Chinese medicine can also be eaten as food. Eat 7 kinds of medicinal materials to make you a healthy woman.

Many people may have done a lot of research on traditional Chinese medicine, but most of them are used to cure diseases and save lives. So do you know that traditional Chinese medicine can actually be eaten as a vegetable? This way, you don’t have to pinch your nose to drink bitter medicine, and it can play a better health-preserving role and realize its nutritional value. It is a highly recommended diet method. Let’s take a look at which Chinese herbs can be eaten as vegetables.

Mint

Freshly picked mint leaves are refreshing and delicious, and have many health benefits such as clearing the mind and improving eyesight, detoxifying and relieving heat, relieving wind and heat, increasing appetite, and aiding digestion. In addition to making tea, mint can also be stir-fried with tofu or made into soup with crucian carp. It should be noted that people with symptoms such as night sweats, irritability, itchy skin, easy to catch colds when exposed to wind, as well as those with weak spleen and stomach, and diarrhea should eat less.

Dandelion

According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", dandelion is mild in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in taste, has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and promoting lactation, and is very effective in treating mastitis. In addition, dandelion has diuretic, diarrhea relief, jaundice relief, and choleretic effects. Dandelions can be eaten in many ways. They can be eaten raw, stir-fried, made into soup, or blanched and served cold. However, people with pale complexion, weak and afraid of cold, easily caught cold by wind, and those with weak spleen and stomach should not eat it.

purslane

Purslane has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, dispersing blood stasis and reducing swelling. Its tender stems and leaves can be eaten as vegetables or dried. Purslane can be used to scramble eggs or serve cold. However, it contains more oxalic acid, so it is best to blanch it before cooking. Purslane is a cold product, so people with weak spleen and stomach, those who are prone to diarrhea due to cold, and pregnant women should avoid eating it.

Andrographis paniculata tastes bitter and is cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood, and reducing swelling. It can treat colds and fever, sore throat, mouth sores, diarrhea, dysentery, snake bites, etc. Andrographis paniculata can clear away heat and detoxify, and eating it cold can better maintain its nutritional value and health benefits. However, Andrographis paniculata is cold in nature, so people with weak constitution, prone to diarrhea and cold body should eat less.

Tricholoma

Tzuyu is a herbaceous plant of the Araceae family. It is planted during the Beginning of Autumn every year and harvested and put on the market during the New Year's Day and Spring Festival. It has a delicate, mellow and slightly sweet taste, and tastes slightly similar to yam. As a vegetable, it has a long history of cultivation in my country and is rich in various nutrients such as starch, protein, vitamins B, C and trypsin. It can not only be eaten as a vegetable, but also has detoxification function.

Water chestnut is also a southern dish, also known as potato mushroom in Guangdong. It is on the market from early October to the end of the year. It is said that people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang like to eat taro, but most citizens do not know it. Some citizens buy it for novelty and ask for advice on how to eat it. In fact, it is very simple to eat. Just peel off the skin with a knife, or blanch it in boiling water, peel off the skin, cut it into pieces and roast it, or slice it and stir-fry it, or steam it and eat it.

Isatis root

Isatis root is a vegetable with cold medicinal properties that can clear away heat and detoxify. It is suitable for people with upper respiratory tract inflammation. If someone in your family often suffers from pharyngitis, stomatitis, or gingivitis, you can buy some and take it home to eat cold. However, isatis root should be used with caution by the elderly and children with indigestion, as well as patients with weak spleen and stomach and long-term diarrhea. In recent years, it has begun to appear on people's tables as a new and special vegetable, and the most common cooking method is to serve it cold.

Okra

Okra, also known as yellow sunflower, kidney-tonifying vegetable, okra, red pepper, and coffee sunflower, is native to Africa and other places. Its tender fruit (pod) is tender and smooth, with a unique flavor and high nutritional value. It is comparable to ginseng, but more suitable for daily food supplement than ginseng. It can be fried, cooked, eaten cold, canned, made into soup, and quick-frozen. It is rich in trace elements such as zinc and selenium, which can enhance the body's anti-cancer function. In addition, okra is rich in vitamin C and soluble fiber, which not only has health benefits for the skin, but also can make the skin whitening and tender.