The efficacy and edible methods of Tongcao

What kind of people are suitable to eat Tongcao? What are the effects and functions of Tongcao? What are the main ways to eat Tongcao? If you have a series of questions like this about Tongcao, you might as well follow a Chinese medicine health expert to get further details. In addition, food nutrition experts will recommend various ways of eating it, such as Sanxian Tongcao Soup, Peanut Tongcao Porridge, and Tongcao Pig's Trotter Soup.

The efficacy and function of Tongcao:

Tongcao has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, promoting lactation and opening the orifices, and treating insufficient milk after childbirth and milk retention. Tongcao is used for internal dampness and heat, short and dark urine, or painful and dribbling urine. However, the smell is weak and the effect is slow. Tongcao can be used together with Akebia, Talc, etc.

Tongcao is used to treat damp-heat diseases. Tongcao can be used together with coix seed, cardamom seed, and bamboo leaf. For low milk supply, it can be boiled into a soup with pig's trotters, pangolin, Chuanxiong, licorice, etc.; boiling tongcao with crucian carp or pig's trotters will have a better effect on increasing milk production; adding tongcao to two seahorses, wrapping them in gauze, and boiling them in an old hen's belly will have the best effect on increasing milk production. Tongcao is used for internal accumulation of damp-heat, short and red urine, or painful and dripping urine, but it has a light smell and a slow effect. It can be used together with Akebia, Talcum, etc.; for treating damp-heat symptoms, it can be used together with Coix seed, Cardamom seed; Bamboo leaves, etc. For the treatment of insufficient milk, it can be boiled into a soup with pig's trotters, pangolin, Chuanxiong, licorice, etc.

1. Tongcao can treat stranguria caused by heat and whose urination is similar to that caused by safflower juice: 3 liang of Tongcao, 1 liter of sunflower seeds, 4 liang of talc (crushed), and 2 liang of stone reed. Cut the above pieces, add six liters of water, boil and take two liters, remove the residue, divide into three portions and take while warm; if a person walks eight or nine miles, take another dose. Avoid eating spicy food, hot noodles, roasted or fried foods. (Tongcao Yinzi from Puji Fang)

2. Tongcao can promote lactation: Tongtu wood and small ginseng can be stewed with pig's feet. (Hunan Pharmacopoeia)

3. Tongcao can cure yellow swelling and transparent skin all over the body. It can also treat kidney swelling: take equal parts of Tongcao (roasted and dried with honey) and Muzhuling (peeled off). Grind the above ingredients into fine powder and add a little ground earthworm and musk. Take half a penny or one penny each time, mixed with rice drink. (Tongcao powder from "Children's Health General Micro-discussion Prescription")

4. Tongcao can treat nasal abscess, breath obstruction, loss of smell, and polyps: Mutong, Asarum, and Aconitum (fried, peeled and navel removed) in equal parts. Grind the above ingredients into powder and mix with honey. Wrap a small amount in cotton and put it into the nose. (Tongcao powder from Sanyin Fang)

5. Tongcao can treat vomiting after typhoid fever: 3 liang of Tongcao, 1 liter of raw reed root (cut), 1 liang of tangerine peel, and 3 he of polished rice. Boil the above four ingredients with 5 liters of water, take out 2 liters and drink it casually; if it does not work, repeat the process until it works. (Qianjin Fang)

How to eat Tongcao:

Sanxian Tongcao Soup

Efficacy: Tongcao tastes sweet and light, and is slightly cold in nature. Its main effects are clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, ventilating and promoting lactation; dried cuttlefish tastes salty and warm in nature, chicken legs taste sweet and warm in nature, and pig's trotters taste sweet and salty and are neutral in nature. Stewing the four together can not only harmonize the stomach and spleen, warm the middle and replenish Qi, replenish essence and marrow, and facilitate urination, but it is also more suitable for drinking during postpartum weaning, lack of milk, and postpartum physical weakness.

Ingredients: 1 pig's trotter, 2 chicken legs, 50 grams of dried cuttlefish, 3 grams of tongcao. Ingredients: 5 grams of salt, 10 grams of coriander, and a little pepper.

practice:

1. Wash and chop the pig's trotters and chicken legs into pieces, remove the blood with boiling water, put them into a stewing pot and add salt.

2. Clean the dried cuttlefish, place it on the noodles, add coriander, tongcao and appropriate amount of boiling water, and simmer for about 90 minutes until it is soft.

3. Remove the medicinal residue and coriander heads and sprinkle with pepper when serving.

Peanut Tongcao Congee

Efficacy: Treats postpartum poor appetite, insufficient milk and constipation.

Ingredients: 50 grams of peanuts, 8 grams of tongcao, 14 grams of fenugreek, and 50 grams of rice.

Tongcao Pig Trotter Soup

Ingredients: 1 qian of tongcao, 2 qian of roasted licorice, a pair of pig's trotters, 3 fresh mushrooms, 3 slices of ginger, and 2 teaspoons of salt.

practice:

1. Wash the pig's trotters and cut them in half. Remove the stems of the mushrooms and cut them in half for later use.

2. Add ginger slices to boiling water, quickly blanch the pig's trotters, and remove for later use.

3. Rinse the tongcao quickly with clean water, drain and put it into a cotton bag.

4. Put all the above ingredients and roasted licorice into a stew pot, stew with five or six bowls of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for one hour. When the hoof meat is cooked through, add salt to taste and turn off the heat.

5. Remove and discard the tongcao, drink the soup and eat the pig's feet.

From the above content, we know that the nutritional effects and functions of Tongcao are very good. It is a very good food in daily life. You can also choose to cook it in soup, porridge, cold dishes and other cooking methods according to your personal taste. So, while satisfying your appetite, you can also help keep your body healthier.