Ginseng: the first ginseng to replenish vitality and deficiency.
Ginseng is one of the precious tonic drugs, which has the functions of invigorating primordial qi, calming the heart and improving intelligence, promoting fluid production to quench thirst and resisting aging. Indications: serious illness, chronic illness, blood loss, fluid loss, fatigue and weak pulse. It is also effective for insomnia, dreaminess, fright, forgetfulness, physical weakness and excessive sweating.
However, it is not suitable for those with excess heat and insufficient healthy qi. In addition, healthy children should not take ginseng and ginseng supplements, and beware of precocious puberty, which is not conducive to normal and healthy development.
How to eat best—
1. When stewing, put sliced ginseng into a bowl, add appropriate amount of water, seal the bowl, and steam it in a pot 1~2 hours.
2. When taking, the ginseng is sliced and put into the mouth for taking;
Salvia miltiorrhiza: promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis
Salvia miltiorrhiza is a good medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dredging menstruation and relieving pain, clearing away heart fire and calming nerves, nourishing blood and calming nerves. There are many preparations made from Danshen, such as Danshen dripping pills and compound Danshen tablets.
How to eat best—
1. Salvia miltiorrhiza tablets and saffron are needed to soak in wine, and you can drink it in white wine for about half a month. It is best not to drink too much every day, and control the number and quantity of good drinks;
2. Female friends can brew Danshen Mu Yi tea in daily life. Take appropriate amount of Danshen tablets and motherwort, and brew with hot water. It can be brewed repeatedly, but it should not be drunk overnight.
Codonopsis pilosula: invigorating qi and enriching blood
Codonopsis pilosula has the effect of enriching blood and benefiting qi, and is especially good at tonifying lung qi and treating lung deficiency. Suitable for all kinds of people with qi deficiency, fatigue, weakness of limbs, loss of appetite, thin stool and easy to catch a cold.
How to eat best—
1. Codonopsis pilosula and Lycium barbarum chicken soup, Codonopsis pilosula 30g, Lycium barbarum 30g, chicken 150g. Indications: deficiency of qi and blood, loss of appetite;
2. Boiled Codonopsis pilosula and Lycium barbarum pork liver porridge, 20 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 30 grams of Lycium barbarum, 50 grams of pork liver and 60 grams of japonica rice. Indications are liver and kidney deficiency, mental fatigue and dizziness.
Adenophora adenophora: nourishing yin and clearing lung, resolving phlegm and relieving cough
Adenophora adenophora can be divided into southern adenophora and northern adenophora, and their effects are very close. Radix Glehniae is suitable for patients with chronic cough due to deficiency of both lung qi and yin. Adenophora adenophora is suitable for patients with dry throat after exogenous fever.
How to eat best—
You can take 50 grams of Adenophora adenophora, 25 grams of Polygonatum odoratum, 25 grams of lotus seeds, 25 grams of lily, and egg 1 and cook it into soup. All traditional Chinese medicines in this soup are products of moistening lung and nourishing yin, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, nourishing yin and clearing heat, moistening lung and relieving cough.
Ginseng Rubra: Tonifying yang, suitable for people with yang deficiency.
Red ginseng is warmer, stronger, more energetic and more durable, and the effect of nourishing yang and qi and blood is naturally extraordinary.
Anyone who has symptoms of yang deficiency such as pale face and cold hands and feet can choose red ginseng for tonic. However, people with yin deficiency and excessive fire had better not take red ginseng.
How to eat best—
1. There are many daily administration methods, such as making tea and drinking, grinding and swallowing. Generally speaking, for safety reasons, 1~2 grams per day is enough, and too much will easily cause excessive internal heat;
2. Cook porridge, cut red ginseng into thin slices, and add a little when cooking porridge for breakfast;
3. Chew, cut the red ginseng into thin slices and chew it in your mouth, which has the effect of invigorating qi and refreshing.
American ginseng: clearing heat and nourishing yin
The greatest advantage of American ginseng is that it nourishes qi and yin, moistens the five internal organs, and has no disadvantages of being warm and dry and getting angry, so it is also called "no fire ginseng". The difference in the efficacy of American ginseng lies in that ginseng tonifies qi and tends to help yang; American ginseng nourishes qi and yin.
Generally speaking, American ginseng tea is suitable for the elderly who are older, have been ill for a long time, and are easy to catch a cold. Young, strong and easily angry people are not suitable for drinking.
How to eat best—
1. Soak American ginseng slices in water instead of tea. You can put 1~3 tablets at a time, brew in warm water, and eat after drinking.
2. For people who often work at high temperature in summer, American ginseng buccal tablets can play the role of heatstroke prevention and cooling.
Pseudostellaria heterophylla: Its medicinal properties are stable, and it can replenish qi without getting angry.
Pseudostellaria heterophylla has the effects of invigorating qi, strengthening spleen, promoting fluid production and moistening lung. Commonly used for spleen deficiency, anorexia, physical weakness after illness, deficiency of both qi and yin, spontaneous sweating and thirst, dry lung and dry cough.
Compared with ginseng, red ginseng and codonopsis pilosula, Radix Pseudostellariae is not very effective in invigorating qi, but it is not too dry and will not cause problems such as excessive internal heat, so it is especially suitable for people who are prone to excessive internal heat due to qi deficiency.