All kinds of flowers bloom in turn all year round in Taiwan Province Province, which makes people feel relaxed and happy. Not only pleasing to the eye, many flowers can also be used in dishes and tea, and become beautiful and delicious specialties on the table. Cooking, making soup or making cold salad or tea can also enhance fragrance and keep health.
Phytochemicals have high nutritional value and low calories.
Eating flowers does have many benefits. The health function of edible flowers comes from the phytochemicals contained in their colorful colors. Different colors represent different nutritional values. Some of them play the role of antioxidants, while others have the functions of anti-inflammation, anti-aging, scavenging free radicals and regulating body functions.
There are five kinds of flowers commonly used in Taiwan Province Province, such as rose, chrysanthemum, osmanthus, Luoshen flower and lily flower. Huang Shuhui, a nutritionist from Taipei Post Hospital, and Yahui Zhuang, a Chinese doctor, were specially invited to analyze the nutritional value and health-preserving efficacy of flower food, and to teach the edible efficacy and practical know-how of flowers as vegetables and tea. Learn quickly and have a good summer!
Professor Zhuang Yahui, a Chinese medicine practitioner! Tips for scented tea
Divide all the following Chinese herbal medicines into 4 parts, put them into a tea bag, take 1 part each time, put them into a thermos cup, add 250c.c boiling water, and stew for about 5 minutes before drinking.
Precautions:
◆ Patients with abdominal distension and diarrhea can add Poria 3 ~ 5 yuan.
◆ Patients with constipation can add 3 ~ 5 yuan Semen Cassiae powder.
◆ When acute inflammation, cold or serious illness occurs in the body, stop taking the medicine first, and then continue taking it after the illness is relieved.
rose
Roses are warm, which helps to relieve depression and has the effect of promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. Because it is warm, it is recommended to mix it with cool herbs, which will not be thirsty after drinking, and will also help soothe the liver and relieve depression and dredge qi and blood.
Rose soothing refreshing tea
Ingredients: rose 12, rosemary, 3 yuan in North Point, 3 yuan in Polygonum multiflorum, 3 yuan in Lily.
Efficacy: invigorating qi and nourishing blood, improving intelligence and brain, enhancing physical strength and relieving stress.
Rose lettuce salad
Ingredients: rose petals, lettuce salad.
Practice: Wash the rose petals and mix them into the lettuce salad.
chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum, cool in nature, can clear liver and improve eyesight. Chrysanthemum tea can also soothe grumpy temper, or it is very common for modern people to use their eyes too much to cause redness, itching or dryness. However, people with bad stomachs should pay special attention to not drinking chrysanthemum tea alone. It is better to eat some red dates.
Chrysanthemum eyesight nourishing liver tea
Ingredients: Chrysanthemum, Eucommia ulmoides, Lycium barbarum, Mulberry, Perilla frutescens.
Efficacy: nourishing liver and kidney, enriching blood and improving eyesight.
Japanese grapefruit vinegar sauce chrysanthemum mixed with spinach
Ingredients: chrysanthemum, spinach 1, Japanese pomelo vinegar sauce.
Exercise:
1. Peel the chrysanthemum petals, wash them, blanch them quickly and let them cool.
Wash spinach, cut into sections, blanch and drain.
2. After mixing chrysanthemum and spinach, finish with Japanese grapefruit vinegar sauce.
osmanthus flowers
Osmanthus fragrans has the effect of invigorating stomach and regulating intestines, especially when summer heat is easy to infringe on appetite, you can drink Osmanthus fragrans with cool medicinal materials.
Guihua Jianpi Yangwei Tea
Materials: osmanthus fragrans 1.5 yuan, mint 1.5 yuan, Polygonatum odoratum 1 yuan, longan 1 yuan, bergamot 3 yuan.
Efficacy: invigorating qi and spleen, nourishing stomach and promoting fluid production, and maintaining gastrointestinal function.
Guihua beef soup
Ingredients: beef tenderloin 1, ginger and onion, rice wine, dried osmanthus 1 spoon.
Exercise:
1. After removing fascia from beef tendon, stew it in boiling water, and add onion, ginger and rice wine to remove fishy smell.
2. When it's slightly cooked, pick up the beef tendon, cut it into pieces with a thickness of about 1 cm, and then pour it into beef soup to continue stewing for about 40 ~ 50 minutes.
3. Season with salt, add 1 tbsp osmanthus, continue to cook for 10 minute, and sprinkle with chopped green onion.
Tip: In addition to clear soup, you can also try osmanthus wine and honey to make black tea. Osmanthus wine is also delicious in jiaozi.
Luoshenhua
It is a cool Luoshen flower, which has the efficacy of reducing blood lipid and protecting liver, and is helpful for clearing liver and purging fire for patients with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, fatty liver and chronic hepatitis. If you eat too much, drinking Luoshen scented tea as drinking water after meals can help digestion and absorption.
Luoshen Xiao Zhi Qiangxin Tea
Ingredients: Luoshenhua 1, Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata 5 yuan, Radix Ophiopogonis 5 yuan, Lotus Leaf 2 yuan, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae 2 yuan.
Efficacy: benefiting qi and strengthening heart, nourishing yin and liver, clearing heat and eliminating fat.
Rauvolfia sweet and sour fish fillets
Ingredients: sliced fish 1, onion 1/4, half red and yellow sweet pepper, 5-6 flowers of Luoshen, and a little sweet potato powder.
Exercise:
1. Cut the fillets into tablespoons, marinate them with salt, white pepper and rice wine, dip some sweet potato powder in the pot and fry them until golden and cooked. Onions and bell peppers are cut into long slices.
2. Add 1 bowl of water to the wok to boil, then add Luoshen flower and cook until the soup is dark purple, and pick up Luoshen flower.
3. Add onion and bell pepper and stir fry. Season with a little salt and sugar to make sweet and sour Luoshen sauce.
4. Thicken the sweet potato powder slightly with water, and finally add the crispy sliced fish, stir-fry and serve.
Needle flower
Lily, also known as "worry-free girl", is sweet and cool, and has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, clearing away heat and drying dampness, strengthening bones and muscles, and calming the nerves. Suitable for people with autonomic nervous disorder and excessive anxiety, which are common in modern people.
Jinzhen Runfei Gushen Decoction
Materials: Acanthopanax senticosus 1 Liang, asparagus 5 yuan, red jujube 10 yuan, white lentil 5 yuan; Jin Baihe 1 bowl, fresh yam 1 bowl, half a catty of small ribs, 3 slices of ginger, rice wine 1 spoon, appropriate amount of coriander, salt and sesame oil (about 4-5 people).
Exercise:
1. Put Acanthopanax senticosus, Radix Asparagi and white lentils into a halogen bag; Peel and cut the yam into pieces for later use.
2. Put the traditional Chinese medicine bag, red dates, spareribs and ginger slices into the pot, add 2000 c c water, boil over high fire, skim the floating foam, and then simmer for about 1 hour.
3. Take out the traditional Chinese medicine bag, add yam and lily, boil again, add salt and sesame oil to taste, turn off the fire after 5 minutes, and sprinkle with coriander to serve.
Efficacy: tonifying lung, moistening kidney, strengthening bones and muscles, and relieving anxiety.
Fried shredded pork with needle flowers
Ingredients: fresh lily 200g, shredded pork100g, shredded ginger.
Exercise:
1. Wash the fresh lily buds, blanch them in boiling water, scoop them up and drain them, soak them in cold water for 2 hours, and then scoop them up.
2. Put a little oil in the wok, stir-fry shredded ginger and shredded pork at low temperature, and stir-fry lilies until shredded pork is almost cooked. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
Tip: Lily has many ways to cook, which is suitable for making soup and cooking. Huang Shuhui specially reminded that fresh lily contains colchicine, which may cause abdominal pain if eaten too much, but colchicine can be removed after drying or scalding, so don't worry too much.