What is the function of Bazhen Soup?

Bazhen Soup is a nourishing soup that contains ginseng, angelica, red dates, etc. The traditional Bazhen Soup is mainly made from eight kinds of health-care medicinal materials. It is slow-cooked over low heat to maximize the efficacy of the medicinal materials. Now many people also use this method to achieve health-care effects and treat deficiency syndromes. Some young people don’t know much about Bazhen Soup. Do you know what the effects of Bazhen Soup are?

It is mainly used to treat deficiency of both Qi and blood. Pale or sallow complexion, dizziness, fatigue in the limbs, shortness of breath, laziness to speak, palpitations, decreased appetite, pale tongue with a thin white coating, and a thin and weak pulse or a weak and large pulse.

Whole tonic soup

Ingredients: 6g ginseng (stalk removed), 3g cinnamon bark (peeled), 6g chuanxiong, 12g dried rehmannia root, 9 tuckahoe, 9g atractylodes, 3g licorice (fried), 12g astragalus, 9g angelica root (stalk removed), and 9g white peony root. Usage: Grind the above into fine powder, take 9g each time, use one cup of water, add three slices of ginger and two dates, boil together until seven parts are left, take warm at any time. Function: Warming and nourishing Qi and blood. Indications: Qi and blood deficiency syndrome. Pale complexion, fatigue, poor appetite, dizziness, fatigue and shortness of breath, palpitations, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, cold limbs, pale tongue, weak pulse! And women may also suffer from metrorrhagia, irregular menstruation, and sores that do not heal. Source: Taiping Huimin Hejijufang

Attached recipe: Ginseng Yangrong Soup (originally named Yangrong Soup)

Ingredients: 30g each of Astragalus, Angelica, Cassia, Licorice (roasted), Tangerine Peel, Atractylodes, and Ginseng, 3g of White Peony, 9g of Rehmannia, 4g each of Schisandra and Poria, and 15g of Polygala (core removed and fried). Usage: Grind the above ingredients into powder, take 12g each time, use 1.5 cups of water, add three slices of ginger, two jujubes, boil until 70% done, remove the residue, and take on an empty stomach. Function: Function: Tonifies Qi and blood, nourishes the heart and calms the mind. Indications: Deficiency of both heart and spleen blood. Fatigue and weakness, loss of appetite, palpitations and forgetfulness, restless sleep, spontaneous sweating due to deficiency heat, dry throat and lips, weight loss, dry skin, cough and shortness of breath, severe wheezing when moving! Or, deficiency of qi and blood after the ulcer breaks out, persistent chills and fever, and the ulcer does not heal for a long time. Source: "Sanyin Jiyi Bingzheng Fanglun"

Attached prescription: Taishan Panshi Powder

Ingredients: 3 ginsengs, 6g astragalus, 6g atractylodes, 2g roasted licorice, 3g angelica, 2g chuanxiong, 3g white peony, 3g rehmannia, 3g chuanxiong, 3g glutinous rice, 3g scutellaria, 1.5g amomum. Usage: Use one and a half cups of water, boil until seven parts are left, and take after meals. As long as you feel you are pregnant, take one dose every three to five days. After four months, you will have nothing to worry about. Function: Tonifies Qi and strengthens the spleen, nourishes blood and stabilizes the fetus. Indications: Abortion and miscarriage caused by weak Qi and blood. The fetus is restless, or there is a history of repeated abortions, pale complexion, fatigue, loss of appetite, pale tongue with a thin white coating, and a slippery and weak pulse. Source: "Ancient and Modern Medical Encyclopedia"

The effects of Bazhen Soup have been explained in detail above. Many elderly people like to drink some Bazhen Soup, but Bazhen Soup is also a nourishing food. Too much Bazhen Soup will cause overnutrition. Therefore, Bazhen Soup should not be consumed too frequently. A reasonable diet is the basis for ensuring good health.