Introduction: Don't stew gastrodia elata for too long in the process of stewing. If it is fresh gastrodia elata, you can stew it directly after cutting. If it is dry gastrodia elata, you need to soak it overnight in advance, and then cut it until it is soft. When you use it to make soup, add the sliced gastrodia elata and cook it for a few minutes. Gastrodia elata can be eaten in many ways, not only by mashing gastrodia elata into powder and steaming cooked food with eggs, but also by stewing soup or boiling meat slices. Gastrodia elata has many nutritional values. Next, Xiaobian will tell you how to stew gastrodia elata.

First, how to stew gastrodia elata?

If people like to stew pigeon black-bone chicken or old duck soup in daily life, in this case, they can add some gastrodia elata bark, yam slices, medlar and other ingredients as an aid, and stew according to the steps of stew in life. If the meat slices are cooked with gastrodia elata, it is necessary to clean gastrodia elata and cut it into pieces, then put gastrodia elata into the pot and cook it for 20~30 minutes, then put the fresh meat slices into the pot and add appropriate seasonings to continue cooking for 5~ 10 minutes.

Second, what are the functions of Gastrodia elata?

Gastrodia elata has many benefits to human body, which can not only relieve pain, but also inhibit the excitement caused by caffeine. Gastrodia elata can have a certain therapeutic effect on patients with hemiplegia or epilepsy, and achieve the effect of relieving angina pectoris or biliary colic. It can not only increase the blood flow of peripheral and coronary arteries, but also protect the heart. At the same time, eating Gastrodia elata properly can also enhance memory and improve eyesight.

III. Summary

Gastrodia elata can not only be eaten by stewing, but also be turned into powder and stewed with eggs into egg soup, or used for slicing and drinking tea. It is best to use boiling water at 80~90℃ in the process of making tea, otherwise the nutrients in Gastrodia elata will not be released if the temperature is too low, and the nutrients in Gastrodia elata will be destroyed if the water temperature is too high. Long-term drinking can relieve headaches and other symptoms.