Euryale ferox, also known as chicken head rice and chicken head fruit, is a good book in ancient medical books. There is a saying that "babies can't eat it all the time, but the elderly can eat it for a long time". With the characteristics of "nourishing but not astringent" and "preventing dryness and not being greasy", it is the first choice for tonic in autumn.

Su Dongpo himself wrote a book called Dongpo Health Collection, which recorded many health preserving methods. One of them is to eat the same food and herbs every day. After cooking the medicinal materials, he put them in his mouth one by one, chewed them slowly until they were full of body fluid, then knocked them several times and swallowed them slowly. He ate 65,438+0030 pills every day, day after day, year after year. So I have been strong in waist and legs and strong in walking until I am old.

The secret of Mr. Dongpo's staying young is the ginseng in the water-Euryale ferox.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Euryale ferox is sweet, astringent and flat, which can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, strengthen the kidney and stop diarrhea, and has the advantages of "nourishing but not strong" and "preventing dryness and not greasy". Its effect of tonifying kidney is better than that of yam, eliminating dampness is better than that of adzuki bean, and calming heart is better than that of lotus seed. It can be said that it is a buried tonic.

Euryale ferox is divided into two types: raw Euryale ferox is mainly used for tonifying kidney and astringent essence, and fried Euryale ferox is mainly used for strengthening spleen and appetizing. We have heard a lot about raw Euryale ferox, but fried Euryale ferox is not common. So, do raw Euryale ferox have the same effect as fried Euryale ferox? Let's find out.

1, raw Euryale ferox is mainly used to tonify kidney and astringent semen, while fried Euryale ferox is mainly used to strengthen spleen and stimulate appetite. Euryale ferox is sweet, astringent and nontoxic. Meridian tropism: entering the heart, kidney, spleen and stomach. Efficacy: spleen and dampness, kidney and essence. Indications: diarrhea, dysuria, waist and knee pain, damp arthralgia, turbid nocturnal emission in men, and increased leucorrhea in women.

2, the effect of fried Euryale ferox is mainly to treat nocturnal emission, stranguria, leucorrhea, urination, diarrhea, not eating more, can be decocted. Stir-fried Euryale ferox is warm and fragrant after stir-frying, which enhances the function of strengthening spleen and arresting astringency. It can also be divided into stir-fried Euryale ferox and bran stir-fried Euryale ferox, but their functions are similar, and they are both strong in strengthening spleen and astringent.

3. Although Euryale ferox has the function of invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, it is astringent in taste, hard to digest, easy to hurt the spleen and stomach, and easy to hurt the baby's stomach. Whether it is raw food or cooked food, it is forbidden to eat too much at a time, otherwise it will be difficult to digest. People who usually have abdominal distension symptoms should avoid eating. This is raw gorgon fruit and fried gorgon fruit.

At this time, it is necessary to regulate the spleen and stomach for winter tonic. As the saying goes, "autumn porridge is pleasant", you should eat more porridge that is light and spleen-strengthening. You should choose Gordon Euryale as the first choice for food supplement, and cook porridge with Gordon Euryale, red dates or peanuts.

Euryale ferox red jujube porridge

Ingredients: Euryale ferox, rice and red dates.

Exercise:

Pour 50g of fried Gordon Euryale into a pot, add water to boil for a while, then add100g of washed rice and a little red dates to serve as porridge.

Efficacy: regular eating can strengthen the body, strengthen the bones and muscles, and keep a clear head. But children should not eat more, which is not good for the spleen and stomach and is not easy to digest.

Euryale ferox barley yam porridge

Ingredients: Euryale ferox, Coix seed and yam.

Exercise:

Put the soaked Coicis Semen and Euryale Semen into a pot, pour in appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high fire, turn to low heat for 30 minutes, then pour in rice and continue to cook over low heat for 20 minutes. Peel the yam, slice it, and put it in the pot to continue cooking 10 minutes.

Efficacy: The effect of invigorating qi and blood is very good. Regular drinking will make people rosy, energetic and greatly reduce fatigue.

Euryale ferox mainly has the functions of nourishing spleen and stomach, astringing essence, stopping leukorrhagia and stopping diarrhea. Astringent taste is stronger than lotus seeds. It can be used alone for cooking porridge or grinding soup. Commonly used lotus seeds. Euryale ferox can strengthen the spleen, eliminate dampness and stop diarrhea. Commonly used for chronic diarrhea, chronic enteritis and other diseases. It can also be used with medicated diets such as Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, and white lentils, such as Poria Euryale seed porridge and Euryale seed yam porridge.

Tip: Gordon Euryale should be stewed with slow fire until it is cooked thoroughly. Chew slowly and don't eat too much at a time.

1, Euryale ferox is suitable for people.

Euryale ferox has the effects of invigorating spleen, stopping diarrhea, tonifying kidney, fixing essence, eliminating dampness and stopping leukorrhagia. The general population can achieve nourishing effect.

People who are weak are more suitable. Gordon Euryale is rich in starch, which can provide heat energy for human body, and is also rich in vitamins, which can supplement nutrition for human body. Especially when people reach the middle-aged and elderly stage, they find that their physical health is far worse than before. Food such as Euryale ferox helps to strengthen physical fitness.

Women with more leucorrhea, kidney deficiency and backache, children with more urine, elderly people with frequent urination, nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation, chronic diarrhea and chronic enteritis are all suitable for people with gorgon.

People who usually feel that their stomachs are not very good are also very suitable for eating Euryale ferox. Gordon Euryale seed can strengthen the absorption function of small intestine, increase the concentration of serum carotene, greatly reduce the incidence of lung cancer and gastric cancer, and help people reduce the incidence of cancer.

2. Precautions for eating Euryale ferox

Euryale ferox is difficult to digest, so it is best not to eat it with indigestible food, which may lead to more indigestion.

Euryale ferox is hard and astringent, which is not only suitable for people with hard stools, but also not suitable for ordinary people to eat as a staple food. Euryale ferox is divided into raw and fried. Nourishing kidney is the main way to produce Euryale ferox, and invigorating spleen and appetizing is the main way to stir-fry Euryale ferox.

People with abdominal distension should avoid eating. People with abdominal distension themselves have indigestion, and if they eat Euryale ferox, the symptoms will be more serious.