How to slice dried Gastrodia elata

Gastrodia elata is a common medicinal material in clinical practice. There are both fresh and dried Gastrodia elata. There are many things to pay attention to when using Gastrodia elata, such as usage methods and dosage. Gastrodia elata is widely used clinically, especially dried Gastrodia elata, which must be sliced ​​properly during use. So how should dried Gastrodia elata be sliced? Learn more.

1. Dried Gastrodia elata

Clinical applications have shown that dried Gastrodia elata has significant therapeutic effects on vascular neurotic headaches, sequelae of concussion, etc. It also has a certain preventive effect and auxiliary therapeutic effect on Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, many families now use dried Gastrodia elata as daily edible medicinal material. However, the dried Gastrodia elata must be sliced ​​before consumption.

2. Methods

There are two ways to slice dried Gastrodia elata. The traditional cutting method is as follows: clean the dried Gastrodia elata, remove the residual stems and impurities, wash, soak or steam until soft, cut into thin slices, and dry. In addition, modern research on cutting methods shows that the traditional method of softening and slicing dried Gastrodia elata has disadvantages such as a long time and sticking to the knife. The "baking and softening method" is used instead, and the results are more ideal. That is, divide them into different sizes, wash them, put them into a basket to drain the water, bake them at a constant temperature of 70℃ (±15℃) for 0.5 to 1 hour, and slice them while they are soft. This method has a short production cycle, no sticking or adhesion, a smooth surface, and a loss rate of less than 3%.

3. Efficacy

Dried Gastrodia elata is pungent, warm, non-toxic, and has anti-epileptic, anti-palpitation, anti-rheumatic, sedative, antispasmodic, analgesic, tonic, liver-calming and wind-relieving effects. The functions of dried Gastrodia elata are to calm the liver, relieve wind and stop convulsions. It is generally used for headaches and dizziness, limb numbness, epilepsy, tetanus, dizziness, neurasthenia, wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, and infantile convulsions. Clinical applications have shown that dried Gastrodia elata also has significant therapeutic effects on vascular neurosis headaches, sequelae of concussion, etc. It has a certain preventive effect on Alzheimer's disease, as well as an auxiliary therapeutic effect.