What is the correct way to eat Gastrodia elata powder?

The medicinal effects and value of Gastrodia elata powder are relatively high. It can be used to cook or make Gastrodia elata soup. Of course, it must be combined with other ingredients or health care medicines to play its role in calming the liver and extinguishing fire, clearing away heat and nourishing yin, and improving physical fitness.

1. Gastrodia rice: First use 10 grams of Gastrodia, soak it in appropriate amount of water for 2 hours, then cut it into slices. Then add the soaking water, 200 grams of rice, 100 grams of lean meat slices, 10 grams of carrot cubes, shredded mushrooms, Gastrodia slices, etc. to cook it into rice for consumption.

2. Gastrodia elata and duck eggs Recipe: 9 grams of Gastrodia elata and 2 duck eggs.

Preparation method: Soak the duck eggs in salt water for 7 days, drill a small hole on the top, pour out an appropriate amount of duck egg white, and then fill in the ground Gastrodia elata (if the duck egg is not full, refill it with the poured out duck egg white until it is full). Then use wheat flour to make a cake to seal the small hole in the duck egg, then wrap the duck egg completely and cook it in the charcoal ashes.

Efficacy: Calms the liver and extinguishes wind, clears away heat and nourishes yin.

Usage: Eat 2 duck eggs with boiled water on an empty stomach every morning. This can be taken for 5 to 7 days.

3. Gastrodia elata soup. Prescription: Gastrodia elata (half a liang), Notopterygium root (without the stem), ginseng, cinnamon bark, Atractylodes macrocephala, Ephedra sinica (without the nodes. First decocted and skimmed off the foam. Roasted), Apricot kernel (soaked in soup. Peeled and tip removed. Stir-fried), one fen each; Aconite root (cracked. Peeled and navel removed. One piece).

Preparation method: File it into the shape of a ma bean.

Functions and indications: Treats wind spasm, body as straight as a board, and stiffness all over the body.

Usage and Dosage: Take 5 qian each time, add 3 slices of ginger and 2 cups of water, boil until 1 cup remains, remove the residue, add half a cup of wine, boil again, and drink while hot. After taking it, add ginger porridge to induce sweating. Take twice a day.

Excerpt: Ming Dynasty Fang Xian's "Miraculous Prescriptions"

4. Gastrodia elata tofu soup 2 tablespoons fresh tofu, 3 fresh mushrooms, 5 tablespoons Gastrodia elata, 1/2 tablespoon Poria cocos, some basil

Production process (1) Cut the tofu into slices, cut the mushrooms into cross shapes, and wash the basil and set aside.

(2) Pour 500cc of water into a pot and boil it. Add Gastrodia elata, Poria cocos, and Lycium barbarum and cook over low heat for 1 hour.

(3) Add mushrooms and tofu and cook for 5 minutes. Add basil and serve.

5. Gastrodia elata chicken soup Main ingredients: 10 grams of Gastrodia elata slices, 1 old hen, 3 slices of ginger.

Preparation method: Wash the Gastrodia elata, wash and cut the ginger into shreds, kill the old hen, remove the hair and internal organs, stuff the Gastrodia elata slices and shredded ginger into the chicken's belly, put it into a stew pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil it over high heat, then simmer it over low heat until the chicken is cooked through. Eat the chicken in several servings of soup. One serving per week. Use 3 ingredients in succession.

Medicinal value: Nourishes blood, regulates blood, and extinguishes wind. Used for recurrent attacks of weakness and dizziness after illness.