Spring Regimen - Cistanche Congee

Cistanche deserticola, also known as goblins, is a species that is currently on the brink of extinction in the world. It has extremely high medicinal value and is known as the "desert ginseng". It is the highest-grade medicine among more than 60 tonifying traditional Chinese medicines discovered in China. In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is recorded that "Cistanche deserticola has three coins, three decoctions, and one preparation, and can be consumed with hot water for a lifetime without aging.". But Cistanche deserticola is extremely rare and is on the brink of extinction, and China only has a small distribution in the Tianchi Canyon of Xinjiang, with extremely scarce production. The local people call it "living gold", and there is also a folk saying that "it is better to have a basket of Cistanche deserticola than to have a bed full of gold and jade".

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Entering spring, people begin to supplement in order to enhance their body's ability to resist diseases. Nourishing, but according to one's own physical condition, it is necessary to supplement according to the symptoms. It is not advisable to indiscriminately use drugs with strong properties such as ginseng and deer antler.

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For those who experience symptoms such as limb hypothermia, yang deficiency constipation, tinnitus, deafness, hot flashes, and night sweats, it is not advisable to use drugs that tonify qi and help yang. Instead, it is necessary to choose drugs that can not only tonify the body's deficiency but also have a mild and mild nature, which can not only tonify the body's yin fluid but also have the effect of warming and tonifying yang qi.

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Cistanche deserticola is a tonic that meets the above requirements. It has a sweet and salty taste, a warm and non-toxic nature, and can enter the kidneys and large intestine. The Shennong Materia Medica Classic refers to it as a "top-grade" medicine, stating that it has a sweet and slightly warm taste, is responsible for the five labor and seven injuries, nourishes the five internal organs, nourishes essence and qi, and is light to the body after long-term consumption. The ancients believed that Cistanche deserticola nourishes the kidneys and replenishes essence and blood. Its main function is to benefit the kidneys and strengthen the yang, warm and nourish the lower body, and increase body heat. To enhance its yang tonifying effect, it can be paired with lamb that can warm and nourish yang qi. At the same time, in order to restrict the warm and dry nature of yang tonifying drugs, sand ginseng and lilies are selected to moisten dryness and nourish yin, in order to achieve the effect of tonifying without dryness.

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The Tonic Diet of Cistanche deserticola is Congee of Cistanche deserticola deserticola. The method is to take 15~30g of Cistanche deserticola deserticola deserticola deserticola and add water to boil it and remove the residue. Add 60g refined mutton, 50g japonica rice, 10g sea cucumber, and 10g lily to cook Congee. When the Congee is ready, add a little chopped ginger and onion, season it with salt and MSG, and then cook it for a while.

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