Complete collection of secret recipes of Chinese medicinal spices

With the rapid development of society and the improvement of daily living standards, modern people pay more and more attention to health preservation, especially dietary health preservation. Many people are no longer just concerned with food and clothing as in the past. Modern people pursue healthy and nutritious food. Medicinal food has been very popular since ancient times. Medicinal food can treat or prevent many diseases and is also good for health.

Complete collection of secret recipes of Chinese medicinal spices

Ginger

[Nature and flavor] Warm in nature, spicy in taste, non-toxic.

[Alias] Purple ginger, ginger, fresh ginger, old ginger.

[Effects and indications] It can induce sweating and relieve exterior symptoms, warm the middle and stop vomiting, warm the lungs and stop coughing; it can treat headache, nasal congestion, cough and asthma caused by typhoid fever, stop vomiting, eliminate phlegm and relieve gas, reduce edema, and treat seasonal exogenous cough.

[Nutritional ingredients and effects] Contains gingerol, gingerol, capsaicin, citral and other ingredients, which have good bactericidal, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. It contains a large amount of gingerol, which can inhibit the excessive secretion of prostaglandins and has a certain preventive effect on gallstones. It contains volatile oils, mainly gingerol, α-zingiberene, etc., which can inhibit the spread of cancer cells and have anti-cancer and anti-tumor effects; it contains gingerol, which can produce an antioxidant enzyme with anti-aging activity - superoxide dismutase, which can inhibit the formation of age spots.

[Precautions for use] It is not suitable for people with yin deficiency, internal heat, eye diseases, and sores.

【Cooking Usage】Decoction, juice or seasoning

【Recommended dishes】Ginger broccoli, braised duck with ginger, etc.

Sichuan peppercorn

【Nature and flavor】Hot, spicy

[Other names] 檓, big pepper, Qin pepper, Shu pepper

[Effects and indications] Warming the middle and relieving pain, removing dampness and stopping diarrhea, killing insects and relieving itching, detoxifying and relieving pain. It can treat wind evil, warm the middle and dispel cold, relieve limb soreness and pain caused by qi, strengthen teeth, improve eyesight, treat sore throat, vomiting and intestinal obstruction. Disperse blood stasis and treat postpartum abdominal pain. Treats cold pain in the abdomen, reduces swelling and eliminates dampness.

[Nutritional ingredients and effects] Contains volatile oil, the main components of which are limonene and cuminol. It has a bidirectional regulatory effect on intestinal smooth muscle, and has bactericidal, disinfecting, analgesic, antipruritic, and detumescent effects, and can remove the fishy smell of various meats.

【Precautions】Do not use if you have Yin deficiency and excessive fire, or if you are pregnant.

[Cooking Usage] Prepare braising soup, pickle food, stew meat, stir-fry, etc.

【Recommended dish】Dried ginger and pepper porridge

Ingredients: 5 slices of dried ginger, 4 grams of galangal, 3 grams of peppercorns, 100 grams of polished rice, some brown sugar

Efficacy: Warms the stomach and dispels cold, warms the middle and relieves pain.

black pepper

【Nature and flavor】Hot, spicy

[Other names] White pepper, black pepper, peppercorns, pepper

[Effects and indications] Warms the middle and dispels cold, relieves pain and stops diarrhea, relieves gas and eliminates accumulation, removes phlegm and detoxifies. It can warm the lower qi and warm the middle qi, remove phlegm, remove coldness in the internal organs, remove the coldness in the appetite, indigestion, cholera, gas reversal, heart and abdominal pain, and cold air rushing up.

[Nutritional ingredients and effects] Contains piperine, which has anticonvulsant effects. The ingredients it contains, such as capsaicin, capsaicin, capsuline A, capsuline B, capsuline C, as well as aromatic oils, crude fats and crude proteins, can promote digestion and have antiseptic and antibacterial effects.

[Precautions for use] Patients with fever, yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, Sjögren's syndrome, diabetes, hemorrhoids, gastric and duodenal ulcers, and hypertension should avoid eating this product. Pregnant women should use it with caution.

【Cooking Usage】Cook porridge, boil soup as seasoning, etc.

【Recommended dish】Pepper pork belly soup

Ingredients: 1 pork belly, 640 grams of spare ribs, 1 tablespoon of white peppercorns, 1 candied date, and appropriate amount of salt or MSG.

Efficacy: Warming the middle and strengthening the spleen, dispelling cold and relieving pain. It is especially suitable for people with weak bodies, postpartum women and children with weak spleen and stomach.

Cumin

【Nature and flavor】Warm in nature, spicy in taste

[Alias] Huaixiang, Huaixiang seeds, fragrant silk vegetables, fennel seeds, valley fragrance, fennel seeds, fennel, fennel, valley fennel, fragrant seeds

[Effects and indications] Warms the kidney and liver, regulates qi and harmonizes the stomach, dispels cold and relieves pain. Strengthens the spleen and appetite, warms the intestines, kills fish and botulism. Replenishes water organs, regulates kidney qi, and strengthens muscles and bones. It can also treat bloating in children, cholera vomiting, inability to eat due to cold abdomen, and pain in the ribs.

[Nutritional ingredients and effects] The fennel oil it contains has antibacterial effects to varying degrees, can promote the secretion of saliva and gastric juice, and can increase appetite; anethole can promote the maturation of bone marrow cells and their release into peripheral blood, and has a significant effect on increasing white blood cells.

[Precautions] People with excessive heat in the body or excessive fire due to yin deficiency should avoid eating this product.

【Cooking Usage】Stew meat, roast fish, make stuffing, stew food, etc.

[Recommended dish] Steamed raw fish with fennel and garlic

Ingredients: 15 grams of fennel, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 raw fish, 10 grams of Shaoxing wine, 5 slices of ginger, green onion, salt, soy sauce, and sugar as appropriate.

Efficacy: Nourishes the liver and spleen, and eliminates ascites. Suitable for patients with ascites due to cirrhosis.