The "Daozang" during the first year of the Tang Dynasty called "Dendrobium, Tianshan Snow Lotus, Sanduo Ginseng, One Hundred and Twenty Years Shouwu, Huajia Zhiling, Deep Mountain Wild Ganoderma lucidum, Undersea Pearl, Cordyceps sinensis, and Cistanche" as the "Nine Immortal Grasses" of China.
dendrobium
Dendrobium was first found in the Shennong Materia Medica, circa 3rd-4th century BC), "Dendrobium, sweet taste, ping." In the main injury, remove paralysis, lower qi, make up for the five internal organs, weak and thin, and strong yin. Long-term thick stomach, light body and prolongation of life. A Lin Lan. Raw Valley. ”。
In the post-Eastern Han Dynasty, the "Famous Doctors" (written in a book spanning about 400 years, not by one person) recorded that "Dendrobium is non-toxic. The main essence, replenishing internal deficiencies, calming stomach qi, growing muscles, skin by skin evil heat and prickly qi, feet and knees pain cold paralysis. Serve for a long time, eliminate shock. One forbidden, one Duran, one Shi Bei. Born in the valley of Lu'an, on the water and rocks. Pick stems in July and August, and dry them. ”
Tianshan snow lotus
There are many records in ancient texts that in the Jin "Legend of Mu Tianzi" Yun, the Son of Heaven asked the queen mother for the elixir of life, and the queen mother took the snow lotus of the Tianshan Mountains as a gift; "Citrus Garden Knowledge" Yunqi removes cold phlegm; "Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine" Yunqi removes cold, replenishes blood, warms the uterus, and cures women's menstrual irregularities and leakage.
The "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Chu Ci", "Shiji", "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Uygur Medicine History", "Xinjiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Handbook" all have records on the function of snow lotus: there are snow lotuses in the Tianshan Mountains, born in the lofty mountains, the function is to remove cold and aphrodisiac, strengthen tendons and relax the body, cure waist and knee soreness, and is the best product for prolonging life and longevity. Throughout the ages, Tianshan snow lotus has always been a coveted tonic.
Triple double ginseng
Ginseng is a precious tonic that has great medical and economic value and has a medicinal history of about 4,000 years in mainland China.
Ginseng is divided into three varieties: wild mountain ginseng, garden ginseng and Korean ginseng.
Red ginseng: Wash fresh ginseng, cut off small branches, steam for 2~2.5 hours, take out and dry or dry to make red ginseng. Red ginseng is divided into two types. Among them, the shape is better, the length of the reed, the length of the body, and the length of the side root is "red ginseng with side stripes". The others are "common red ginseng".
The first one hundred years old
Shouwu nourishes liver and kidney, sperm and blood, and strengthens muscles and bones. Its sex is slightly warm, bitter, sweet and astringent. Shouwu can improve the signs of aging in the elderly, such as gray hair, tooth loss, age spots, etc.
Traditional Chinese medicine He Shou Wu has the difference between Shengshou Wu and Shou Wu, directly sliced into the medicine as Sheng Shou Wu, mixed with black bean boiling juice and steamed, dried into the medicine to make Shou Wu.
The functions of the two are different: Shengshou Wu functions detoxification, carbuncle elimination, moisturizing and laxation, and is often used to treat sputum and carbuncle, rubella itching, irritable bowel and constipation; The function of making Shou Wu is to tonify liver and kidney, improve sperm blood, black beard hair, strengthen muscles and bones, and is used for blood deficiency and chlorosis, vertigo tinnitus, premature whitening, waist and knee soreness, limb numbness, collapse and leakage band, long-term malaria body deficiency, etc.
Flower Armor
Poria, commonly known as Yunling, Pine Ling, and Fuling, is a fungus plant that parasitizes the roots of pine trees, shaped like a sweet potato, with a black-brown outer skin and a white or pink inside.
Modern medical research shows that poria can enhance the body's immune function, and poria polysaccharide has obvious anti-tumor and liver-protecting effects. It can also be used as an ingredient, there are porridge cakes, porridge, very nutritious, peaceful taste.
Deep mountain Ganoderma lucidum
Lingzhi, according to the first pharmaceutical monograph "Shennong Materia Medica", recorded that there are six kinds of Lingzhi, purple, red, green, yellow, white and black.
Since ancient times, Lingzhi has been regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness, wealth, beauty and longevity, known as "fairy grass" and "rui grass", and traditional Chinese medicine has long been regarded as a precious Chinese herbal medicine that nourishes and strengthens the roots. Folklore has it that Ganoderma lucidum has the effect of resurrecting the dead and immortality.
Pearls under the sea
Pearls have been used medicinally in China for more than 2,000 years. 19 ancient medical books, including the medical book "Famous Doctors" during the Three Kingdoms, the "Collection of Materia Medica" of the Liang Dynasty, the "Sea Medicine Materia Medica" of the Tang Dynasty, the "Kaibao Materia Medica" of the Song Dynasty, the "Compendium of Materia Medica" of the Ming Dynasty, and the "Lei Gong Medicinal Properties" of the Qing Dynasty, all have clear records on the efficacy of pearls.
The Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China and the Dictionary of Chinese Medicines both indicate that pearls have the effects of calming the mind, removing the eyes, detoxifying and building muscles. Modern research also shows that pearls have unique effects in improving human immunity, delaying aging, removing freckles and whitening, and supplementing calcium.
aweto
Cordyceps sinensis, the name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is a complex of Cordyceps sinensis, a plant in the family Ergomyceae, parasitizing the subcolony and the corpse of the larvae of insects in the bat moth family. It has the effect of tonifying the kidney and benefiting the lungs, stopping bleeding and dissolving phlegm. Mainly treats impotence, waist and knee pain, long-term cough and wheezing, sputum and blood.
Desert Cistanche
Cistanche, also known as Da Yun, is mainly produced in the small town of Cistanche in Hetian, Xinjiang and parts of Inner Mongolia.
Chinese medicine calls it a goblin or golden shoot, is an extremely valuable Chinese medicinal material, known as "desert ginseng", historically used by the countries of the Western Regions as a treasure of the Shanggong court, known as the "Western Regions Tribute". Cistanche has been used in medicine for a long time. It is sweet and warm, salty and moist, with tonifying yang and not dry, warming kidney yang and tonifying kidney deficiency; Tonify yin without greasy, moisturize the intestines and relieve constipation. It is precisely because it complements and slows down that it is called Cistanche (calm).
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