Eucommia ulmoides and Achyranthes bidentata decoction
With the coming of winter, many middle-aged and elderly people begin to suffer from "old cold legs" and backache, mainly manifested as soreness of the waist and legs, which is not suitable for turning over and weakness of the legs and feet. Patients with lumbago and leg pain caused by kidney deficiency may wish to have a bowl of Eucommia ulmoides and Achyranthes bidentata soup, which can nourish liver and kidney, strengthen tendons and bones, and dispel cold and arthralgia.
material preparation
20 grams of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. , Achyranthes bidentata15g, black beans100g, Millettia speciosa 30g, black-bone chicken about 300-500g, Achyranthes bidentata bone 500g, ginger and onion.
working methods
Wash Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. , Achyranthes bidentata, Astragalus membranaceus, put them into medicine bags, soak them in cold water for 2 hours, and decoct them in proper amount of water for 20 minutes to make medicine juice. After washing the Achyranthes bidentata bone, cut it into large pieces, blanch it, pick it up and put it in a pressure cooker, then add the washed black beans to boil the soup. Wash and chop the black-bone chicken, put it in a casserole with scallion and ginger, add appropriate amount of water, boil it with strong fire, skim off the floating foam, switch to low fire and cook it into a clear thick soup. At this time, add the Achyranthes bidentata bones and black beans cooked in the pressure cooker and the decoction boiled in advance, then cook for a while with high fire and add salt.
The efficacy of each drug
Eucommia ulmoides Oliv The main medicine, sweet in taste and warm in nature, can replenish liver and kidney, strengthen bones and muscles, strengthen meridians and prevent miscarriage. It has good curative effect on soreness of waist and knees, weakness of bones and muscles, restless fetal movement, impotence and other symptoms, and is especially good at treating lumbago due to kidney deficiency. Ancient times said that Eucommia ulmoides must be used for low back pain.
Achyranthes bidentata tastes bitter and sour, and enters the liver and kidney meridians. It can tonify kidney, strengthen waist, promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, and shed blood. It is mainly used to treat waist and knee pain, muscle weakness and blood stasis pain caused by liver and kidney deficiency. Achyranthes bidentata is good in nature, and it is often said in Chinese medicine that there is no Achyranthes bidentata, but it is knee-high. Eucommia ulmoides Oliv It is often used with Achyranthes bidentata to treat lumbago due to kidney deficiency. Eucommia ulmoides Oliv Responsible for tonifying kidney and strengthening bones and muscles with Achyranthes bidentata. The so-called Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. It is combined with Achyranthes bidentata, and the waist and feet are more powerful. "
Niu Dali is sweet and flat, which can strengthen tendons and activate collaterals, benefit waist and relieve pain. When black beans enter the kidney, they can tonify the kidney and strengthen the tendons. Achyranthes bidentata bone takes its meaning of "supplementing shape with shape", which can strengthen bone and strengthen bone. Black-bone chicken has the effect of warming and nourishing yang, can replenish kidney essence, benefit five internal organs, replenish deficiency, benefit qi and nourish blood, and is the first choice for middle-aged and elderly people to nourish and keep healthy. Adding beef bone and chicken, two kinds of flesh and blood products, has better aphrodisiac effect.
The combination of all the medicines has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, strengthening tendons and bones, warming yang and benefiting qi, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, and is suitable for the elderly and infirm with soreness of waist and knees, weakness of muscles and bones, and chills and cold limbs to drink as a winter medicated diet.
I also learned the first bowl of health soup in winter. There are old people at home who are suitable for eating. I might as well make a bowl and let them have warm, healthy and filial company.