"Sweep away the white hair Polygonum multiflorum , look at his ice and snowy appearance" is a poem by the poet saint Du Fu to praise Polygonum multiflorum. So let's first understand what is magical about this Polygonum multiflorum that has been praised by the great poet.
Ancient people believed that Polygonatum belongs to the category of zhicao, and it has all the essence of the earth. Therefore, the "Five Talisman Classic" called "Wu Ji Zhi". Because Polygonatum can be chewed and filled, it is famous for the Southern and Northern Dynasties famous medical scientist Tao Hongjing also called it "Immortal surplus grain". even had a famous scholar in Western Jin . He also wrote the reason for dismissal in his biography - "If you can only choose one of fame and fortune and Polygonatum, then I'll choose Polygonatum."
"Rihuazi Materia Medica" says that Polygonatum replenishes five labors and seven injuries. All diseases will not harm the spleen and stomach in the end, so treating deficiency and must also be cultivated from the spleen and kidneys. Look at the innate kidney, acquired spleen and stomach, and Polygonatum, whether this medicine is powerful or not.
Polygonatum is both a medicinal material and a food, and is one of the 87 edible medicinal materials announced by the Ministry of Health.
It likes a humid climate environment, grows best in deep soil, fertile and loose, and humid semi-shady areas. This environment is pure and pure, so Polygonatum is obtained from the essence of the earth. Huang is the color of the earth, and the essence is stored in the kidneys. The name of Polygonatum also emphasizes that Polygonatum is received and condensed with the essence of the earth.
So, what exactly can this Polygonatum do? Polygonatum is sweet in taste and flat in nature, strong in taste and thin in qi. It enters the spleen, lungs and kidneys, and can nourish the lungs, spleen and kidneys. It is a product that nourishes both qi and yin. In terms of meridians and nature and taste, it is very similar to yam .
The so-called Polygonatum uses its dry rhizomes. As a medicine and food product, the fleshy roots of Polygonatum will not start to grow until the third year, and only one section will grow in a year, so Polygonatum has the essence of the land.
Polygonum multiflorum can be chewed and filled with food. Therefore, ancient books say that it can survive a bad year, that is, when there is no harvest in a famine, use this Polygonum multiflorum as food to satisfy hunger can help people overcome difficulties. It can be seen that it has been a dual purpose of medicine and food since ancient times. According to legend, it was found that Polygonatum could be eaten or not, but ordinary people who could not eat it. When they encountered a wasteland year, they ran to the mountains to find some leaves, grass roots and other things to fill their stomachs. They happened to dig up this plant. The roots were pink and sweet, and they ate them as a bento grain. People's instinct for survival made it naturally spread.
In the eyes of ancient health scientists, Polygonatum is a good thing for prolonging life, and there is a saying that "it becomes an immortal after taking it for a long time".
Why do people praise Polygonatum to the sky? Let’s take a look at the nourishing effect of Polygonatum on humans in detail.
Polygonatum mainly has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, nourishing the kidneys and replenishing essence, nourishing the spleen and qi, and can fill in the essence and replenish deficiency. Among many famous Chinese medicine prescriptions, Polygonatum is used as a medicinal material that can nourish body fatigue, fatigue, and loss of appetite. It has certain therapeutic effects on delaying aging, improving dizziness, weakness of the waist and knees, and premature white hair and beard.
Polygonatum efficacy
- replenishment of spleen and replenishment of qi
Polygonatum has the effect of replenishing spleen and replenishing qi, and is mainly used to treat spleen and stomach weakness, spleen qi deficiency or spleen yin deficiency.
- kidney and essence
Polygonatum has the effect of nourishing the kidney and essence. It is mainly used to treat kidney deficiency, essence deficiency, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, and premature white hair and beard.
- nourishes the kidney and moistens the lungs
Polygonatum has the effect of nourishing the kidney and moistening the lungs. It is mainly used to treat yin deficiency, dry cough and less phlegm, and long-term coughing of lung and kidney deficiency.
Recommended dietary therapy
, Polygonatum Rice Porridge
Method: Take 9-made Polygonatum 30 grams and 100 grams of japonica rice. First boil Polygonatum water to extract the juice, then add japonica rice and cook until the porridge is cooked, add appropriate amount of rock sugar to take.
Effect: Suitable for spleen and stomach weakness.
2, Rock Sugar Polygonatum Drink
9 preparation Polygonatum 15 grams, Rock Sugar 25 grams. Soak the polygonatum in cold water for one hour, add rock sugar, boil it, simmer it over low heat for one hour, and take it twice a day.
Effect: replenish qi and nourish yin, moisten the lungs and relieve cough, suitable for people with weak body, cough with lung deficiency, and bronchitis.
3, Polygonatum wolfberry tea
Grind the nine-made Polygonatum into coarse powder, put it together with the wolfberry, take 15 grams each, put it into a water cup, add boiling water to brew tea instead. Polygonatum can enter the kidney and nourish the kidney yin. Lycium barbarum is also a commonly used product for nourishing yin and adding essence.
Efficacy: Deficient kidney yin, always feel soreness, fatigue, red tongue and less coating, dizziness, tinnitus
4, Polygonatum wine
9 preparation of Polygonatum 500 grams, 3 liters of white wine. Put Polygonatum and white wine into the wine jar, seal and soak for 15 days, and shake several times during the period. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, moistening dry and black hair, and is suitable for the daily health care of most people.
However, although Polygonatum is good, it cannot be used for people with cold and diarrhea, phlegm and dampness accumulation, dampness and heat accumulation, and qi stagnation.
