There are mainly the following kinds of medicated diets suitable for cooking.

1, Astragalus has the effects of strengthening heart, improving Yang Qi, preventing colds and enhancing immunity. Suitable for making soup. Boil Radix Astragali together with all the ingredients for at least 30 minutes. It is recommended to match with cold food, such as astragalus and winter melon soup. But constipation and heat are not suitable.

2. Lycium barbarum has the function of enriching blood and improving eyesight, which helps to lower blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol. Can add soup or vegetables, easy to diarrhea, deficiency and cold. Recommended with warm food. Constipation and heat constitution should be matched with cold food, and soup or vegetables should be cooked quickly before adding. However, Lycium barbarum should not be taken alone, so as to avoid the colder those with deficiency cold and the hotter those with dryness and heat.

3, Polygonatum can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, nourish the spleen and stomach, and have a cooling effect. Suitable for making soup. Boil Polygonatum with all ingredients for at least 30 minutes. It is recommended to match it with warm food, such as Polygonatum chicken soup. Because of its cold nature, it is more suitable for those with dry and hot constitution.

4. The mint leaves just picked by mint are fresh and delicious, and have many health-care effects such as clearing the heart and improving eyesight, detoxifying and reducing fire, dispelling wind and dissipating heat, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion. Besides making tea, mint can also be fried with tofu or made into soup with crucian carp. Need to be reminded that people with night sweats, irritability, itchy skin, messy hair and easy to catch a cold, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and diarrhea should eat less.

5. Dandelion is sweet and bitter, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and promoting lactation, which is very effective in treating mastitis. In addition, dandelion also has diuretic, antidiarrheal, yellowing and cholagogic effects. Dandelion can be eaten raw, stir-fried, made into soup and chilled. But people who are pale, weak, afraid of cold, prone to colds and weak spleen and stomach are best not to eat.

6. Portulaca oleracea has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood to stop bleeding, removing stasis and reducing swelling. Its tender stems and leaves can be eaten as vegetables or dried into dried vegetables. Portulaca oleracea can be used for scrambled eggs and cold salad. But it contains more oxalic acid, so it's best to blanch it before cooking. Portulaca oleracea is a cool product. People with spleen and stomach weakness, diarrhea due to cold and pregnant women are not suitable for eating.

7. Andrographis paniculata is bitter and cold. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and reducing swelling. Can be used for treating common cold, fever, sore throat, aphtha, diarrhea and dysentery, and snake bite. Andrographis paniculata can clear away heat and toxic materials, and can maintain its nutritional value and health care effect when eaten cold. However, andrographis paniculata is cold, weak and prone to diarrhea and cold, so it is best to eat less.