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Steamed oranges with salt is a traditional Chinese folk diet therapy. It is suitable for people with wind-heat attacking the lungs or dryness damaging the lungs, with the main symptoms of dry cough with little sputum, dry and itchy throat, yellow and sticky sputum. It also has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on irritating coughs left … Read more
In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, yam belongs to the category of “medicine and food come from the same source” and can be used as both medicine and food. “Compendium of Materia Medica” records: “Yam can replenish deficiency and weakness, remove evil qi, tonify the body and strengthen the body, grow muscles, and long-term … Read more
If someone feels unwell and goes to see a Chinese medicine doctor, the doctor will tell them to eat less or not to eat cooling foods, not only ice water, and ice cream but also beer, milk, green tea, fruits, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that a large number of cooling foods will harm your … Read more
Today’s health-preserving recipe is black sesame balls that have been steamed and dried for nine times. The earliest ancient book mentioning sesame balls was written in the Jin Dynasty of China in the 4th century AD. The author was a Taoist priest. At that time, the average life span of people was only 30 to 40 … Read more
Chinese people’s health-preserving methods come from ancient medical classics, such as the Huangdi Neijing, the Compendium of Materia Medica, etc. Jujubes are an ingredient that has many benefits for the body. Chinese people love it. Today I will introduce a method for brewing red dates. Steam three times and cool to room temperature three times. … Read more
English Name: Fructus Ligustri Lucidi Chinese Name: 女贞子 Pharmaceutical Name: Ligustrum lucidum Flavors: bitter, sweet, Temperature: neutral Channel: LV, KI Actions & Indications: For yin xu (yin deficient) and liver yang ascending resulting in dizziness, cataract of the eyes, lower back pain, premature graying of the hair and tinnitus Where to buy nu zhen zi
English Name: Pocessed Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Chinese Name: 制附子 Pharmaceutical Name: Radix Achyranthes Flavors: Acrid Temperature: Hot Channel: SP, KI, HT Special Properties: Indications: profuse sweating, loss of yang, syncope in the limbs; cholera, tendon rotation;Yang deficiency, fear of cold, spontaneous sweating, cold pain in the heart and abdomen; spleen deficiency and prolonged diarrhea;Wind-cold dampness paralysis, spasm … Read more
English Name: Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae Chinese Name: 生附子 Pharmaceutical Name: Radix Achyranthes Flavors: Acrid Temperature: Hot Channel: SP, HT, KI Special Properties: Indications: profuse sweating, loss of yang, syncope in the limbs; cholera, tendon rotation;Yang deficiency, fear of cold, spontaneous sweating, cold pain in the heart and abdomen; spleen deficiency and prolonged diarrhea;Wind-cold dampness paralysis, spasm and … Read more
English Name: The Processing of Radix Polygoni Multiflori Chinese Name: 制何首乌 Flavors: slightly bitter, sweet and astringent. Temperature: neutral Channel: LV, KI Special Properties: It has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, replenishing essence and blood, blackening beard and hair, and strengthening muscles and bones. Where to buy Zhi He Shou Wu
English Name: Sweet Almond Chinese Name: 南杏仁 Flavors: Sweet Temperature: Neutral Channel: LU, LI Special Properties: Moisten the lung and relieve asthma. Where to buy Nan Xing Ren
English Name: Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae Chinese Name: 怀牛膝 Pharmaceutical Name: Radix Achyranthes Flavors:Bitter, sweet, sour Temperature: Neutral Channel: LV, KI Special Properties: Activate blood and dredge meridians, tonify liver and kidney, strengthen tendon and bone, promote diuresis and relieve stranguria, conduct fire (blood) to go downward. Where to buy Huai Niu Xiu
English Name: Red Paeoniae Trichocarpae Chinese Name: 赤芍 Pharmaceutical Name: Paeoniae Radix Rubra Flavors: Bitter, pungent Temperature: Light cold Channel: LV, SP Special Properties: Clear heat, cool blood, activate blood, resolve stasis, clear liver fire. Where to buy Chi Shao
The four characteristics and five flavors originally referred to Chinese medicine. However, Chinese medicine believes that medicine and food are of the same origin, so the four characteristics and five flavors should be included in the classification of food. The four characteristics include cold and cool, hot and warm, and another is neutral(balanced). Five flavors … Read more
Characteristics: Slightly cold Flavor:Sweet Indications：Treatment of tendon spasm, no flexion and extension. Benefit the stomach and reduce edema. To invigorate the spleen and stomach, nourish the lungs and clear away heat, remove wind and dampness. Food Therapy: Coix seed with Red Bean Water References: Condensed Compendium of Materia Medica Where to buy coix seed
Characteristics: Neutral Flavor: Sweet, sour Indications: It can eliminate edema, discharge the pus and blood of the carbuncle, and achieve the effect of eliminating the carbuncle. It can also treat diarrhea caused by dysentery, Tongli urinates. It has the effect of strengthening muscles and bones, regulating the spleen and stomach, and can also lose weight. … Read more
Why ginger tea with red datesGinger tea with red dates is recommended by many Chinese medicine practitioners. It has the effects of dispelling cold, relieving vomiting, replenishing blood and qi, drying dampness and reducing inflammation. After drinking, it can promote the expansion of blood vessels, warm the whole body, and strengthen the heart, promote digestion, … Read more