The efficacy and function of sauce

As we all know, sauce is a very common medicinal ingredient with many years of history. It can also treat many diseases. Let us learn about the medicinal value of sauce.

[Source] It is a paste made from flour or beans that is steamed, fermented, and then added with salt and water.

【Chemical composition】 The main raw materials of the sauce are soybeans or flour. The general chemical composition of each 100 grams of sauce is as follows:

【Nature and flavor】Salty, cold.

[entry into meridians] Enters the stomach, spleen, and kidney meridians.

【Functions and indications】Removing heat and detoxifying. Treats bee, scorpion, insect bites, and burns caused by hot water or fire.

【Note】 "Sui Xi Ju Diet" states: "If you eat it when the scab has just fallen off, the scab will turn black."

[Additional prescription] ① Treat poisons caused by various medicines, insects and animals that harm humans: Wash the bean paste with water to remove the juice, mash one cup of bean paste, and drink it with white soup. Then mash the bean paste and apply it to the injured area. (The Authentic Prescriptions)

【Discussions by various scholars】 "Ben Cao Jing Shu": "According to the different types of sauces, only the long-aged bean sauce can be used as medicine. It tastes salty, sour, cold and sharp, so it can eliminate heat, relieve irritability and toxicity caused by hot water or fire. It can kill all fish, meat, vegetables and mushroom poisons. The "Ben Cao" says that it can kill all kinds of drug poisons, which is wrong. There is also elm seed sauce, which tastes spicy and delicious, kills all kinds of insects, promotes urination and defecation, and relieves bad stomach and heart qi; mugwort sauce has the same therapeutic effect."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Ming Yi Bie Lu"; 1. Tao Hongjing: Soy sauce is mostly made from beans, and pure wheat is rare. Now it should be summer, and the longer it is, the better. There are also meat sauce and fish sauce, which are not used for medicinal purposes.

The utilization rate of sauce in traditional Chinese medicine is still very high, and it can be used to treat a variety of diseases. We should eat the sauce only after fully understanding its effects and functions. I hope everyone doesn’t eat carelessly.