How to eat wild Rehmannia glutinosa

Wild Rehmannia glutinosa is a Chinese herbal medicine. Its underground stems can be used as medicine and can also be taken orally. It is usually harvested after the beginning of autumn. At this time, the leaves of wild Rehmannia glutinosa gradually turn yellow, the stems have already shrunk, and the roots will enter a dormant state. After wild Rehmannia is collected and dried, it can be made into medicine. There are many ways to take wild Rehmannia, let’s take a look.

How to eat wild Rehmannia root

Wild Rehmannia can be made into juice and the method is very simple. Just clean the wild Rehmannia and put it into a juicer to make juice. You can also cut it into blocks, dry it, soak it in rice wine, fry it, add cold water to boil it, and then drink the juice. Wild Rehmannia can be eaten as porridge or soup, which is of great benefit to the human body.

How to eat wild Rehmannia root

1. Cook porridge

Wild Rehmannia root can be cooked with Polygonum multiflorum to make porridge. First put these two medicinal materials into a large pot, add appropriate amount of water to boil, after boiling, take out the medicine and put it into the pot. Then take out appropriate amount of rice, wash it, add it into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, start to cook porridge, and finally, add sugar seasoning.

2. Wild Rehmannia glutinosa and winter melon soup

Wild Rehmannia can be boiled together with winter melon to make soup. First peel the winter melon and cut it into pieces, clean the wild Rehmannia, and blanch the main dragon bone in boiling water to remove the blood on it. Next, put the winter melon, wild Rehmannia root and dragon bone into the pot, add water to boil the soup, and finally, add appropriate amount of salt.

3. Kelp and wild Rehmannia soup

Wild Rehmannia can be boiled together with kelp to make soup. For example, soak mung beans in cold water for two hours, wash the kelp and cut it into flocs, clean the pork with warm water and cut it into shreds, prepare some Poria cocos in advance, put all the food in a stone pot, add a small amount of water, simmer for two hours, then add salt and stir.