The efficacy and effects of Cishi

Cixi has rich nutritional value. It can not only provide sufficient trace elements for the human body, but also provide rich vitamins. Eating it regularly is good for health. In addition, because Cishi is sweet and mild in nature, it is a very good health product for nourishing the stomach and kidneys. It is very suitable for cooking or making porridge. Below I will give you a detailed introduction to several recipes for Cishi health-preserving meals, so that the efficacy and effects of Cishi can be maximized.

Nutritional value of Gorgon fruit:

1. Gorgon fruit is rich in starch, which can provide heat energy for the human body. It also contains a variety of vitamins and carbon substances to ensure the nutritional components required by the body;

2. Gorgon fruit can enhance the absorption function of the small intestine, increase the urinary xylose excretion rate, and increase serum carotene concentration; experiments have shown that the increase in serum carotene levels can reduce the incidence of lung cancer and gastric cancer, greatly reducing the chance of cancer.

The therapeutic value of Gorgon fruit:

1. Stewed Fish Maw with Chinese Yam and Gorgon Fruit

Ingredients: 50 grams of Chinese yam, 30 grams of Euryale ferox, and 1 fish maw.

Preparation: Wash Chinese yam and water chestnuts and soak them for half an hour; soak fish maw in boiling water for 20 minutes, wash and cut into pieces; put all the ingredients into a stewing pot, add appropriate amount of boiling water, cover the stewing pot, simmer over low heat for 1-2 hours, and season. Drink as you like.

Efficacy: Nourishes the kidney and astringes semen, strengthens the spleen and replenishes Qi. It is suitable for those who have suffered from kidney disease for a long time and have weak kidneys, with symptoms such as spermatorrhea, enuresis, dizziness, tinnitus, low back pain and fatigue, or the elderly with blurred vision, frequent urination at night, and cold hands and feet.

2. Gorgon Fruit and Golden Cherry Porridge

Ingredients: 50 grams of raw Euryale ferox, 20 grams of Rosa rugosa, and 100 grams of polished rice.

Preparation method: Wash and soak the water chestnuts for 1 hour, add golden cherry and rice, add water and simmer to make porridge.

Efficacy: Nourishes the kidney and strengthens the body. The elderly with weak kidney qi and frequent urination at night can take it regularly.

3. Alpinia oxyphylla, Euryale ferox and jujube drink

Ingredients: 15g Euryale ferox, 10g Alpinia oxyphylla, 5 jujubes

Method: Wash the above ingredients, put them into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.

Efficacy: It has the effects of invigorating qi, strengthening the spleen and consolidating the kidneys. It is suitable for adults with frequent urination at night or children with frequent urination.

4. Stewed duck with Euryale ferox and coix seed

Ingredients: 15 grams each of water chestnut, coix seed, and yam, 5 grams of tangerine peel, 200 grams of old duck meat, 100 grams of lean pork, 3 slices of ginger, and a small amount of rice wine.

Method: Remove the hair from the duck, clean it and cut it into pieces; clean the lean pork and cut it into pieces. Wash water chestnuts, coix seeds and yam, put them into a casserole together with duck meat and lean pork, add ginger, tangerine peel and appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, remove the foam, then simmer over low heat for 1.5 hours, add salt and rice wine.

Efficacy: It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and kidney, nourishing yin and nourishing the stomach. It is suitable for people with symptoms such as fatigue, diarrhea, frequent urination, or pain in the waist and knees, and lower limb edema.