "children's ginseng", which means that the "prince" can't eat badly, or the children can't eat badly. It is a commonly used medicinal material for health preservation in autumn. Traditional Chinese medicine is often used to treat cough due to lung deficiency, anorexia due to spleen deficiency, palpitation and spontaneous sweating, mental fatigue, etc. Materia Medica from the New also thinks that it can "greatly replenish vitality". Modern medicine believes that it is rich in saponins, fructose, etc., and has the functions of anti-aging, anti-fatigue and enhancing the body's resistance.
1, the efficacy and function of Radix Pseudostellariae
Pseudostellaria heterophylla, a member of ginseng family, is widely planted in southern China, with very high medicinal value and edible value. As the rhizome of herbaceous plants, Pseudostellaria heterophylla is mainly used to tonify spleen and lung, benefit qi and promote fluid production, treat weakness, disharmony between spleen and stomach and deficiency of stomach yin, etc., and can also be supplemented with food, which is not only balanced in nutrition, but also effective in treating various diseases. It is the most familiar medicinal material.
Efficacy and function of Radix Pseudostellariae: invigorating spleen and lung, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production. Treat cough due to lung deficiency, anorexia due to spleen deficiency, palpitation, palpitation, edema, thirst quenching and mental fatigue. It is used for anorexia and fatigue due to weakness of temper and deficiency of stomach yin. Can benefit the temper and nourish the stomach yin. However, it is not as powerful as Codonopsis pilosula. It is used for lung deficiency, dry cough, palpitation, insomnia, and excessive sweating due to deficiency of qi and body fluid injury. It can replenish qi and promote fluid production. However, its power of invigorating qi, nourishing yin and producing body fluid is weaker than that of American ginseng.
Pseudostellaria heterophylla has the function of invigorating both qi and yin, and can be used to treat symptoms such as lack of breath, laziness in speaking, mental fatigue, excessive sweating due to slight activity, red complexion, excessive sweating at night, upset, dry mouth and throat. The general dosage is 10-30g per day, and 60g is enough for large dosage.
2. How to eat Radix Pseudostellariae
1, Huangqi Jujube Pseudostellaria Decoction
Materials: Radix Astragali15g, 7 red dates, and Radix Pseudostellariae10g.
Practice: Radix Astragali, Fructus Jujubae, and Prince Edward are boiled in water for 30 minutes, and tea is given to children on an empty stomach every night before going to bed or early in the morning.
Efficacy: This soup has the effect of tonifying lung and strengthening spleen, and is suitable for children with repeated colds.
2. Stewed frog with Radix Pseudostellariae
Ingredients: 350g frog, 50g lean meat, 50g radix Pseudostellariae, 0g medlar10g ginger10g broth, 700g clear soup.
Practice: Frogs are slaughtered and chopped in water, lean meat is cut into diced beans and soaked in water, Pseudostellaria heterophylla is soaked in clear water, and ginger is sliced for later use. Put the clean pot on fire, add the clear soup, ginger slices, Radix Pseudostellariae, Fructus Lycii, lean meat and frog, boil over high fire and simmer for 30 minutes to taste.
Efficacy: Radix Pseudostellariae contains a variety of amino acids, fruit acids, starch, vitamins and saponins, which can eliminate edema, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, and has a certain dietotherapy effect on physical weakness after palpitation and spontaneous sweating.
3. Stewed chicken with Radix Pseudostellariae
Ingredients: 8 grams of Pseudostellaria heterophylla, 250 grams of Chai chicken, and proper amount of salt, onion, ginger and cooking wine.
Practice: Cut the chicken into pieces, blanch it in boiling water, and then pour out the water. Add onion, ginger and cooking wine to Chai Chicken and Pseudostellaria heterophylla, stew with water for about 2 hours, add salt and cook for a few minutes until cooked.
Efficacy: nourishing yin and tonifying deficiency, warming middle warmer and benefiting qi. It is especially suitable for women in autumn and winter to tonify and recuperate postpartum weakness.
4. Tremella Pseudostellaria
Materials: Tremella fuciformis 15g, Radix Pseudostellariae 25g, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Practice: soak the tremella, wash it, wrap the Pseudostellaria heterophylla in cloth, stew it with rock sugar and water until the silver is familiar, remove the medicine bag and drink it, daily 1 dose.
Efficacy: benefiting qi and nourishing yin, calming the heart and calming the nerves, suitable for palpitation and shortness of breath.
5. Lily Shuangshen Decoction
Ingredients: Lily, Radix Pseudostellariae 25g each, Radix Glehniae 20g, and maltose 50g.
Practice: wrap Ershen in cloth, fry it with lily water to get juice, remove the medicine bag, add maltose, mix well and take it.
Efficacy: invigorating qi and stopping sweating, suitable for spontaneous sweating, physical weakness, shortness of breath, thirst and so on caused by qi deficiency.
6, Pseudostellaria heterophylla Dendrobium porridge
Materials: Pseudostellaria heterophylla 10g, Dendrobium nobile 15g and rice 100g.
Practice: decoct Pseudostellaria heterophylla and Dendrobium in water to get juice, add rice and cook it into porridge, twice a day.
Efficacy: benefiting qi and nourishing yin, suitable for cough, shortness of breath, cough due to lung dryness and physical weakness after illness.
3. Nutritional value of Radix Pseudostellariae
Contains Radix Pseudostellariae polysaccharide, various amino acids and trace elements.
4. Purchase and storage of Pseudostellaria heterophylla
The dried tuberous root of Pseudostellaria heterophylla is in the shape of a slender strip or a long spindle, about 2-6 cm long and about 3-6 mm in diameter. The surface is yellow and white, translucent, with fine wrinkles and concave fibrous root marks. The root head is blunt and round, and there are often residual stem marks on it, and the lower end is tapered like a rat's tail. Brittle and easy to break, the cross section is yellow and white and bright, the cross section directly dried is white, powdery, slightly gassy and slightly sweet, and it is better to be fat, yellow and white without roots. Store in a cool and dry place, sealed and moth-proof.
5. Side effects of Radix Pseudostellariae
The general dosage of Radix Pseudostellariae is 10-30g per day, and 60g can be used in large dosage. This product has not seen obvious side effects, but it is not necessary to exceed 60g to avoid wasting medicinal materials.
6. Traditional Chinese medicine formula of Radix Pseudostellariae
1, spontaneous perspiration: 9g of Pseudostellaria heterophylla, floating wheat15 g. Decoct with water.
2. Infantile sweating: Radix Pseudostellariae 9g, Flour Wheat 15g, Jujube 10. Decoct with water.
3. Palpitation: 9g of Radix Pseudostellariae, 9g of Radix Adenophorae, 9g of Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae and 9g of Radix Sophorae Flavescentis. Decoct with water, one dose a day.
4. Cough due to lung deficiency: Radix Pseudostellariae 15g, Radix Ophiopogonis 12g, and Radix Glycyrrhizae 6g. Decoct with water.
5, neurasthenia: Pseudostellaria heterophylla 15g, peach kernel, Ziziphus jujuba seed, polygala tenuifolia, roasted licorice root 9g each. Decoct.
6, Yiqi Gushen: Pseudostellaria heterophylla 15 to 18g, put in a bowl, add yellow wine, appropriate amount of brown sugar, and steam the juice in water. Three times a day, orally, one dose a day. It can be used to treat labor injury, mental fatigue, eating less and being dull, and weak pulse.
7, moistening dryness and tonifying deficiency: 9g of Radix Pseudostellariae, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati. Decoct with water. It can treat weakness, body fluid injury and dry mouth after treatment.