Astragalus, chrysanthemum, wolfberry and jujube soaked in water

I believe everyone knows that soaking astragalus, chrysanthemum, wolfberry and jujube in water is a relatively common medicinal formula. The main efficacy lies in astragalus, because astragalus has a good regulating effect on treating many people's weak yang energy, insufficient spleen and stomach, spleen deficiency and weakness, frequent diarrhea and constipation and other problems. It can also achieve a nourishing effect, so it is more popular.

Introduction

As the name suggests, Astragalus, Red Dates and Wolfberry Tea is a tea made from three ingredients: astragalus, red dates and wolfberries. Astragalus, red dates and wolfberry tea is a well-known popular anti-cancer tea recipe. Drinking it regularly as boiled water can maintain vitality and enhance immunity.

Ni Zhumo: "Huangqi nourishes the lungs and strengthens the spleen, strengthens the defense and restrains sweat, and drives away wind and poison. Therefore, people with yang deficiency have frequent spontaneous sweating, which is due to the deficiency of the exterior and the loose pores. Huangqi can strengthen the defense and restrain sweat; in the case of typhoid fever, the evil sweat does not come out after the exterior is released, which is due to the deficiency of the interior and the lack of positive energy. Huangqi can replenish the body fluid and help sweat; in the case of evil wind disease, the blood vessels are affected and the hands and feet are not coordinated, Huangqi can nourish the tendons and bones; in the case of carbuncle, pus and blood ulcers are ulcerated inside.

Astragalus can grow muscles for those with weak Yang Qi and cannot be restrained, and can prevent Yin sores from breaking out. Astragalus can grow muscles for those with weak Yang Qi and cannot be cured. "(Compendium of Materia Medica)

② Zhang Jingyue: "(Huangqi), because of its light taste, it is focused on the qi and reaches the surface, so it can replenish the original yang, fill the pores, treat fatigue, and grow muscles. It can promote sweating in those with qi deficiency and difficulty in sweating, and stop sweating in those with loose surface and excessive sweating. It can stop bleeding and stranguria because it can strengthen the qi and the bleeding will stop naturally; therefore, it is called blood loss and qi supplement. It can treat diarrhea, dysentery and turbidity because it can strengthen the qi and eliminate the sunken, so it is called the sunken one." ("Compendium of Materia Medica")

③ Jia Suoxue: "Astragalus is warm in nature and can raise yang, and tastes sweet and light. When stir-fried with honey, it can warm the middle. It mainly strengthens the spleen, so it is used with ginseng to treat internal injuries and qi deficiency. It can replenish the middle and benefit qi. It can treat diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency, malaria and dysentery for a long time, vomiting, bleeding from the nose and intestines, and pale pox after long-term blood loss. It mainly nourishes the lungs, so it is used to relieve the deficiency of the exterior and defense. It is often used with ginseng to restrain sweat and consolidate the exterior, and treat spontaneous sweating and night sweats. After the poison is broken, it can close the mouth and regenerate flesh, and the pus of pox and carbuncle that has not healed for a long time will come out from the bone. It must be stir-fried with salt. For those with pox deficiency that cannot be cured, it is first to help the qi on the exterior, and it is also suitable to use it raw." ("Pharmaceutical Chemistry")

④ Zhang Shiwan: "(Huangqi) enters the lungs and consolidates the superficial weakness and spontaneous sweating, enters the spleen and supports the ulcers. The first part of the "Ben Jing" says that it can treat long-term carbuncle, discharge pus and relieve pain, and then it says that it can treat severe wind leprosy, five hemorrhoids and fistulas, all of which are used raw to relieve the heat of the defensive qi. Although it is warm and nourishing in nature, it can regulate blood vessels and circulate in the meridians without causing stagnation. It can treat qi deficiency, night sweats, spontaneous sweating, and skin pain, and is a medicine for the skin surface. It can treat hemoptysis and soften the spleen and stomach, and is a medicine for the central region.

It is used to treat weak pulse in typhoid fever, replenish the insufficient vital energy of the kidney, and infants who are susceptible to wind evil, fever and spontaneous sweating. It can be used to replenish the deficiency of Wei Qi. It is a medicine for the upper, middle and lower, inside and outside three burners, which is what is called tonifying deficiency in "Ben Jing".

For example, Baoyuan Decoction is used to treat smallpox to treat deficiency heat in the spleen and lungs, and Danggui Buxue Decoction is used to treat blood deficiency and fever, both of which are miraculous medicines. "("Ben Jing Feng Yuan")

⑤ Zhang Bingcheng: "(Huangqi) is good at nourishing the body, benefiting the body's defense system, warming the flesh, nourishing the skin, making the Yang Qi harmonious and flowing, naturally producing body fluids and blood, so it is a holy medicine for surgeons, because it can make the Qi and blood of the body's defense system harmonious and free from stagnation." ("Compendium of Materia Medica")

⑥ Zhang Shanlei: "(Huangqi) nourishes the middle earth, warms the spleen and stomach, and is most suitable for those with weak middle qi, weak spleen and earth, and sinking clear qi. Its skin is thick and strong, and its strength is in the skin, so it can directly reach the skin and muscles of the human body, protect the yang, and replenish the surface. This is its specialty, so it is the most magical medicine for all superficial deficiency diseases." "For those who are hungry, full, overworked, have sunken spleen yang, are weak and tired, and have malaria for a long time. The spleen is weak, the clear qi does not rise, and the cold and heat do not stop, give Dongyuan's Buzhong Yiqi Decoction, all of which are effective quickly. Huangqi is used as an adjuvant to ginseng and shu, and Sheng and Chai are used to lift it, so the spleen yang is restored, and the great qi of the middle earth is mediated." ("Compendium of Materia Medica")

Astragalus root nourishes the three burners

① Li Dongyuan: "Astragalus can nourish the three burners and strengthen the defensive qi, and has the same function as cinnamon.

