How to dry and preserve fresh ginseng?

Ginseng is a common and precious medicinal material in real life. Ginseng has the effect of nourishing the body, replenishing qi and blood. It can also be used as medicine to effectively treat some physical diseases. It is very good for health. Fresh ginseng needs to be dried before it is more convenient to eat and store. You can wash the fresh ginseng and dry it in the sun for 1-2 days. Pay attention to ventilation during the period. The dried ginseng can be stored in a cool environment.

How to dry and preserve fresh ginseng?

1. Buy fresh ginseng

Buying Fresh Ginseng

2. Wash fresh ginseng

Use a soft-bristled toothbrush (note that you must use a soft-bristled toothbrush, a hard-bristled toothbrush can easily damage the ginseng skin) to scrub the fresh ginseng to make it clean.

3. Sun-drying ginseng

Place the fresh ginseng that has been cleaned in the sun for 1 to 2 days, turn it over 2 to 3 times a day, and pay attention to ventilation. This will dry out most of the moisture from the ginseng roots.

In the traditional processing steps of sun-drying ginseng, there is another step after sun-drying, that is, putting the sun-dried ginseng in a drying room specially used for drying ginseng, controlling the temperature at 30-40℃ for drying, and draining the moisture every 1-20 minutes. When the moisture content of ginseng roots is 13% or below, the moisture content requirement for commercial raw sun-dried ginseng can be met.

However, ordinary households do not have special tools for baking ginseng, so the drying time of ginseng can be appropriately increased to reduce the water content of raw ginseng. Pay attention to the temperature when drying ginseng, and avoid excessive exposure to the sun. If the sunlight is too strong, use gauze to block it slightly. Dry the ginseng until it is dry and hard inside and out.

Ginseng preservation method steps:

① First, dry the purchased Northeastern ginseng in the sun to remove moisture. If the sunlight is too strong, cover it with white paper;

② Then divide the Northeastern ginseng into equal parts, each part is for half a month's use, and pack them in plastic bags.

③ Seal the plastic bag containing the Northeastern ginseng and put it into a sealed can with a desiccant.

④Finally, put the sealed can into the refrigerator and refrigerate it at low temperature. Take out a small bag each time you use it. You don’t have to put it back into the sealed can after use. After sealing the plastic bag, you can put it directly into the refrigerator for refrigeration.

This can effectively prevent the Northeast ginseng from getting damp and growing mold. It can also prevent the food in the refrigerator from mixing with the Northeast ginseng or the medicinal flavor of the Northeast ginseng from being lost. It can preserve Northeastern ginseng for a long time without deterioration and can also ensure its therapeutic effect.

2. Drying method: Lime silica gel, calcium chloride, charcoal, etc. are often used as moisture absorbents. Put lime as a moisture absorbent at the bottom of the container, place ginseng on top and seal it. This can keep the Northeast ginseng dry and has the effects of fast drying, mildew prevention and insect prevention. However, it has little effect on preventing ginseng from oiling and odor loss. As a desiccant, silica gel's moisture absorption capacity is not as good as lime, but it can be used repeatedly after baking. Silica gel is suitable for storing small amounts of Northeastern ginseng. Lime drying is economical, safe and convenient, and is the most commonly used desiccant. When lime lumps turn into powder, they must be replaced.