What are the uses of angelica

In our lives, many people always pay special attention to the maintenance of their bodies. Among them, dietary adjustment is the safest. Angelica is a common Chinese medicinal material. It can be eaten to improve qi and blood deficiency, irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea in women. However, we must master its consumption method to show its effect. Let’s learn about the uses of Angelica below.

What are the uses of angelica

1. Guiqi Black Chicken Soup

Ingredients: 1 black chicken, 10 grams of angelica, 20 grams of astragalus, 30 grams of mushrooms, and appropriate amounts of green onion and ginger.

Method: Put the black chicken into warm water, add cooking wine and cook over high heat. Take out the black chicken after the pot boils. Put the blanched black chicken into a casserole with warm water, then put the onion slices, ginger slices, mushroom slices, angelica and astragalus into the pot, add appropriate amount of salt, and cook over high heat. After the water boils, simmer over low heat. After an hour, open the lid and add appropriate amounts of white pepper and chicken powder. It is then ready to eat.

2. Angelica and Ginger Lamb Soup

30 grams of angelica, 30 grams of ginger, and 500 grams of mutton.

Wash the angelica and ginger with clean water, and cut them into large pieces with a knife. Remove the fascia from the mutton, blanch it in boiling water to remove the blood, then take it out and let it cool. Cut it into strips about 5 cm long, 3 cm wide, and 1 cm thick for later use. Add an appropriate amount of water to the casserole, then put the mutton cut into strips into the pot, then add angelica and ginger. After boiling over high heat, remove the floating foam and simmer over low heat for about 1.5 hours until the mutton is cooked through. Eat meat and drink soup.

Efficacy: Nourishes blood and warms the middle, regulates menstruation and relieves pain. It is suitable for blood deficiency and cold with cold pain in the abdomen, postpartum abdominal pain due to deficiency and cold in women, or dysmenorrhea due to deficiency and cold. .

3. Ginseng and eel soup

15 grams of angelica, 15 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 500 grams of eel, cooking wine, green onion, ginger, garlic, MSG, salt and soy sauce in appropriate amounts.

Cut open the spine of the fresh fish, remove the bones, internal organs, head and tail, cut into shreds for later use, then put the angelica and codonopsis into a gauze bag and tie the mouth. Place the eel in an aluminum pot, put the medicine bag in, then add cooking wine, green onions, ginger, garlic, salt and appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil over high heat first, remove the foam and simmer over low heat for 1 hour. Remove the medicine bag from the boiling water and add MSG. Eat meat and drink soup. Function: Nourishes blood and replenishes qi.

Efficacy: Suitable for those who suffer from insufficient qi and blood, long-term illness, physical weakness, fatigue, sallow complexion and thin muscles.

4. Angelica Hotpot

20 grams of angelica slices, 400 grams of fish, 3 pieces of tofu, 5 mushrooms, 4 bowls of chicken soup, cabbage, and soy sauce in appropriate amounts.

First slice the fish, cut the tofu into small pieces, slice the cabbage, soak the mushrooms until soft and cut into shreds. Pour the chicken soup into the hot pot, and put all the chopped angelica into the soup, bring to a boil over high heat, then switch to normal heat and cook for about 20 minutes, add soy sauce to season, then put the meat slices, tofu and mushrooms into the pot, cook for a while then add the cabbage, bring to a boil and serve. It is suitable for drinking or eating. Eat meat and drink soup.

effect:. It can nourish blood, invigorate blood circulation, keep out cold and improve health. It is suitable for anemia, women's diseases, fear of cold, frostbite and other diseases.

Only by mastering the method of eating food can the efficacy be better demonstrated. The above is an introduction to the uses of angelica. After understanding it, we know that angelica can fully display its nutritional value whether it is soaked in water or cooked in soup, but it is worth noting that it cannot be consumed in excess in life.