What are the benefits of drinking water soaked with Radix Ophiopogonis

Ophiopogon japonicus and Adenophora radix are both common types of traditional Chinese medicine. We usually use these two medicines by decocting them before taking. Some people also put Adenophora radix into soups to make the efficacy of the medicine penetrate into the food. Eating them regularly has health benefits. But now many people drink Ophiopogon japonicus and Adenophora ginseng in water. When drinking these two medicines in water, we must pay attention to certain techniques and taboos to achieve the real benefits of the medicine. So what are the benefits of drinking Ophiopogon japonicus and Adenophora ginseng in water?

According to ancient documents, Adenophora Root tastes sweet, slightly bitter, is slightly cold in nature, and enters the lung and stomach meridians. It has the effects of clearing heat, nourishing yin, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. It is mainly used to treat bronchitis, whooping cough, lung heat cough, and yellow and thick sputum. The Adenophora used by our ancestors was Adenophora australis. In the Qing Dynasty, it was recorded that Adenophora radix was divided into two types: southern and northern. It is generally believed that the two medicines have similar effects and are both yin-nourishing medicines, which have the effects of nourishing yin, clearing the lungs, benefiting the stomach and producing body fluids. However, Adenophora australis, also known as large Adenophora stellaria and empty Adenophora stellaria, has a rough shape, loose texture, poor efficacy, and is good at entering the "lungs", and tends to clear the lungs, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough. Glehnia littoralis, also known as northern ginseng and fine ginseng, has a slender shape, hard and dense texture, better efficacy, and is good at entering the "stomach", and tends to nourish yin, produce fluid and quench thirst. There are different opinions.

Ophiopogon japonicus: It is the tuberous root of the plant Ophiopogon japonicus of the Liliaceae family. The commonly used clinical products are divided into those with the core removed and those with the core not removed. The idea of ​​removing the core was first seen in Tao Hongjing's "Famous Doctors' Records", which said that Ophiopogon japonicus can make people upset if the core is not removed. There were many opponents among later medical practitioners. For example, Wu Jutong would always note that the heart of Ophiopogon japonicus should not be removed, saying that the heart of Ophiopogon japonicus can enter the heart and directly clear the heat of the heart meridian. I think there seems to be no need for debate, as the medication habits vary from place to place in China, so we can just follow local customs and don't be too demanding. If you want to use it to enter the heart and clear away heat, you can mix it with cinnabar, which is called Chen Maidong. The root tubers are used as medicine. Nature, flavor and function: sweet, slightly bitter, cool, nourishes yin and produces body fluid, moistens the lungs and relieves cough, clears the heart and relieves restlessness. It is mainly used to treat damage to body fluid caused by fever, irritability, thirst, dry throat, lung heat, cough, and tuberculosis.

Drinking water soaked with Adenophora Root and Ophiopogon japonicus is a common way to consume them. The method is very simple. Just cut the Adenophora Root into slices and then put them in a cup to soak in water. Indications: Yin deficiency and liver depression. Chest, epigastric and flank pain, acid regurgitation and bitter vomiting, dry throat and mouth, red tongue with little fluid, and thin or weak pulse. It can also treat hernia and mass. Modern application: It is now used for gastric and duodenal ulcers, chronic gastritis, chronic hepatitis, intercostal neuralgia, hypertension, neurosis and other diseases caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency. It can also be used for pulmonary tuberculosis, diabetes, chronic orchitis and other diseases caused by yin deficiency and qi stagnation.

There are many benefits of drinking water soaked with Ophiopogon japonicus and Adenophora ginseng. We can first understand the properties of the two Chinese medicines. Both are mild medicinal materials with many functions. When soaking them in water, we must first master the use of the medicinal materials, and then analyze them against the symptoms and diseases of the body. Only soak them in water after they meet the drinking requirements. Chinese medicine, like Western medicine, cannot be taken indiscriminately. If taken in the wrong way, it will irritate the body and cause great harm to health.