Cistanche deserticola is a very precious medicinal material, produced in Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu and other places, also known as desert ginseng, which has high medicinal and edible value. How should cistanche deserticola be eaten?

I. Direct oral administration

Dried cistanche deserticola can be taken directly. Take a piece of dried cistanche deserticola and put it directly into your mouth. Easier to be absorbed under the tongue. Cistanche deserticola is tasteless and nauseous after fluid production, and once a day is the best.

2. Soak fresh and dried cistanche deserticola slices in water.

A small cup of boiling water at 80 degrees Celsius, put 3-5g of fresh dried cistanche deserticola, and let it stand for five minutes before drinking. It has the effects of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, nourishing essence and blood, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels, promoting blood circulation and reducing fire, and invigorating kidney and strengthening yang.

3. Soak fresh and dried cistanche deserticola slices in scented tea or make tea.

Cistanche deserticola can be cooked with proper amount of roses, chrysanthemums and black tea. And used as tea. You can also choose washed materials and simmer for 3 hours after boiling. No more than 7 grams at a time. It can promote blood circulation, improve endocrine disorders, regulate physique, promote metabolism, reduce internal heat, nourish liver and improve eyesight, clear heart and kidney, and strengthen spleen and stomach.

4. Fresh and dried cistanche deserticola slices are soaked in wine.

Add 50g of fresh dried cistanche deserticola, 0g of epimedium100g and 2kg of Chinese liquor. Pour into a soaking bottle (or add a proper amount of Cynomorium songaricum or Lycium barbarum). Choose a sealed wine container and make sure it is clean and free of any moisture. Put the prepared materials into the wine container in turn, and pour the pure grain liquor with a degree of about 50 (the ratio of fresh dried cistanche deserticola slices to liquor is 1: 15). It is also a good choice for people with light alcohol to soak yellow wine. Let stand for a week and enjoy! Two ounces a day, suitable for men aged 25-70. Drink a small glass three times a day. Don't drink too much, otherwise it will backfire and cause your body to get angry.

In addition, cistanche deserticola can also treat constipation due to yang deficiency, and it is often used with Cimicifuga rhizome, Fructus Aurantii and Angelica sinensis. This is the most common method of soaking wine in Cistanche deserticola, and it is also the most direct and easy way for men to accept Cistanche deserticola. It can not only tonify kidney and strengthen yang, but also moisten intestines and relax bowels, and solve the problems caused by deficiency of kidney qi. The production method is relatively simple.

5. Stewed porridge with cistanche deserticola

Cistanche deserticola 10g and rice 10g can be selected. Stewed rice porridge with cistanche deserticola.

Cistanche deserticola 15g, mutton 100g and japonica rice 100g were selected. Boiled mutton porridge with meat and cistanche.

20g of cistanche deserticola, 20g of Ophiopogon japonicus, 30g of Lycium barbarum, 5g of ginger and 50g of brown sugar can be selected. Stewed wheat porridge with cistanche deserticola.

Cistanche deserticola10g, glutinous rice 200g and black rice10g. Wash the materials and soak the black rice and glutinous rice in water for four hours. You can soak the materials one night in advance and make cistanche glutinous rice porridge in the morning.

Production method (taking mutton porridge as an example): wash cistanche deserticola, wash mutton and slice it, and dice onion and ginger. Put cistanche deserticola into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, and cook for 30 minutes, then remove the residue and leave juice. Add japonica rice, salt, onion and ginger, boil with strong fire, and simmer with slow fire for 35 minutes, subject to the maturity of japonica rice. Breakfast and dinner.

Efficacy:? Warming kidney and strengthening yang, benefiting essence and blood. It can be used for treating kidney-yang deficiency, impotence, premature ejaculation, nocturnal emission, cold pain in waist and knees, weakness of muscles and bones, constipation, and invigorating qi and blood.

6. Stewed chicken or pigeon with cistanche.

Can be used for various hemorrhagic diseases, such as promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Can be used for treating blood deficiency, strain, dizziness, mental fatigue, and dizziness. Regular consumption can tonify kidney yang, nourish essence and blood, moisten intestines and relieve constipation, and also has a good effect on treating male nocturnal emission, and tonify kidney yang at the same time.

Raw materials: 350g of broiler, 0/0g of medlar/kloc, 8g of cistanche deserticola, 0/0g of ginger/kloc and 0/000g of clear water. Salt 5 grams, chicken essence 3 grams, sugar 1 gram.

Production (take stewed chicken as an example): firstly, the chicken is washed and cut into pieces, blanched, medlar and cistanche deserticola are removed, washed and soaked, and ginger is sliced for later use. Then take a clean pot, add water, ginger slices, cistanche deserticola, chicken and simmer for 30 minutes, then add Lycium barbarum and stew for 10 minute.

7. Cistanche deserticola stir-fry

Materials: cistanche deserticola 10-20g, vegetables.

Practice: After drinking Cistanche deserticola, cut it into shreds or slices, add some vegetables and stir-fry until cooked.

Eight. Cistanche deserticola paste

Ingredients: 500g of cistanche deserticola, 500g of Cynomorium songaricum and 250g of honey.

Practice: Wash cistanche deserticola and Cynomorium songaricum, fry them in a casserole into thick juice, remove the residue, add honey, boil them into paste, and store them in a pottery jar. Take it before meals every day, twice a day, with about 4 spoonfuls each time, and take it with warm water.

9. cistanche deserticola powder

Take a proper amount of cistanche deserticola, dry it in the sun, grind it into fine powder, and wrap it in a cloth bag. Cistanche deserticola powder can be used to make scented tea, boiled in vegetables, and boiled into paste with yellow wine, which has a wide range of uses. Regular consumption can also cure sweating, facilitate urination and improve blood failure in the elderly.

Summary: There are many ways to eat. Making tea, cooking porridge or soup and soaking feet with Cistanche can all play its role.

If you are in good health, it is not recommended to eat for a long time to avoid getting angry. Can only be taken under the guidance of Chinese medicine.

Dietary taboos:

1. People with severe internal heat should not eat it, otherwise it will aggravate symptoms and lead to adverse reactions.

2. Don't soak or cook Cistanche deserticola in metal containers such as iron and copper. They will absorb and reduce the nutritional components of Cistanche deserticola and make it lose its original value.

3. Children should not eat it. Children's body is in the stage of growth and development, so it is not suitable to use this kind of nourishing food, which will cause some adverse reactions to the body.