The ginseng unearthed last time was processed by different methods, and different varieties such as fresh ginseng, sun-dried ginseng, vigorously ginseng, white sugar ginseng, red ginseng and Korean ginseng were obtained. However, different processed ginseng products have different medicinal effects.

Fresh ginseng, without any processing, has the least loss of effective components and the most comprehensive nutrients, and is often used as the raw material of medicinal diet.

White sugar ginseng takes inferior ginseng as raw material, and the traditional Chinese medicine components are lost during processing, which has strong nourishing power. However, because of its low price, good taste, convenient carrying and eating, it also has a certain market, which is mostly used as health food and less as medicine.

Sun ginseng is warm, not warm and not dry, and has the function of invigorating qi without losing yin, which is especially suitable for people with insufficient qi and yin.

Ginseng Radix Rubri is mild in medicinal properties, strong in invigorating qi, good in invigorating primordial qi, and can return to Yang to save adverse reactions. It is suitable for those who are seriously ill for a long time, or who have yang deficiency, deficiency of qi and blood, frequent fear of cold, tepid limbs, fatigue and shortness of breath.

Korean ginseng belongs to the category of red ginseng, with the same efficacy as red ginseng, but with higher medicinal components and stronger efficacy.

The processing method of red ginseng is the same as that of red ginseng, and its efficacy is similar to that of red ginseng. However, its effective components are not as good as red ginseng, and its efficacy is poor, which belongs to the "inferior product" of ginseng. But because of its low price, many people regard it as "cheap version of red ginseng".

Korean ginseng is often used as a gift for holidays because of its high quality and strong nourishing power. When buying Korean ginseng, careful people will find that the words "heaven", "earth" and "goodness" are often printed on the box of Korean ginseng. What do these words stand for? It turns out that people divide Korean ginseng into different grades according to its quality and use different words to express it. Generally speaking, Korean ginseng is divided into five grades, which are heaven, earth, beam, qi and Wei in turn, among which the quality of heaven is the best, followed by Wei. "Cutting ginseng" refers to cutting ginseng into two parts, while "tail ginseng" refers to being made of branch roots or fibrous roots; In the market, we usually see Korean ginseng with "local name" and "good name", and "Tianzihao" is a rare treasure in Korean ginseng, which is as expensive as wild ginseng and rare in the market. However, the two brands of Korean ginseng "Qie" and "Wei" are rare in the market because of their poor quality.

Today's recommendation-Tianqihong Ginseng Chicken Soup

Ingredients: half a chicken (about 750g), 9g of Panax Notoginseng, 0/5g of Red Ginseng, 0/0g of Angelica sinensis, 3 slices of ginger, and proper amount of salt.

Method:

(1) Cut the chicken into pieces, wash and blanch for later use; The sky breaks; Slice the red ginseng.

(2) Put all the ingredients in a saucepan, add appropriate amount of warm water, stew for 2 hours, and season.

Professor Yang Zhimin, distinguished health expert and vice president of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Expert comment: Red ginseng is a cooked product of ginseng, which has the effects of invigorating qi, benefiting blood and strengthening heart. Tianqi is warm in nature and bitter in taste, and can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain. Angelica sinensis nourishes blood and promotes blood circulation. The three medicines are used together, together with nourishing chicken, to make chicken soup with the functions of benefiting qi and enriching blood, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, calming the nerves and improving intelligence. Especially suitable for people with blood stasis, hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis.

Taboo: This soup is strong in promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, so it is not suitable for pregnant women. People with low platelets, people with bleeding tendency and people with bitter mouth and yellow and greasy tongue coating are not recommended.

Pharmacist on duty in this issue:

Xiang Jun, Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine, clinical pharmacist of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Good at: TCM consultation, including common Chinese medicine decoction methods, compatibility contraindications, rational drug use consultation, identification of commonly used Chinese medicine pieces, research on commonly used toxic Chinese medicines, and Chinese patent medicine consultation.

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