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How to make Polygonatum sibiricum

The preparation method of Polygonatum sibiricum:

Steam Polygonatum sibiricum: Wash Polygonatum sibiricum, steam it repeatedly until it is moist and black inside and outside, cut into thick slices, and air dry.

After steaming, it can remove the hemp smell and avoid irritating the throat, mainly to replenish the spleen, moisten the lungs and benefit the kidney, but it may hinder the spleen.

Can be used for: lung deficiency, dry cough, spleen and stomach weakness, kidney deficiency and essence deficiency, yin deficiency and thirst quenching.

Steamed Polygonatum sibiricum: Wash Polygonatum sibiricum, add yellow wine, mix well, put it in a jar or other suitable container, seal it, and stew it in water bath until the wine is completely absorbed, and the color is dark and moist, and the taste is numb.

After steaming wine, it can help its efficacy, make it nourishing but not greasy, and better play a nourishing role.

Can be used for: deficiency of both qi and blood, deficiency of kidney qi and cold. Seek adoption

1. Introduction of Polygonatum sibiricum:

Polygonatum sibiricum is the rhizome of Polygonatum sibiricum, Polygonatum multiflorum and Polygonatum yunnanense of Liliaceae. Polygonatum sibiricum is a perennial herb, which is born in the semi-shade of mountains, shrubs or slopes. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Born in moist and fertile soil beside mountains, shrubs and valleys, or cultivated artificially. Euonymus yunnanensis is born in forests, shrubs or wet grassy slopes.

After planting for 3 years, harvest, dig roots from September to 10, remove stems, wash silt, remove fibrous roots and rotten scars, steam until it penetrates the heart, and then dry it or dry it in the sun.

The rhizome of Polygonatum sibiricum is nodular and cylindrical, with thick at one end and thin at the other. The overall shape is slightly like the head of a chicken, with a length of 2.5- 1 1 cm, a thick end diameter of 1-2 cm and a thin end diameter of 0.5- 1 cm. The link is obvious, the internode distance is 0.5- 1.5 cm, and there are many whiskers. The surface is yellowish brown, partially translucent and wrinkled. Hard, brittle or slightly elastic, easy to break, yellow and white in cross section, granular, with many yellowish brown vascular bundles, slightly fragrant and sweet.

Polygonatum multiflorum rhizome is beaded or blocky, slightly cylindrical, with a diameter of 2 ~ 3 cm. The stem scar on each nodule is obvious, disc-shaped, with a diameter of 1 cm. The cylindrical part has obvious links, numerous fibrous root marks, yellowish brown surface and slight wrinkles. Solid, slightly elastic, easy to break, granular in section, with many small hashes of yellowish brown vascular bundles, slightly fragrant and sweet in taste.

Polygonatum yunnanense rhizome is thick, ginger-shaped or lotus-shaped, with a diameter of 2 to 4 cm. The stem marks on each nodule are obvious, disc-shaped and slightly concave. There are many fibrous roots, often protruding, with yellowish white to yellowish brown surface, obvious connections and irregular longitudinal wrinkles. Solid, tough, not easy to break, yellow-white section, flat, granular, with many dark vascular bundles, slightly fragrant, sweet and powdery.

2. Nutritional analysis of Polygonatum sibiricum;

Vitex negundo contains mucus, starch, sugar, anthraquinone, various amino acids, vitamins and other ingredients. Pharmacological studies have proved that Polygonatum can improve the immune function of the body, so it can enhance the disease resistance of the human body. Polygonatum sibiricum also has antibacterial, antihypertensive, anti-aging, skin caring and energy strengthening functions.

3. Polygonatum? Dietotherapy function:

Polygonatum odoratum is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and belongs to spleen, lung and kidney meridians;

The quality is warm and mellow, and it can rise or fall; Has the effects of invigorating spleen and qi, nourishing kidney and essence, moistening lung and nourishing yin;

Indications: asthenia due to yin deficiency, cough, lung dryness and dry cough; Deficiency of spleen, lack of food, mental fatigue, dry mouth and thirst; Kidney deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, impotence and nocturnal emission, tinnitus, dark eyes, premature graying, physical weakness and tinea.