How to make He Shou Wu

Polygonum multiflorum is a common Chinese medicinal material in our lives. It has many conditioning effects on our body. It can not only be made into medicinal materials but also directly made into nourishing food to better regulate our body. Polygonum multiflorum is very effective in treating gray hair and hair loss, and it can also improve constipation and relieve hyperlipidemia. Let’s learn about how to make Polygonum multiflorum.

How to make He Shou Wu

1. Stewed chicken with Polygonum multiflorum: Grind 30 grams of Polygonum multiflorum into powder, add about 500 grams of female chicken, wrap the Polygonum multiflorum with cloth, put it into the cleaned chicken's belly, then put the chicken into the pot and stew it until cooked. Finally, add seasonings such as oil, salt, ginger, drink the soup and eat the chicken.

This medicinal food is very effective in treating liver and kidney yin deficiency, dizziness, insomnia, rectal prolapse and uterine prolapse in the elderly. At the same time, it can also be used as an auxiliary medicinal diet for senile constipation, coronary heart disease, and hypertension.

2. Black hair beans: 30 grams each of Polygonum multiflorum, black sesame, raw rehmannia, raw arborvitae, Houttuynia cordata, and Ligustrum lucidum, 9 grams of Sichuan pepper, 12 grams of large blue salt, and 15 grams of dried tangerine peel. Boil all the above medicines twice with water, remove the residue and keep the liquid. Then add 500 grams of washed black beans into the medicinal liquid and boil it until the medicinal liquid is absorbed by the black beans. Finally, take out the black beans and dry them.

This medicinal food can nourish the liver and kidneys, improve essence and blood, and blacken the hair. It is suitable for symptoms such as premature graying of hair and hair loss caused by deficiency of liver, kidney, essence and blood.

3. Polygonum multiflorum porridge: 30-60 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, put into a casserole and boil, take out the thick juice, remove the residue, add 2-3 taels of polished rice, 10 dates, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar to cook into porridge.

Taking this prescription for a long time can benefit the liver and blood, benefit the kidneys, delay aging, and has certain effects on senile arteriosclerosis, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia.

4. Polygonum multiflorum egg soup: 50 grams of Polygonum multiflorum and 2 eggs, put them in clean water and boil them for 10 minutes, take out the eggs, peel them, and put the eggs back into the pot to cook. After 50 minutes, take out the warm soup and eat the eggs. Take once a day for 15 consecutive days.

This medicinal food can treat dizziness, blurred vision, premature aging and other symptoms caused by insufficient essence and blood.

Polygonum multiflorum has many regulating effects on our body. We must master the method when consuming it, and choose different combinations according to the different regulating effects on the body. The above is an introduction to how to make Polygonum multiflorum. When we consume Polygonum multiflorum, we can follow the above method.