With the popularity of "health preservation", various nutritional products, health care products and nourishing medicinal materials have also entered thousands of households. Although "keeping in good health" became popular in recent years, it existed as early as the feudal era in China.
Of course, at that time, all the people who paid attention to "health preservation" were royal aristocrats, and there was no share of the people. Emperor Qianlong became the longest-lived emperor in China because he paid attention to health preservation. There are rumors that Empress Dowager Cixi is getting older and older, but her skin is still as delicate as a girl, also because of "health preservation".
"Keeping in good health" has long been figured out by our ancestors. Compared with today's various forms of tonics, the tonic sacred product recognized by the royal family at that time was the Nine Immortals of China.
Speaking of fairy grass, people must first think of ginseng, ganoderma lucidum and Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. These are indeed on the market, but they are by no means the first nourishing holy products. The first one is Dendrobium. Nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, nourishing essence and calming nerves, and prolonging life.
"Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing" said: "Dendrobium is sweet and flat. In the main injury, it can remove arthralgia, reduce qi, tonify five internal organs, weaken the body and strengthen yin. Take a thick stomach for a long time, light skin and prolong life. "
The Records of Famous Doctors in the Eastern Han Dynasty also recorded Dendrobium: "The main body is beneficial to essence, but the internal organs are absolutely insufficient. It can soothe the stomach, grow muscles, drive away the evil heat of the skin, and hurt the feet and knees. Long service, except shock. "
Saussurea involucrata, a well-known nourishing holy product. "Xinjiang Manual of Traditional Chinese Medicine" records Xuelian: "Dispelling cold and strengthening yang, strengthening tendons and dredging collaterals, treating waist and knee pain and prolonging life." Promoting blood circulation, dredging collaterals, nourishing yin and strengthening yang.
Ginseng is naturally a well-known tonic, but not all ginseng can be called nine immortals. It takes three or two times for wild ginseng to enter the ranks of Cao Xian. Ginseng has a medicinal history of more than 4,000 years in China, and its efficacy goes without saying.
Shouwu, benefiting essence and blood, strengthening bones and muscles, ranks among the nine immortals in a hundred years. The best effect of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb is to improve the aging phenomenon of the elderly, promote the improvement of human immunity, promote the production of red blood cells, and prevent coronary heart disease and hyperlipidemia.
Under the first flower in a century, Poria cocos is a fungus plant parasitic on the roots of pine trees, which looks a bit like sweet potato. Its main functions are detoxification and anti-cancer, calming the heart and calming the nerves, and promoting diuresis.
Ganoderma lucidum is in the mountains. Ganoderma lucidum was called "Cao Xian" and "Cao Rui" in ancient China. Legend has it that ganoderma lucidum has the effect of bringing back the dead and living forever. In The Legend of the New White Snake, there is a plot in which the White Snake steals the fairy ganoderma lucidum to save Xu Xian.
Ganoderma lucidum is a precious traditional Chinese medicine in China, which has the functions of nourishing, strengthening the body and strengthening the body resistance. Its pharmacological components are very rich, and it can regulate cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, digestion, respiration, nerves, endocrine and so on. Among them, the preventive and therapeutic effects on delaying aging, tumor and insomnia are particularly obvious.
Underwater pearls, although pearls have always appeared in front of everyone as jewelry decorations. But it also has medicinal value. In addition to the well-known whitening, pearls also have the effects of calming the nerves, improving eyesight, removing nebula, detoxifying and promoting granulation, improving immunity and delaying aging.
Cordyceps sinensis, this is familiar to everyone. Its main function is to regulate the immune system, regulate the functions of heart, liver, kidney, hematopoiesis and respiratory system, improve cell energy, and resist tumors.
The last herb is cistanche deserticola, which is called goblin and golden bamboo shoot in Chinese medicine. It has always been a palace treasure in the western regions and has the reputation of "desert ginseng".
Cistanche deserticola has the effects of tonifying yang without dryness, warming kidney and supporting yang, and tonifying kidney and kidney deficiency, and also has a miraculous effect on moistening intestine and clearing abdomen to treat constipation.
The above is the Nine Immortals, an ancient royal nourishing product in China. Here is a brief introduction. ?