(1) Anti-inflammatory and antibacterial: Cornus officinalis contains many natural anti-inflammatory ingredients, which can prevent human inflammation. In addition, its medicinal components have obvious inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Shigella dysenteriae in human body, which can reduce its harm to human body and prevent some bacterial diseases.

(2) Anti-oxidation: Eating Cornus officinalis can improve people's anti-stress ability and anti-fatigue ability, and also improve people's memory. Cornus officinalis also contains some superoxide dismutase, which can inhibit the production of lipid peroxide in human body and reduce the occurrence of oxidation reaction in human body, and the antioxidant effect is particularly obvious when eaten regularly.

2. How to eat Cornus officinalis:

(1) porridge: You can usually cook porridge with Cornus officinalis. When using it to cook porridge, you need to prepare Cornus officinalis 15g, 60g of japonica rice and appropriate amount of sugar. Wash the prepared Cornus officinalis, remove the core, and put it in a pot with washed japonica rice to cook porridge with clear water. When porridge is to be cooked, add sugar to taste, and then cook it directly for five minutes. This cornus officinalis porridge can nourish liver and kidney and astringe.

(2) Soup: Cornus officinalis soup is also delicious. When making, you need to prepare Cornus officinalis San Qian, Dendrobium candidum and Chinese yam. In addition, you need to prepare four bowls of Lycium barbarum San Qian and clear water, a small amount of edible salt and150g lean meat. Clean lean meat, slice it, wash all other Chinese herbal medicines, then put it in a pot and add water to make soup, and season it with edible salt before taking it out.