Cantonese method of making soup with raw and cooked rehmannia root

Raw and cooked rehmannia are different types of Chinese medicinal materials, and their effects on people are also different. They have strong health-promoting effects when used to make soup, and many people are paying attention to the practices in Guangdong Province. So, how is the Guangdong Province method of making soup with raw and cooked Rehmannia? Let’s take a look at it below.

Raw and cooked rehmannia root bone soup

Raw materials: 1 skeletal bone, 40 grams each of raw and cooked rehmannia, and 30 grams of peanut kernels.

Preparation of raw and cooked rehmannia bone soup: put water in a pot, add ginger slices and rice wine, bring to a boil over high heat, and add bone marrow; boil the bone marrow in water for 5 minutes to remove the blood foam, then remove and set aside; add enough cold water to the soup pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then add bone marrow; add peanut kernels; add washed raw and cooked rehmannia; cook on high heat for 15 minutes and then turn to low heat. Turn to low heat and simmer for 60-90 minutes.

Achyranthes bidentata, raw and cooked rehmannia root soup

Raw materials: 12 grams of Achyranthes bidentata, 15 grams each of raw and cooked Rehmannia glutinosa, and 50 grams of black beans.

Cooking: Wash each ingredient separately and soak them briefly. Put everything in a clay pot, add 750ml of cold water (about 3 bowls), bring to a boil over low heat, then simmer until the volume drops to 400ml (about 1 and a half bowls), then add salt. One person can drink it twice a day.

3. Raw and cooked rehmannia root soup

Ingredients: 60g of raw Rehmannia root, 20g of cooked Rehmannia root, appropriate amount of dragon bone, 2 small dates, and a slice of ginger

Method: First blanch the main dragon bone, then wash all the ingredients and put them into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, and boil for 2 hours.

What are the effects of raw and cooked rehmannia on the human body

1. The efficacy and function of Shengdi:

It has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood. Raw Rehmannia root tastes bitter and sweet, is cold in nature and enters the blood, can clear the heat in the blood and disperse blood. It is used for high fever, heat entering the blood, dry mouth and thirst, hot at night and cool in the morning due to febrile diseases. The prescription is like Qingying Decoction. In addition, raw Rehmannia root can disperse blood and activate blood circulation, and can be used for various urinary incontinence caused by blood heat.

Nourishes yin and produces body fluid. The natural geological runduo liquid can nourish yin, has a sweet and cold taste, can produce body fluid and quench thirst, and has the effect of nourishing yin, moistening dryness, producing body fluid and quenching thirst. It is used to treat dry wounds and quench thirst caused by internal heat. It is used to treat Yin damage caused by febrile diseases, dry intestines and constipation, such as Zengye Decoction.

It is used for patients in the middle and late stages of febrile diseases and those suffering from the damage of body fluid by evil heat.

2. The efficacy and function of Rehmannia glutinosa:

Rehmannia glutinosa tastes sweet and slightly warm, not very cold, and enters the liver and spleen meridians. Generally, cooked rehmannia can be used to nourish yin and benefit the kidney. As a blood tonic, it is often used together with Chuanxiong, Qianghuo and red peony root to treat qi and blood deficiency, palpitations, dizziness, as well as insomnia and irregular menstruation; if used together with polygala tenuifolia, spinach seed, etc., it can treat qi and blood deficiency that can calm the nerves and help sleep; if it is metrorrhagia, it can be taken together with donkey-hide gelatin cake, wormwood leaves, etc. to treat blood and qi tonic.

For tonifying the kidney and strengthening yang, cooked rehmannia also has a very important effect. It is one of the main ingredients of Liuwei Dihuang Pills. Ancient people called it "great tonic for the true yin of the five internal organs." If used together with Huaishan Yao, Cornus officinalis, etc., it can treat kidney qi deficiency, low back pain, weak legs, night sweats and spermatorrhea; taking them together with Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Phellodendron chinense, etc. is effective for patients with kidney yin deficiency, spleen deficiency and dampness. In addition, if taken together with Shouwu, it can cure deficiency of essence and blood, gray hair, etc.

Rehmannia root also has the effects of clearing the brain, promoting urination, lowering blood lipids, raising jugular vein exocytosis, and improving human immunity. If used together with raw Rehmannia root, it can nourish, clear away heat and detoxify, and it has a great effect on treating symptoms of yin blood with heat. People also often use cooked rehmannia to add to the soup base, so that the soup has a light flavor of cooked rehmannia, which is nourishing and nourishing. It is also effective to soak cooked rehmannia in medicinal wine. Different Chinese medicinal materials can be added according to different needs to soak the wine together, which has a good effect on health.