Have you ever drunk "Chinese medicine sour plum soup"? Recently, many netizens have posted photos of "Chinese medicine sour plum soup" that they went to Chinese medicine stores to buy in line on social platforms. Does it really work? Can everyone drink it? With these questions, Changjiang Cloud News reporters visited many pharmacies and traditional Chinese medicine centers in Wuhan.
New business in Chinese medicine stores: sour plum soup formula, tangerine peel latte...
A reporter from Changjiang Cloud News found in a Chinese pharmacy in Wuchang that many citizens came to consult and buy sour plum soup. Ms. Chen told reporters: "I saw someone posting 'Chinese medicine sour plum soup' on social platforms, and I was very interested, and it happened that the pharmacy was downstairs in the company, so I came to buy some to try." ”
Ms. Chen bought 5 pairs of Chinese medicine for boiling sour plum soup in one go, and she said that in addition to what she wanted to drink, other colleagues and friends around her also wanted it, so she bought more.
(The pharmacy has prepared the recipe for sour plum soup)
As soon as the Changjiang Cloud News reporter walked to the counter, before he spoke, the clerk said: "Do you want sour plum soup?" Pay next to it. "The table on the table is full of prescriptions for sour plum soup, mainly composed of hawthorn, tangerine peel, plum, licorice, etc., in order to pursue a better taste, you can also match some osmanthus, mulberries, rock sugar. After the customer paid the money, without waiting long, the clerk directly took out the medicinal herbs that had already been divided into packages from a large bag, she said: "There are too many people who have come to buy sour plum soup recently, it may be that the Internet is very hot, and there are especially many people who come to buy sour plum soup." ”
In addition to sour plum soup, the pharmacy also sells a variety of drinks covering Chinese medicinal materials, such as tangerine peel latte, monk fruit American style, goji berry latte... Variety. But the clerk reminded that these are just drinks, and they are not actually effective.
The Yangtze River Cloud News reporter also visited other traditional Chinese medicine stores in Wuhan and found that some shops were also selling various traditional Chinese medicine formulas such as sour plum soup, milk tea, and health tea.
(Marketing information released by a pharmacy in Wuhan)
Chinese medicine practitioner: Don't blindly follow the trend
In fact, "Chinese medicine sour plum soup" is not a new thing, Wuhan Sixth Hospital Chinese medicine department director and deputy director of traditional Chinese medicine Zhang Bo told the Yangtze River Cloud News reporter that choosing different medicated diets in different seasons for body conditioning is one of the health magic weapons left to us by our ancestors. Using Chinese medicine to make "sour plum soup" is a traditional medicinal meal.
(Zhang Bo introduced the Chinese medicinal materials commonly used in sour plum soup to the Yangtze River Cloud News reporter)
Zhang Bo analyzed that in the past two years, people have paid more and more attention to their physical health, and health preservation has become a hot topic. Sour plum soup with sweet and sour, several flavors of Chinese medicine in the formula also have the effect of quenching thirst, strengthening the spleen and awakening the stomach, especially suitable for summer people feel weak and poor appetite, so it will attract many people who pay attention to health care will independently choose some ointments, medicated meals, medicinal teas, and body conditioning.
In the past, Chinese medicine gave people the feeling of bitter taste and difficult to swallow, but now through the improvement of taste into drinks such as sour plum soup and milk tea, it is easier for the public to accept, and the form of this drink is also more attractive to young people, they are willing to share, but also good at sharing, a pass ten, ten to hundred, "Chinese medicine sour plum soup" may be "fire" like this.
(The "Chinese medicine sour plum soup" purchased by the reporter needs to be cooked by yourself)
But Zhang Bo also reminded that since it is traditional Chinese medicine, it has certain medicinal properties, and not all people with physical constitutions are suitable: "For example, raw hawthorn, although it can strengthen the stomach and eliminate food, but it also has the effect of activating blood circulation and removing stasis, so pregnant women should use it with caution." We do not recommend that everyone eat medicated food by themselves, because ordinary people do not necessarily understand the medicinal properties of each herb, and improper consumption may harm the body. Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to dialectical treatment, we will prescribe prescriptions according to each person's physique to formula, it is recommended that everyone must choose the right medicated diet under the guidance of doctors and pharmacists. ”
Autumn is coming, which medicated meals are suitable for health?
Food supplement is a very important part of TCM health preservation, autumn is coming, what are the medicated meals suitable for health?
Zhang Bo said that autumn is characterized by "dryness", dry and easy to hurt the lungs, people often feel dry mouth and nose, thirst for drinking, dry skin, etc., so in terms of diet, generally to moisturize and replenish the main food, eat more food that nourishes the yin and dryness, moisturizes the lungs and strengthens the spleen. "We can eat some pears and apples to moisturize, and the monk fruit silver fungus stewed snow pear, Tiandongchuan shell pork lung soup, etc. are all good choices."
Zhang Bo finally reminded that the general public should not blindly follow the trend, and food supplements should be carried out under the guidance of doctors or pharmacists to avoid injuries.
(Changjiang Cloud News Reporter Zhou Xiang)