As the saying goes, "Qi and blood are not enough for hundreds of sick students", and the harm of qi deficiency to the body is very large.
Autumn and winter is the season of replenishment, naturally it is indispensable to eat some food to replenish qi and blood, and today I recommend a good ingredient to replenish qi.
Astragalus, the most tonic of all medicines
Astragalus, also known as Beiqi (named because it is abundant in the north of China), is also known as Wang Sun and Mian Astragalus.
Chinese medicine believes that astragalus has a sweet and warm taste, has the effect of replenishing qi and fixing the table, diuresis, and is a good medicine for tonifying qi. Li Shizhen called astragalus "the longest of tonics" and had the reputation of "the best of all tonics".
Modern nutrition analysis believes that astragalus contains nutrients such as polysaccharides, monosaccharides, flavonoids, folic acid, a variety of amino acids and trace elements selenium. Due to its abundance in trace element selenium, astragalus also has a good anti-cancer and preventive effects against coronary heart disease.
Scientists have also found that astragalus plays a very important role in improving the metabolism of the elderly and preventing geriatric diseases.
Use astragalus to replenish qi, get "clever use"!
Many people use astragalus soup to supplement it, because "often drink astragalus soup, prevent diseases and ensure health".
But in fact, this phrase is not completely scientific, because astragalus soup emphasizes "smart drinking", not "often drinking".
Astragalus is warm and powerful, if it is often used alone or a large amount of one-time supplementation, it may make the body quickly appear "on fire" symptoms, such as redness, upset, poor sleep or insomnia, sore throat, increased blood pressure or dizziness, etc., and even aggravate or reverse the disease.
Therefore, before eating astragalus, you can first consider relatively peaceful herbs, such as ginseng, etc., and after finding it effective without adverse reactions, you can add or switch to astragalus.
Magic use astragalus, 3 recipes are recommended
Astragalus can be used to boil soup, decoction, boil porridge, there are many uses, the following recommended several recipes:
Astragalus pork belly soup
Ingredients: 20 grams of astragalus, 1 pork belly, salt to taste.
Directions: Wash the pork belly, wash the astragalus and put it into the pork belly; add water to the pot, bring the pork belly and astragalus to a boil on high heat, reduce the heat and simmer for 1 to 2 hours until cooked, add salt to taste and eat.
Nutritional reviews: This soup is beneficial to the spleen, digestion and appetizer, can be used for gastric prolapse and chronic gastritis patients.
Astragalus lily porridge
Ingredients: 30 grams of astragalus and lilies, 100 grams of rice, brown sugar to taste.
Method: Wash the astragalus and lilies separately and put them in the pot; add an appropriate amount of water, fry on low heat for about 30 minutes, filter out the residue, and leave the medicinal juice; wash the rice and put it in the pot, add the medicinal juice, cook until the rice is cooked, add brown sugar and stir well.
Nutritional reviews: This porridge can regulate chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis and so on caused by weak lung qi.
Astragalus red date tea
Ingredients: 15 g astragalus, 4 red dates, water to taste.
Directions: Pitted dates, soaked in water with astragalus for 20 to 30 minutes; then put the astragalus dates in a pot, boil on high heat and turn to low heat for 20 minutes to drink. In the process of cooking, it is best not to use an induction cooker, choose to use an open flame.
Nutritional reviews: This tea tonifies blood and qi, beauty and beauty.
2 steps to pick high quality astragalus
Counterfeit and shoddy medicinal materials abound, and how to fake and store the truth requires skill. If you want to buy authentic high-quality astragalus, here to teach everyone to walk in two steps.
1. Distinguish between true and false
Common counterfeit astragalus include golden chicken, wild peas, hollyhocks, round-leaved mallows, etc., when purchasing drugs, carefully observe the size, shape, section, especially the taste, you can easily identify the true and false.
The high-quality astragalus section is fibrous, powdery, yellow in the skin, yellow in xylem, and has a radial texture; it tastes slightly sweet and has a beany taste when chewed.
2. Select the place of origin
Among the authentic astragalus, there are also wild and artificial cultivations.
In addition to the three kinds of Guanqi produced in the northeast, namely Bu Kui Qi, Ninggu TaQi and Zhengkou Qi, the best quality is Gansu wild astragalus.
If it is artificially cultivated astragalus, you can choose astragalus from Gansu and Northeast China, and the quality is relatively better.