Edible Method For Sliced Cistanche Deserticola
May 17, 2024
As one of the "Nine Immortal Grasses of China", Cistanche deserticola has a history of over 2000 years of medicinal use. It is produced in the Hotan area of Xinjiang and is known as "desert ginseng". It parasitizes the roots of the desert plant Red Willow and is nourished by the snow water and atmospheric precipitation in the Kunlun Mountains, making Hotan County the most suitable place in China for the development of artificial cultivation of Cistanche deserticola.
desert living cistanche
Guanhua Cistanche has the effects of tonifying kidney yang, nourishing essence, and blood, nourishing the five organs, and nourishing the middle and qi. It is the most frequently used tonic treasure in China's history.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Cistanche deserticola has the effects of calming and tonifying the five internal organs, nourishing qi, and blood. Modern research has shown that Cistanche deserticola has various effects such as protecting the liver and kidneys, moistening the intestines promoting bowel movements, and delaying aging. In recent years, it has been widely used in clinical prescriptions, traditional Chinese patent medicines, and simple preparations and health care products.
Harvest of Cistanche deserticola
1. Tubular Cistanche Mutton Congee
30g sliced Cistanche deserticola, 300g lamb, appropriate amount of seasoning
Effect: Tonify the liver and kidneys, warm the body, and nourish the heart
Shennong Materia Medica Classic: Sweet taste, slightly warm. Treating five labor and seven injuries, tonifying the middle, removing cold and heat diseases in the stems, nourishing the five internal organs, strengthening yin, nourishing essence, and qi, having multiple children, treating women's abdominal pain, and taking it for a long time to lighten the body.
2. Cistanche Old Duck Soup
30g sliced Cistanche deserticola, 10g Astragalus membranaceus, 10g Goji berries, 1 old duck, appropriate amount of ginger and scallions
Effect: Nourishing Qi and blood, beauty and beauty
The Treatise on Medicinal Properties: Benefiting the marrow, pleasing the color, and prolonging life. Treating women with blood loss and promoting male health. The Japanese imperial examination has greatly benefited.
Cistanche deserticola slice
3. Braised Black Chicken with Guanhua Cistanche and Cistanche
30g of sliced Cistanche deserticola, 10g of Astragalus membranaceus, 5g of Goji berries, 300-500g of black chicken
Effect: dispelling colds, preventing and treating anemia in women, delaying aging
According to the "Classic", it mainly deals with the five labor and seven injuries, tonifying the middle, removing cold, heat, and pain in the stems, nourishing the five internal organs, strengthening yin, nourishing essence, and qi, and treating women's abdominal pain.
4. Guanhua Cistanche Tea
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Cut 15g of Cistanche deserticola and 5g of goji berries into slices, add an appropriate amount of boiling water, and brew
Effect: Runchang laxative
"Yu Li Yao Jie": Guanhua Cistanche, warming the waist and knees, strengthening bones and flesh, nourishing the kidneys, liver essence, and blood, moisturizing the intestines and stomach, and promoting dryness.
5. Guanhua Cistanche Wine
After soaking 200g of Cistanche tubulosa in 3kg Baijiu for 7-15 days, drink 10-30ml every day.
Effect: Tonify the kidney and strengthen the yang, without getting overheated.
"Compendium of Materia Medica": This substance supplements but is not severe, so it has the name of "calm".
6. Guanhua Cistanche Buxue Tang
20g of Cistanche deserticola, 15 goji berries, and 5 red dates. Add an appropriate amount of water and simmer over low heat. Drink freely.
Effect: Tonify qi and blood, nourish spleen and stomach, promote sleep
The Compendium of Materia Medica: Guanhua Cistanche is a medicine that nourishes the vital gates, nourishes kidney qi, and nourishes essence and blood.
7. Guanhua Cistanche yam soup
Cistanche deserticola slice
25g of sliced Cistanche deserticola, 30g of dried mountain medicine, and an appropriate amount of water, boil together.
Effect: Supplementing the liver, kidney, and lungs together, moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements
"Yu Li Yao Jie": Guanhua Cistanche, warming the waist and knees, strengthening bones and flesh, nourishing the kidneys, liver essence, and blood, moisturizing the intestines and stomach, and promoting dryness.
8. Congee with Cistanche Tubulosa and Shredded Chicken
Sliced Cistanche tubulosa 15g, 2 pieces of chicken breast, 100g glutinous rice, some salt and MSG, and cooked Congee.
Effect: Tonify kidney yang, nourish qi and blood, relieve fatigue
"Materia Medica Justice": Cistanche deserticola is said to store yin, mainly used to nourish the injured, nourish the five internal organs, strengthen yin, and all contribute to nourishing yin.
9. Braised Beef with Guanhua Cistanche and Cistanche
20g of sliced Cistanche deserticola, 500g of beef, and an appropriate amount of seasoning.
Effect: Tonify kidney yang, strengthen tendons and bones, and resist fatigue
The book "Xinjiang Dayun" treats male impotence, weakness or weakness, accompanied by dizziness, weak waist and legs, palpitations, insomnia, pale complexion, and mental depression.
10. Stewed Pork Slices with Tubular Cistanche and Cistanche
Cut 30g of Cistanche deserticola into slices, boil in water to remove any residue, and add the stir-fried meat slices to obtain.
Effect: Warm and tonify kidney yang, calm the mind, and enhance intelligence
"Rihuazi Bencao": It is used to treat male infertility, and female infertility, nourish the five internal organs, grow muscles, warm the waist and knees, male ejaculation, urine and blood loss, and lower genital pain.
11. Stewed Lamb Chop with Pipe Flower and Cistanche
Cut 20g of Guanhua Cistanche into slices, add an appropriate amount of lamb chops to a stew pot, and cook together to obtain.
Effect: Greatly tonifying kidney yang, strengthening tendons and bones
Famous Doctors: Sour, salty, non-toxic. Eliminate bladder evil energy, and lower back pain, and stop dysentery.
Cistanche deserticola slice
12. Guanhua Cistanche Decoction
Cut 20g of Cistanche deserticola, 40g of Astragalus membranaceus, and 10g of Schisandra chinensis, and cook together to obtain.
Effect: Treatment of elderly hematuria
Compendium of Materia Medica: Functional for promoting yang, nourishing essence, and strengthening muscles and bones. Treat neurasthenia and impotence.
Taboos:
Cistanche cannot be soaked in water or wine with iron or copper utensils, as these metal objects will absorb the nutrients of Cistanche, causing it to lose its nutritional value.
It is better to soak cistanche in a glass cup and stew Congee with cistanche soup in a ceramic casserole.
