American ginseng has always been known as the "king of herbs" in folklore, which is never a false name, and as a tonic ingredient, American ginseng is widely used.
Radix Panax Ginseng is a very precious Chinese medicine , since ancient times it has occupied a place in the history of traditional Chinese medicine, as a kind of nourishing good, by many people's respect and love.
American ginseng belongs to the category of traditional Chinese medicine, also known as American ginseng, the main components of American ginseng include American ginseng saponins, proteins, amino acids, polysaccharides, nucleic acids, peptides, vitamins and trace elements, etc. According to Chinese medicine, American ginseng can be used for treating qi deficiency, yin deficiency, and qi and yin deficiency, etc. It is also known as American ginseng.
Therefore, many health enthusiasts drink American ginseng in water or in tea, but how to drink American ginseng in water? However, in terms of ginseng water, how to make it better?
How to drink American ginseng?
How to soak American ginseng to be more healthy?
thinly sliced stew
American ginseng is relatively large, when we get the ingredients to cut into thin slices, about two grams of warm water into the appropriate brewing, brewing time of 3-5 hours , and then the ginseng is sealed and then stewed. The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have the right amount of water in the right place, and that it is not too late.
After eating breakfast can be taken, can bring certain benefits to our body, in fact, can also be in the American ginseng in the ginseng powder, plus an egg for mixing, in the pot after the steam is very good.
American ginseng chicken soup
American ginseng chicken soup, not only contains the effects of American ginseng, and delicious flavor, the first old hen stomach empty into the viscera about fifty grams of American ginseng, conditions can be stuffed with American ginseng and then sew up the chicken belly, add a sufficient amount of water, the water boiled and then turned to a small fire stewed until the chicken is soft and rotten.
This makes the chicken and soup very nutritious, if the body is often in a relatively weak state , can help strengthen the body, strong heart.
Choose the right collocation
Many people think that drinking American ginseng can simply throw the ginseng in hot water to stew on it, in fact, this is a waste of the efficacy of the ginseng, Chinese medicine believes that: only so that the different medicines with the combination of the better to play the effect of the medicine, to the health of the body to play a better effect.
For example, jujube, chrysanthemum and other herbal materials , not only can enrich the bitter taste of American ginseng in water, at the same time, jujube can replenish qi and blood, make up for the efficacy of American ginseng in tonifying the blood and benefit the middle, and chrysanthemum can play a diaphoretic effect, can extend the insufficiency of the ginseng medicinal properties.
Three Points of Attention in Taking American Ginseng
Although American ginseng is good, but in the end, it's a kind of medicine, and there are a lot of precautions to be taken in the usual brewing time.
1, can not be taken with radish
Cynanchum replenishes the gas, carrot has a gas drainage effect, two food effects contradictory , from the nutritional point of view can not eat, and these two foods are mutually exclusive, will reduce the effectiveness of each other.
2, eat American ginseng can not drink tea
When taking American ginseng, do not drink tea, American ginseng is beneficial to the deficiency of nourishment, tea contains a lot of tannic acid.
If you take both of them at the same time, it will cause the tannins in the tea and American ginseng to react , generating some substances that can not be absorbed by the human body, and the efficacy of the medicine will be greatly reduced, so don't drink tea when you eat American ginseng.
3, do not overdose
The amount of American ginseng, according to the different ways of taking, the dose also varies, the general dosage is recommended as follows: 3.6 grams a day, 5.20 grams each time the stew .
Don't take it by yourself, it's best to take it under the guidance of your doctor.
Reminder: these 3 types of people, please keep your mouth shut
1, atherosclerosis crowd
Protein factor in American ginseng can inhibit lipolysis, aggravate the fat deposition on the blood vessel wall, for the hardening of the arteries, coronary heart disease, this kind of people
The protein factor in the ginseng can inhibit lipolysis, aggravate fat deposits on the vessel wall. It is important to pay attention to , do not drink more, to avoid causing liver yang and liver fire problems, resulting in liver fire.
2, cold body caution
Because of the cold nature of American ginseng, so usually cold hands and feet, loose people are not suitable for drinking water, can also be said to be the lack of yangqi, spleen and stomach cold.
If these people drink water with American ginseng, it may be a bad thing to do with good intentions, and it is easy to accelerate the loss of yang qi and aggravate the discomfort.
3, cold spleen and stomach, hot and humid people should not eat American ginseng
American ginseng itself is a cool herb, if there is a cold spleen and stomach, the body of hot and humid, American ginseng is not suitable to take, likely to aggravate the symptoms of cold and damage to the spleen and stomach , in addition, hot and humid people taking it, may also be weak, hot and humid. In addition, people with dampness and heat may also experience symptoms of weakness and increased dampness after taking it.
In short:
Codonopsis pilosula is good for blood and qi, in addition to drinking water, there are a variety of ways to eat, appropriate eating has many health benefits. But how to eat, whether they are suitable to eat, eat how much is appropriate, there are instructions, not everyone is very suitable to eat, eat the right to play its role, if you eat the wrong, but the loss is not worth it.