How to take Rhodiola rosea

Rhodiola rosea is a common Chinese medicine. Rhodiola rosea is dry and astringent, so it generally needs to be decocted for medication. It can also be used to soak in water and drink. At this time, you need to add some honey to avoid it being too bitter. It can relieve physical fatigue and improve the body's disease resistance. When using Rhodiola rosea as a Chinese medicine, you must also understand some precautions. If children or pregnant women want to take Rhodiola rosea, they must follow the doctor's advice.

How to take Rhodiola rosea

Rhodiola rosea tastes sweet and astringent, and is generally taken orally in the form of a decoction. It can be drunk by brewing or boiling. However, relatively speaking, it is better to drink it by boiling, because boiling it can make the ingredients of Rhodiola rosea more completely dissolved and the nutrition is more complete than soaking it. However, how to eat Rhodiola rosea depends on whether it is in root or powder form. The root form should be boiled, while the powder form is more suitable for soaking.

When soaking, you can take 5 to 10 grams of Rhodiola rosea raw material, grind it into coarse powder with a grinder, pour in 150 to 200 ml of boiling water, cover and soak for 15 minutes, then add 10 grams of honey, stir well and it is done. Generally drink once in the morning and once in the afternoon. It can replenish qi and nourish the heart, enhance the body's adaptability, relieve fatigue and enhance the body's adaptability. At the same time, Rhodiola rosea can also be brewed with jujube, longan, etc., or soaked in wine and mixed with other Chinese medicines, with each dosage of 20 to 30 grams.

When cooking, soak Rhodiola rosea in water for 3 to 4 hours, and then simmer it over low heat for about 40 minutes.

It is worth reminding that pregnant women and children must follow the doctor's instructions when taking Rhodiola rosea to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Recommended ways to eat Rhodiola

Recommendation 1: Boiling water

Rhodiola rosea is used as a tea. Ingredients: 10-15g of Rhodiola rosea, 10g of Chinese wolfberry or wolfberry, 2-3 jujubes, soak in boiling water, 1-2 times a day. It can promote the body's own regulation, for example, lowering blood pressure in patients with hypertension and raising blood pressure to normal levels in patients with hypotension, which is a two-way regulation effect; it can improve the body's resistance and tolerance to the stimulation of adverse environmental factors, such as resisting the effects of adverse factors such as high temperature, severe cold, hypoxia, pollution, radiation, noise, toxic and harmful substances on the body. Rhodiola rosea also has the effects of anti-fatigue and promoting sexual function.

Recommendation 2: Rhodiola rosea wine

Ingredients: Soak 5g of Rhodiola rosea in 250ml of white wine. It can be consumed after one week, once a day, no more than 50ml each time. Salidroside can increase the number of generations of diploid fibroblasts, prolong their survival time, promote cell division, and reduce the MAO activity of senescent cells; Rhodiola rosea can increase the SOD activity of erythrocytes in aged rats, and reduce the LPO content in the blood, liver and testicles and the lipofuscin content in the testicles of aged mice, indicating that it has the effect of inhibiting free radical reactions in the body. It is used clinically as a tonic and strengthening medicine. It has a certain improvement effect on symptoms such as neurasthenia, insomnia, forgetfulness, fatigue, etc. It is suitable for the health care of the elderly, convalescent patients, athletes, and staff in special environments.

Recommendation 3: Rhodiola rosea and meat soup

Ingredients: 20-30 grams, 15 grams of Astragalus membranaceus, 15 grams of wolfberry, 5-7 dates, 3 snow lotus flowers, braised chicken, ribs or lean meat, 2-3 times a week. The flowers and roots of Rhodiola rosea are used as medicine, mainly treating lung diseases, nerve paralysis, and fever reduction.