How to eat Rehmannia glutinosa

Rehmannia root is called cooked rehmannia, it is a very famous Chinese medicine. How to eat Rehmannia root? Since it is a Chinese medicine, of course we can cook it and eat it. Rehmannia root is mostly used in medicinal diet. Based on the effects of Rehmannia root, we can make many health-preserving medicinal diets. Below we will introduce the methods of making these health-preserving medicinal diets. Let’s see how to eat Rehmannia root in the most health-preserving way.

Rehmannia root has a good therapeutic effect on many diseases. We can use it to treat blood deficiency and women's irregular menstruation can also be treated with Rehmannia root. Rehmannia root can nourish our kidneys, so we can eat more Rehmannia root as a medicinal food in our daily life.

Nutritional analysis of Rehmannia glutinosa:

Nourish blood and yin, replenish essence and fill marrow. It is mainly used to treat liver and kidney yin deficiency, soreness of the waist and knees, bone steaming and hot flashes, night sweats and spermatorrhea, internal heat and thirst, blood deficiency and sallow complexion, palpitations, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia and bleeding, dizziness and tinnitus, and premature graying of hair.

Additional information about Rehmannia glutinosa: Rehmannia glutinosa is a general commodity and is generally not divided into grades. The best ones are big, heavy, soft and oily, black in cross section and sweet in taste. The best product is Huaiqing Rehmannia from Henan Province, which is one of the four major Huai medicines. According to different processing methods, Rehmannia root can be divided into steamed Rehmannia root, wine-prepared Rehmannia root, ginger wine-prepared Rehmannia root, Amomum villosum-prepared Rehmannia root, and Rehmannia root charcoal. After processing, store in a dry container. The prepared Rehmannia root should be sealed and placed in a cool and dry place to prevent mildew and infestation.

How to make Siwu Decoction

1. Wash the processed chicken, put it in boiling water for one minute and take it out

2. Wrap the cinnamon twigs in a non-woven bag

3. Add cold water to the pot again, add chicken, angelica, chuanxiong, cooked rehmannia, white peony root, wolfberry, cinnamon twig, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and cook for two hours.

Above, we introduced what Rehmannia root is, and we also learned about the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Rehmannia root. We know that Rehmannia root has very comprehensive effects, it can nourish the kidney and blood, and can regulate menstruation. What is the most scientific way to eat Rehmannia root? We recommend making it into a medicinal diet. The above article specifically introduces the method of making Siwu Soup with Rehmannia root as the raw material.