Yuzhu is sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature. Entering the lung and stomach meridian can nourish yin and moisten the lung, nourish the stomach and produce fluid. It is mostly used for syndromes such as yin deficiency, cold and cold, dry cough, fever and yin injury, and internal heat and thirst quenching.
Polygonatum odoratum not only has anti-aging and hypoglycemic effects, but also contains steroid glycosides as cardiotonic substances. In dietotherapy, you can use Yuzhu stewed meat soup to tonify deficiency and strengthen the body. You can also add japonica rice, longan pulp, jujube kernel and Poria powder to cook porridge to treat insomnia. Using Polygonatum odoratum and sand to cook porridge with rice is beneficial to treat dry cough due to yin deficiency.
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Selection and taboo of Polygonatum odoratum;
When buying fresh Polygonatum odoratum, it is best to have long rope, fat meat, yellow and white color and soft surface luster, and the quality of those who are easy to break is slightly inferior. The decoction pieces are yellow, white, translucent, shiny, odorless and sour.
Polygonatum odoratum is a representative medicinal material for nourishing yin, which is mainly used for yin deficiency of lung and stomach, with symptoms such as cough with little phlegm, dry throat and thirst, exogenous yin deficiency, and muscle and vein cramping pain. For example, patients with phlegm-dampness and qi stagnation characterized by excessive phlegm or spleen deficiency and loose stool should not take it.
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Baidu encyclopedia-Yuzhu lean broth
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People's Network-Yuzhu is right to nourish yin, promote fluid production and moisturize skin.
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People's Network-Polygonatum sibiricum and Polygonatum odoratum are good products for nourishing yin.