The efficacy of eating Polygonum multiflorum and Gastrodia elata together

Polygonum multiflorum and Gastrodia elata are both traditional Chinese medicinal materials, but there are also some incompatibilities between Chinese medicines, so many people dare not eat Polygonum multiflorum and Gastrodia elata together. In fact, research has found that there is no interference when eating these two together. On the contrary, they have many functions. For example, Polygonum multiflorum and Gastrodia elata can be used to stew turtle meat soup or make other delicacies. It has good taste, high nutritional value, and is more suitable for nourishment.

Detailed steps for making Shouwu Tianma turtle meat soup

1. Simmer the turtle alive, remove the intestines, wash it, drain the blood with boiling water, remove the black skin, and chop it into pieces;

2. Wash and slice Polygonum multiflorum;

3. Wash wolfberry and processed Gastrodia elata;

4. Put all the ingredients into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, then simmer for three hours over low heat and season.

Tips for making Shouwu Tianma Turtle Meat Soup

Health Tips:

Nourishes yin and blood, calms the liver and extinguishes wind;

Hypertension is caused by deficiency of liver and kidney yin and internal movement of liver wind. Symptoms include dizziness, headache, swollen eyes, tinnitus, tremors in hands and feet, or flushed face as if drunk, restlessness and heat in the heart, and a stringy, thin and rapid pulse. It is also used for hyperlipidemia. Polygonum multiflorum is the tuberous root of the Polygonum multiflorum plant of the Polygonaceae family. It can be raw or cooked. Raw Polygonum multiflorum detoxifies and moisturizes the intestines, while cooked Polygonum multiflorum is made with black beans and has the function of nourishing blood and yin. The soup should use cooked Polygonum multiflorum.

Food incompatibility:

Turtle: Turtle meat should not be eaten with wine, fruit, melon, pork, or amaranth.

Polygonum multiflorum: Polygonum multiflorum is incompatible with pork, blood, scaleless fish, onions, garlic, and radish.

Gastrodia elata: Gastrodia elata should not be used together with the root of licorice root, otherwise there is a risk of intestinal obstruction.

Wolfberry: Wolfberry is generally not suitable to be consumed together with too many warm tonics such as longan, red ginseng, and jujube.

Main Benefits

Nourish yin and kidney, nourish blood and calm wind. It is used for dizziness, headache, tinnitus, bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, soreness of waist and knees, hair loss and gray hair caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency; vascular neurosis headache and seborrheic alopecia with the above symptoms.

Dosage

oral. Take 6 tablets at a time, 3 times a day.

Drug Name

Common name: Tianma Shouwu Tablets

Chemical composition

Gastrodia elata, Angelica dahurica, Polygonum multiflorum, Rehmannia root, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Angelica sinensis, Tribulus terrestris (fried), mulberry leaves, Eclipta prostrata, Ligustrum lucidum, White peony root, Polygonatum sibiricum, and Licorice. Excipients: sucrose, talc, magnesium stearate, gelatin, and tartrazine.

Drug interactions

Drug interactions may occur if used with other drugs. Please consult your doctor or pharmacist for details.