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What are the traditional Chinese medicines on the dining table? There are five kinds, and their names and functions are very important.
China Specialty Network recommends edible Chinese herbal medicines in autumn and winter:

Lycium barbarum:

1, nourishing liver and kidney. It can be used for asthenia, deficiency of essence, soreness of waist and knees, dizziness and tinnitus, thirst quenching due to internal heat, blood deficiency and sallow, and blurred vision. Lycium barbarum contains 14 kinds of amino acids, and contains special nutrients such as betaine, luteolin and sour berries, which has extraordinary health care effects.

2, benefit the eyes. Lycium barbarum is rich in carotene, vitamins, calcium, iron and other nutrients necessary for healthy eyes, so it has the function of improving eyesight, commonly known as "improving eyesight". Chinese wolfberry is often used by doctors in past dynasties to treat blurred vision and night blindness caused by liver blood deficiency and kidney yin deficiency. The famous prescription "Qiju Dihuang Pill" takes Lycium barbarum as the main medicine.

Jujube:

1. Spleen and stomach: people with spleen and stomach weakness and diarrhea fatigue can eat seven "Golden Shouzao" tablets a day, or use them together with Dangshen and Atractylodes macrocephala, which can replenish the middle energizer and strengthen the spleen and stomach, and achieve the effects of increasing appetite and stopping diarrhea; Jujube, ginger and Pinellia can be used together to treat gastritis caused by careless diet, such as abdominal distension and vomiting.

2. Yiqi Yangxue: Jujube is a good tonic. Jujube is often added to the diet to nourish the body and nourish blood. Dr Andy Sun, an immunologist at National Taiwan University, strongly advocates that eating more red dates, astragalus and medlar at ordinary times can enhance the vitality of the body and enhance immunity.

3. Nourishing blood and calming the nerves: female bipolar disorder, crying and restless, uneasy and so on. Using red dates together with licorice and wheat can nourish blood, soothe the nerves, soothe the liver and relieve depression.

4. Relieve the medicinal properties: Red dates are often used in prescriptions with strong medicinal properties to reduce the side effects of drugs with strong medicinal properties and protect healthy qi. For example, in Ten Jujube Soup, jujube is used to reduce the toxicity of laxatives such as Gansui, Euphorbia Euphorbia and Wuhua, and to protect the spleen and stomach from harm. Jujube is a sacred product for invigorating qi and nourishing blood, and at the same time, it is cheap. People don't need to buy expensive supplements, and they can achieve the health care effect by making good use of red dates. People with diabetes had better eat less, because the sugar content is too high.

Angelica sinensis:

1. The primary function of Angelica sinensis is to replenish blood. Dizziness, palpitation, fatigue, less blood color and weak pulse caused by blood deficiency, it is best to use angelica.

The famous Danggui Buxue Decoction consists of Danggui and Huangqi. If codonopsis pilosula and red dates are added, the effect of invigorating qi and blood will be stronger. Angelica sinensis is also an important medicinal material in gynecology, because Angelica sinensis can not only enrich blood, but also promote blood circulation, which is most suitable for women with irregular menstruation. Siwutang, which is composed of Angelica sinensis, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Rhizoma Chuanxiong, is a basic prescription for regulating menstruation in gynecology.

2. Warming meridians and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. Angelica sinensis can be used for abdominal pain due to deficiency cold, rheumatic joint pain and blood stasis pain due to traumatic injury.

3, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, relieving swelling and pain, discharging pus and promoting granulation. Angelica sinensis is commonly used as medicine, such as carbuncle sore.

4, nourishing blood and moistening the intestines. Angelica sinensis is also an important component of many famous prescriptions for nourishing qi and blood, such as Angelica sinensis ginger mutton soup, Shiquan Dabu soup, steamed chicken with medicine and so on. It can be seen that Angelica sinensis, which is well-known at home and abroad, is indeed worthy of being the holy medicine of blood clan and an important medicine in gynecology.

Astragalus:

1, enhancing immune function and promoting metabolism.

2. Improve cardiac function: it can reduce arterial pressure, slow down heart rate, relax coronary artery, enhance myocardial contractility, increase cardiac output, and prevent and treat circulatory failure.

3, liver protection: blood and spleen, spleen and stomach, enhance physical strength, improve immunity, anti-virus. Ensure the normal operation of liver function.

4, anti-aging, regulate blood sugar: both qi and blood, kidney and essence. Benefiting qi, consolidating exterior, detoxicating, expelling pus, promoting diuresis and promoting granulation have good maintenance and anti-aging effects on women.

Longan:

1, longan pulp, rich in protein, vitamins and soluble sugar. Has anticancer, blood lipid lowering, heart protecting, anti-aging, life prolonging, growth promoting, body building, nonspecific immunity enhancing, qi invigorating, blood nourishing, and beauty beauty effects. Arillus longan is a nourishing product, which can be matched with Radix Adenophorae, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati and stewed meat. It is an ideal table food.

2. Boiled eggs with brown sugar and longan meat are the most ideal nourishing food for lying-in women or those who are weak after illness;

3. Longan medicated wine made of longan pulp mixed with Chinese herbal medicine has obvious curative effect on neurasthenia and deficiency of both qi and blood;

4. Longan cola made from longan meat is a popular health drink nowadays.