Astragalus is sweeter and milder than cinnamon, and is not pungent or hot. But cinnamon can clear the blood vessels, break up blood and strengthen the defensive Qi, while asparagus can invigorate Qi. Astragalus, ginseng and licorice are the three best medicines for removing dryness and heat and muscle heat. Once the spleen and stomach are weak, the lung qi will be exhausted first, so you must use Astragalus to warm the flesh, benefit the skin and hair, strengthen the pores, prevent sweating, so as to replenish the vital energy and nourish the three burners. "(Quoted from Compendium of Materia Medica)

② Wang Haogu: "(Huangqi) is used to treat night sweats and spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency, which is a medicine for the skin surface. It also treats skin pain, so it is a medicine for the surface. It also treats hemoptysis and softens the spleen and stomach, so it is a medicine for the middle region. It also treats colds with weak pulses on the radial side, and replenishes the kidney's vital energy, so it is a medicine for the interior. It is a medicine for the upper, middle, lower, internal and external three burners." (Tangye Bencao)

③ Zou Shu: "(Huangqi) goes straight to the middle earth and runs through the three burners, so it can replenish the middle qi internally, which is what the "Ben Jing" calls "replenishing deficiency" and the "Bie Lu" calls "replenishing the lung and stomach of men's deficiency; it can also replenish qi for weight loss caused by five kinds of fatigue; it can move the nutritive qi in the middle, which is what the "Ben Jing" calls "treating carbuncle, long-term ulcer, draining pus and relieving pain, leprosy, and the "Ming Yi Bie Lu" calls "expelling bad blood from the five internal organs"; it can move the defensive qi downward, which is what the "Ben Jing" calls "treating the five hemorrhoids, fistulas, and the "Ming Yi Bie Lu" calls "wind evil qi in the uterus of women, abdominal pain and diarrhea." "Huangqi has one source and three branches, dredges the root of the three burners, and benefits the nutritive and defensive qi, so all obstructions between the nutritive and defensive qi are cleared. It is the so-called source of clear water and self-cleansing." ("Ben Jing Shu Zheng")

Astragalus root is used to treat strong winds

"Astragalus, sweet and slightly warm. It is used to treat long-term carbuncle, pus discharge and pain relief, gale, dysentery, five types of hemorrhoids, fistula, tonic, and all kinds of children's diseases. It is also called Daimian. It grows in valleys. "Shennong's Herbal Classic"

The Chinese herbal book "Ben Jing" records that red dates are sweet and warm in nature, and belong to the spleen and stomach meridians. They have the functions of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing blood and calming the mind, and alleviating the properties of medicines. Modern pharmacology has found that red dates contain rich nutrients such as protein, fat, sugar, organic acid, vitamin A, vitamin C, trace calcium and multiple amino acids.

Nutritional Analysis :

1. Jujube can improve human immunity and inhibit cancer cells: Pharmacological studies have found that red dates can promote the production of white blood cells, lower serum cholesterol, increase serum albumin, and protect the liver. Red dates also contain substances that inhibit cancer cells and can even transform cancer cells into normal cells.

2. People who often eat fresh dates rarely suffer from gallstones. This is because the rich vitamin C in fresh dates converts excess cholesterol in the body into bile acid. With less cholesterol, the probability of stone formation is also reduced.

3. Jujubes are rich in calcium and iron, which play an important role in preventing and treating osteoporosis and postpartum anemia. Middle-aged and elderly people often suffer from osteoporosis during menopause, and adolescents and women who are at the peak of growth and development are prone to anemia. Jujubes have an ideal therapeutic effect on them, and the effect is usually incomparable to drugs.

4. It also has a good tonic effect on people who are weak after illness

5. The rutin contained in dates is a substance that softens blood vessels and thus lowers blood pressure, and has preventive and therapeutic effects on hypertension.

6. Dates can also resist allergies, remove fishy and strange odors, calm the mind, improve intelligence and brain health, and enhance appetite.

Fresh dates 23.2g Carbohydrates 430.54k Calories 1.2g Protein 0.2g Fat 14mg Calcium 23mg Phosphorus 0.5mg Iron

Dried dates 50.3-86.9g Carbohydrates 1291.62k Calories 3.3g Protein 0.4g Fat 61mg Calcium 55mg Phosphorus 1.6mg

Different methods of cooking red dates have different effects

There have been many poems about red dates throughout history, such as "Eat three dates a day, and you won't look old at the age of a hundred", "A date in front of the door, and you will stay young forever", etc. These are all poems praising the benefits of red dates to our body. It can be seen that the benefits of red dates to our body have been revealed in words. Moreover, different ways of eating red dates have different effects on our body.