Winter stew is a good time! A female Chinese medicine practitioner teaches you how to DIY herbal medicine

The weather in autumn and winter is unstable with sudden changes of temperature! At this time, everyone wants to drink a tonic soup to warm up the body and increase immunity. Doctor Zhang Wenxin personally cooks medicinal food.

Share with you how to DIY healthy medicinal diet, which will not make you get irritated or fat after taking it^^

Hot chicken soup with ginseng root, Polygonatum multiflorum and Polygonatum odoratum is very healthy

The Chinese medicinal materials that are good for health and warming the body include ginseng root, Polygonum multiflorum, Eucommia ulmoides, Polygonatum odoratum, cinnamon twig, Astragalus, Codonopsis pilosula, Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong, Lycium barbarum, and red dates. These medicinal materials can be combined to regulate qi and blood, nourish yin and moisten dryness, and replenish without causing internal heat.

[Autumn and Winter Health Diet] DIY Steps for Ginseng, Polygonum Multiflorum and Chicken Soup

• Ingredients: 4 qian of ginseng root, 3 qian of Polygonum multiflorum, 3 qian of Eucommia ulmoides, 3 qian of Polygonatum odoratum, 2 qian of cinnamon twig, 2 qian of Astragalus, 2 qian of Codonopsis pilosula, 3 qian of Angelica sinensis, 2 qian of Chuanxiong, 5 qian of wolfberry, 8 red dates

• Ingredients: chicken thighs or breasts, 1 tablespoon rice wine, 6 slices of ginger, 5 to 8 mushrooms, 6 bowls of water, a pinch of salt

• practice:

  1. Soak the mushrooms until soft; cut the ginger into 6 slices; wash and cut the chicken into pieces, put them into boiling water and blanch them until cooked (if you are worried about gaining weight after eating, you can remove the chicken skin first!)

  2. After washing the Chinese medicinal materials, put them into a pot with rice wine and water and cook until boiling. After the Chinese medicinal soup is boiled out, add the chicken and stew for about 30 minutes until the chicken is cooked. If you have a pressure cooker at home, you can use it properly to save a lot of time and cook chicken soup within an hour.

  3. You can add a little salt before serving.

★Dr. Zhang’s little reminder~

When choosing chicken, in addition to ordinary broilers, you can also choose health-preserving black-bone chicken, which is mild in nature and sweet in taste, can warm the middle and nourish the spleen, replenish qi and nourish blood, and is a medicinal food treasure. It has lower fat and higher high-quality protein than ordinary broilers or native chickens. If you want to drink chicken soup but are worried about gaining weight, you can freeze the cooked chicken soup first, remove the fat on the next day, and then heat it up before drinking.

【Instructions for use】

1. Ginseng root: It has a slightly cool property, replenishes Qi and activates blood circulation, nourishes Yin and strengthens the body, and is nourishing without being dry. People with a dry and hot constitution (prone to mouth sores, dry mouth and tongue) should not take Korean ginseng for tonic. They can use ginseng root or Western ginseng instead, which are milder and will not cause heatiness.

2. Polygonum multiflorum: It is a blood tonic, enters the liver and kidneys, is bitter, sweet and slightly warm, and can nourish blood and improve essence. The Song Dynasty's "Kaibao Materia Medica" called it "benefiting blood and qi..., long-term use can strengthen muscles and bones, improve essence and marrow, and prolong life." It has good antioxidant, anti-aging and blood lipid-lowering effects

3. Polygonatum odoratum: nourishes yin and moisturizes dryness, improves skin aging (dryness, fine lines, sagging...), and is a very good whitening and spot-lightening herb

4. Eucommia: nourishes the liver and kidneys, strengthens the bones and muscles

5. Cinnamon twig: warms the yang energy, warms the meridians, promotes blood circulation, and prevents colds

6. Astragalus, Codonopsis, and Red Dates: Replenish vitality and increase physical strength. Combined with Polygonum multiflorum and red dates, they can regulate qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and make the complexion more moisturized.

7. Angelica and Chuanxiong: Angelica nourishes blood and activates blood circulation, regulates menstruation and moisturizes the skin; Chuanxiong activates blood circulation and promotes qi circulation

8. Wolfberry: nourishes the essence and blood, nourishes the liver and kidneys and improves eyesight. It is recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica that it can "nourish the kidney and replenish qi", "produce essence and assist yang", "replenish deficiency and fatigue", "strengthen tendons and bones", etc. It can also lower blood sugar and regulate cholesterol.

9. Chicken: Black-bone chicken is a medicinal food treasure. It has lower fat and higher quality protein than ordinary broiler or native chicken, and is nutritious without burden.

10. Shiitake mushrooms: Contains protein, riboflavin, polysaccharides, and vitamin D. It can nourish the body, benefit the spleen and stomach, enhance immunity, and lower blood sugar.

11. Young ginger slices: Ginger is also a Chinese medicinal material. It is spicy and warm in nature. It can expel the body's coldness, help sweat and eliminate dampness, warm the lungs and take care of the stomach, consume calories through sweating, and thus achieve the purpose of fat decomposition and burning. Among them, the slimming ingredient, according to research, ginger contains the slimming ingredient "gingerol", which can promote peripheral blood circulation, improve metabolism, and achieve the effect of slimming!

In particular, the reason why many girls are obese is that they drink ice drinks or eat cold food for a long time, which causes "cold and dampness accumulation" in the body. The accumulated water in the body cannot be discharged smoothly, causing edema and obesity. Ginger can help sweat and remove moisture, and the ginger peel has a stronger diuretic and swelling-reducing effect!

You can eat more ginger dishes or make simple homemade ginger black tea to warm your body and improve metabolism. You can put more ginger when cooking because old ginger is spicy and warm. People with dry and hot constitution (those who are prone to mouth sores, constipation, and hemorrhoids) can use mild young ginger instead.

This article comes from: Beautiful and Sweet Love─Dr. Zhang Wenxin's Chinese Medicine Beauty Book

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