The meat ingredients that must be added when stewing meat are mostly traditional Chinese medicines, including star anise, dried ginger, and the more particular ones, cardamom. They not only make the meat taste better, but also because they can warm and eliminate Moisture, meat has high fat and protein content. This type of meat has the effect of reducing moisture, which can reduce the problem of moisture caused by meat.

Cardamom can be divided into white cardamom, grass cardamom, and nutmeg. They all have aromatic odors and can remove dampness and promote qi. If broken down, grass cardamom focuses on warming the stomach and relieving vomiting, while white cardamom focuses on warming the stomach and relieving vomiting. It is more important for appetizing and digestion, while nutmeg is more important for astringing the intestines and stopping diarrhea.

When stewing meat, ingredients such as Sichuan peppercorns and aniseed are usually stewed with the meat to remove the smell of the meat. If cardamom is used, it is best not to stew it for too long. , because its medicinal component is volatile oil, which will be lost after stewing for a long time, so it is best to add it when the meat is cooked, so that the taste and medicinal effect are preserved.

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Others, such as Chinese prickly ash, aniseed, dried ginger, bay leaves, cinnamon, pepper, etc., are warm in nature, and many of them are traditional Chinese medicines, most of which enter the spleen and stomach meridian. It is physiological when used in meat cooking. Because the digestion of meat requires the body to pay much more cost than digesting food, eating too much meat is most likely to cause indigestion.

These warm drugs or foods that enter the spleen and stomach meridian can share the burden of digestion, which is equivalent to adding energy to the tissue cells involved in digestion, so that the meat can be digested as quickly as possible. If it stays in the body, it will first If food accumulates, it will turn into "dampness". Over time, it can even turn into a damp-heavy constitution. This person is not only fat, but also does not look refreshing in appearance. This just matches the sticky characteristics of the dampness evil. This is what Chinese medicine says. The consequences of eating too much "fat, sweet and rich food".

Reference material? People’s Daily Online - Must-have meat ingredients when stewing meat