Many friends think that Chinese medicine can only be taken when you are sick, but there are many medicinal materials in Chinese medicine that have the same origin as medicine and food. These medicinal materials also have the effect of maintaining health and fitness. Come and take a look with me.

Traditional Chinese medicine with health-preserving effects

1. Chenpi

It has the functions of regulating stagnation, smoothing Qi and eliminating phlegm, and unblocking the five internal organs.

Health care method: Tangerine peel is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine and a condiment for soup. You can add some tangerine peel to greasy soups and bean soups, which can dissolve qi and stagnation.

Note that the tangerine peel must be soaked and pulped, and the white layer must be scraped off, so that the sweet flavor will be good, otherwise the soup will be a bit astringent.

2. Eucommia ulmoides

It has the functions of tonifying the waist, strengthening the kidneys and strengthening the kidneys.

Here is a health method to recommend to you: Peanut, Eucommia and Oxtail Soup. This soup has the effects of nourishing blood, nourishing kidneys, and strengthening muscles and bones. Wash and soak 60 grams of peanuts; put 20 grams of Eucommia ulmoides in a pot, sprinkle with light salt water, and stir-fry dry over low heat; wash the oxtails, boil them in boiling water for 10 minutes, and then wash them. Put it into a clay pot with the ginger, add about 12 bowls of water, bring to a boil and then simmer for about 3 hours.

Note that the dust from Eucommia ulmoides should be removed first, put in a pot, splash in a little salt water, and fry until dry. Because Chinese medicine says that "saltiness enters the kidneys", it means that salty medicines or foods are most likely to act on the kidneys. Moderate saltiness can nourish the kidneys, but excessive saltiness can damage the kidneys.

3. Tianqi

Efficacy Tianqi is a kind of ginseng, which has a nourishing effect. Moreover, Tianqi was originally a traditional Chinese medicine, which has the functions of unblocking muscles, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis. pharmacological properties.

Health care methods: Because society is now aging, and the prevalence of coronary heart disease is also getting younger, so we often make soup with Tianqi, which can be used to treat coronary heart disease.

Pay attention to the ones that are large, solid, slippery, and have no branches or claws. The best way to deal with Tianqi is to fry it in chicken oil over low heat until it is slightly yellow, then crush it with a hammer after cooling. This can change its properties as a bruise medicine and enhance the nourishing effect of Tianqi.

4. Huaiyam

Functions: Huaiyam has been used as a health food in China for at least two thousand years. effect.

Health Preservation Method: Fresh yam is a daily food of Cantonese people. It can be made into soup, stir-fry and eaten as a vegetable. Among them, they are most used to make soups, such as Codonopsis and Huaishan Pork Tendon Soup, Tongji Xiangluo Huaishan Soup, Huaishan Round Meat Stewed Pork Knuckles, etc., which are all favorite soups among Cantonese people.

When purchasing yam, it is best to choose raw and dried yam. This type of yam is pink-yellow in color and appears dryer.

5. Poria cocos

Efficacy Poria cocos is mild in nature and sweet in taste. It has the functions of dehumidification, detoxification and joint relief. The weather in Guangdong is hot and dry all year round. Guangdong people usually use Poria cocos to clear away heat, detoxify and remove phlegm. wet.

Health care method: Cooking Turtle Soup with Smilax Poria can clear away heat and detoxify. Here is another Poria and chestnut porridge: 15 grams of Poria, 25 grams of chestnuts, 10 jujubes, and 100 grams of japonica rice. Add water to boil chestnuts, jujubes and japonica rice first; grind Poria cocos into powder, add slowly when the rice is half cooked, stir well, and cook until the chestnuts are cooked through.

Foods with health-preserving effects

Ginger

When it comes to standing medicines, of course ginger is the first one. Ginger is pungent in taste and warm in nature, and has the effects of sweating, relieving the surface, warming the lungs and relieving vomiting, warming the lungs and relieving coughs.

For example, if a family member catches a cold in the rain and sneezes repeatedly, we don’t need to give him any western medicine to treat a cold. Just cut a few slices of ginger, add some brown sugar and boil water for him to drink, and he will become lively and energetic immediately after keeping it.

Ginger also has an effect that many people don’t know, which is its anti-vomiting ability. For most cases of vomiting, especially pregnancy vomiting, a cup of ginger juice or boiled ginger water can "relieve" people, which is both effective and safe. However, it should be noted that ginger is relatively warm and should not be used by people with yin deficiency and internal heat constitution.

Barley

Also called barley, barley, and barley, it tastes sweet, light, and slightly cold in nature. It has the functions of diluting dampness, strengthening the spleen, clearing away heat and draining pus.

The Lingnan area is relatively humid, so you can use it to make soup to help remove dampness.

It should be noted that although barley has the effect of strengthening the spleen, it is cold after all, so people with yang deficiency who are usually afraid of cold should not take it for a long time.

Donkey-hide gelatin

It is sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It has the functions of nourishing blood and stopping bleeding, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs.

After heavy bleeding due to surgical trauma, or even after menstruation, eating some donkey-hide gelatin can replenish your blood immediately. In addition, donkey-hide gelatin has a good hemostatic effect on various types of bleeding, especially menorrhagia and metrorrhagia in women. Donkey-hide gelatin is sticky and greasy, so people with weak spleen and stomach may feel indigestion after taking it.

Honeysuckle

Sweet in taste, cold in nature, and has good heat-clearing and detoxifying effects.

Honeysuckle and chrysanthemum are somewhat similar in nature and flavor, but it has better detoxification effect. For swollen and sore throat, heat-induced diarrhea and dysentery, you can drink honeysuckle decoction in water instead of tea. The symptoms will be greatly improved in just one day.

In midsummer, the heat rash all over the child's body is very pitiful. Use honeysuckle to boil into a thick potion, and repeatedly scrub the areas where the prickly heat appears. After a day, you can see that the prickly heat has subsided. In addition to prickly heat, honeysuckle water is also effective for other carbuncles, sores, boils, etc. People who have seen it will also read: