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Panax quinquefolium has the effects of tonifying lung, reducing fire, nourishing stomach and promoting fluid production. For people with deficiency of both qi and yin, fatigue and weakness, lung deficiency and chronic cough, lung and stomach deficiency, it is indeed a good health care product. Different from ordinary ginseng, American ginseng is cool, more suitable for clearing fire and removing annoyance, and has a wider edible range. Proper consumption of cool tonic American ginseng is really helpful to relieve the common hot temper and dry mouth in summer.
It's very hot in summer, so I feel bored as soon as I go out. Like the weather outside, there seems to be a raging fire burning inside. In this hot season, people often feel irritable, loss of appetite, dry mouth and so on. Huang, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Wan Fang Hospital, suggested that the use of American ginseng at this time can benefit qi and nourish yin, nourish the stomach and produce fluid, and also achieve the effect of clearing away fire and removing annoyance, which can be called one of the best tonic products in summer.
Produced in the United States and reused in Asia.
American ginseng, also known as "American ginseng" and "American ginseng", is the root of Araliaceae, mainly produced in the United States, France and Canada. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that its ginseng is bitter, slightly sweet, cold in nature, enters the heart, lungs and kidneys, and has the effects of moistening the lungs and reducing fire, nourishing the stomach and promoting fluid production. The description of American ginseng in New Theory of Materia Medica is: "Tonifying lung to reduce fire, nourishing body fluid, relieving annoyance and deficiency fire are all suitable"; There is an excerpt from the western ginseng medical case that American ginseng is a "cool" tonic, and anyone who wants to use ginseng without being warmed by it can replace it. These descriptions point out that American ginseng contains volatile oil, resin and 18 amino acid, which has sedative effect on the brain and moderate excitement on the life center.
Huang Zhongyu said that American ginseng looks like a western name, but it is most favored by Asians. Its cooking methods are varied. Stew a bowl of American ginseng chicken soup in hot summer, and the medicine and food are homologous. American ginseng can be used for fatigue, dysphoria, sore throat, voice loss, fatigue, cough, shortness of breath, gastrointestinal dryness and heat, dry mouth, loss of appetite and other symptoms.
Suitable for a wide range of objects.
Huang Zhongyu explained that American ginseng and the so-called "ginseng" (namely, China Changbai ginseng and North Korea Korean Korean ginseng) belong to the same family but are different species. They are not only different in appearance and function, but also different in taking and tonic methods. Among them, the main function of American ginseng is to regulate the immune system, enhance the phagocytosis of lymphocytes, promote sugar metabolism and other functions, which can help the body fight against foreign bacterial and viral infections and is not easy to get angry. This is also the biggest reason why American ginseng is regarded as a sacred product to enhance immunity.
American ginseng has many benefits. Anyone with qi deficiency, physical exhaustion, excessive brain use, cold hands and feet, cold or diarrhea can use American ginseng to replenish qi and enhance the absorption and utilization of nutrients in the body. In addition, American ginseng is a refreshing tonic. If it is not hot and dry, it is suitable for all seasons, and the elderly, children or people with allergies can take it.
American ginseng becomes a vegetable.
American ginseng is cool and tonic, which can be directly used as medicine or as a medicated diet drink. Huang Zhongyu suggested slicing American ginseng and stewing it with other herbs or ingredients for better effect. In addition, when American ginseng is used as a dietary supplement, it is inconsistent with cold ingredients and medicinal materials (such as radish, bamboo shoots, coptis root, etc.). ), so it is recommended not to cook together.
American ginseng is a foreign medicinal material, which was not widely used by Chinese medicine until modern times. Huang Zhongyu said that there are few examples of directly using American ginseng as drug introduction, but it is often used in medicated diet or daily tea. American ginseng can be compatible with other suitable medicinal materials according to the season and needs, and can replenish qi at any time.
Medicinal diet for invigorating qi and reducing fire
American ginseng lotus seed soup
Ingredients: 8 grams of American ginseng, a little lotus seed and a little rock sugar.
Exercise:
1. Wash the materials, put them in a pot, and add a proper amount of water.
2. Put the inner pot into the electric pot, boil 2 cups of water in the outer pot until the switch jumps, and continue stewing for about 5 minutes.
3. Let it cool.
4. Add some rock sugar to taste according to your own taste.
How to eat: This medicated diet has the effect of preventing dizziness, qi deficiency, hyperhidrosis or colds.
Huangqi jujube ginseng tea
Ingredients: Radix Astragali 4 yuan, Fructus Jujubae 3 yuan, Fructus Lycii 3 yuan, and Radix Panacis Quinquefolii.
Exercise:
1. First, cut the red dates and remove the seeds. Wash the rest of the materials, add water 1000c.c, and put them in a pot for cooking.
2. After boiling, turn to low heat and continue to cook for 20 minutes.
3. After being filtered, the tea can be used as ordinary tea.
How to eat: This medicated diet can improve problems such as dry eye, floaters, and decreased vision, and has a set of eye care.
American ginseng porridge
Ingredients: 3 g of American ginseng, 0/0 g of Ophiopogon japonicus/kloc-,6 g of Lophatherum gracile, and 30 g of rice.
Exercise:
1. First, decoct Ophiopogon japonicus and Lophatherum gracile in water, remove residue and get juice.
2. Then add rice to cook porridge, and when the porridge is almost cooked, add American ginseng to cook.
How to eat: American ginseng can replenish qi and blood. This porridge has the functions of invigorating qi, nourishing yin, clearing heat and regulating stomach, and can solve the problems of irritability, dry mouth or fatigue caused by deficiency of both qi and yin.
American ginseng longan beverage
Ingredients: 3 grams of American ginseng slices, 30 grams of longan meat and 5 grams of rock sugar.
Exercise:
1. Put the three herbs into a steaming bowl and add appropriate amount of water.
2. Put the steaming bowl into a cage and steam for 2 hours until it is thin and pasty.
How to eat: The beverage has the functions of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, nourishing yin and calming the nerves, and has curative effects on palpitation, insomnia, dreaminess, amnesia, brain failure, pale face and lips caused by deficiency of both qi and yin and deficiency of heart and spleen.
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