How to make Polygonum multiflorum nutritious? Four ways to prepare Polygonum multiflorum

Prepared Polygonum multiflorum is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine tonic that can nourish the liver and kidneys, and benefit the essence and blood. It has a good therapeutic effect on a series of symptoms caused by insufficient liver, kidneys and essence and blood, such as palpitations, insomnia, sore waist and weak knees, and premature graying of hair. Polygonum multiflorum can be cooked with other foods, such as Polygonum multiflorum and lily porridge, Polygonum multiflorum and red dates tea, Polygonum multiflorum and mutton hair growth soup and Polygonum multiflorum and jujube porridge, which are four of the more classic ways to cook it.

1. Polygonum multiflorum and lily porridge

Ingredients: 30 grams of processed Polygonum multiflorum, 20 grams of lily, 100 grams of polished rice, 5 dates, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Preparation and usage: Boil the prepared Polygonum multiflorum in water, remove the residue, add the washed lily, rice, and jujube and cook into a thin porridge, then add rock sugar and drink. Take 1 dose daily, divided into 2 doses.

Effect: Nourishes kidney yin.

Indications: Kidney Yin deficiency type osteoporosis, symptoms include dizziness, tinnitus, back and leg pain, hunchback, fever in the five parts of the body, insomnia, night sweats, dry mouth and throat, heel pain, spermatorrhea in men, irregular menstruation or amenorrhea in women, and spontaneous fractures.

2. Shouwu Red Date Tea

Ingredients: 50g Polygonum multiflorum, 10 red dates

Accessories: 2 candied dates

Seasoning: 6 bowls of water

Cooking method

(1) Wash and soak the Polygonum multiflorum thoroughly;

(2) Wash the red dates and remove the pits;

(3) Pour water into a pot, add all ingredients, and cook over medium-low heat for 1.5 hours until 3 bowls of water remain.

Efficacy: Nourishes blood and nourishes the skin, eliminates fat and loses weight, darkens and moisturizes hair, can also lower blood lipids, and is also helpful in preventing arteriosclerosis.

3. Shouwu Lamb Hair Growth Soup

Preparation method: Take 50 grams of processed Polygonum multiflorum, 15 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 2 corns, 4 walnuts, 300 grams of mutton, 4 red dates (pitted), and 2 slices of ginger. Wash everything, add appropriate amount of water to a clay pot and bring to a boil, add all the ingredients, simmer for two hours over low heat, add salt to taste and drink. Efficacy: Nourishes the kidney and replenishes essence, promotes hair growth and darkens hair.

4. Shouwu Jujube Porridge

Preparation method: Select 30 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, 100 grams of polished rice, 5 jujubes (pitted), and an appropriate amount of brown sugar. Wash the Polygonum multiflorum, put it in a pot, add appropriate amount of water and boil it into medicinal juice, then remove the residue. Wash the rice and put it in a pot together with the Polygonum multiflorum juice, add water, boil it over high heat, then reduce to low heat. When the rice is half cooked, add dates and sugar and cook until done. Shouwu and jujube porridge is effective for dizziness, tinnitus, weakness in the waist and knees, numbness of the limbs and high blood pressure.