How do you eat ginseng? Its eating method, time and taboo introduction!

Ginseng is the fleshy root of ginseng, a perennial herb of Araliaceae, which is produced in northeast China. It is one of the famous "three treasures of Northeast China". It usually blossoms in 3 years and bears fruit in 5-6 years. It is of high medicinal value and is known as the "king of all herbs". So, how do you eat ginseng? When is the best time to eat? What are the taboos? The following is the introduction of the eating method, time and taboos of ginseng!

How to eat ginseng?

1. Chewing: ginseng can be eaten raw. Put fresh ginseng directly into your mouth and eat it after chewing.

2. Eat with it: slice the fresh ginseng, then put the ginseng tablet in your mouth, swallow saliva constantly, and melt the ginseng tablet.

3. Steaming: put the fresh ginseng in the bowl, add water, do not pass the ginseng, put the bowl in the pot, cover, steam through, then drink juice and dregs.

4, boil water to eat: put fresh ginseng in a casserole, add water to boil and then drink, pay attention to avoid using hardware cooking utensils to do, otherwise it will lose its efficacy.

5. Stew: slice the fresh ginseng, tuck it into the belly of the processed black chicken, add water and seasoning, simmer over low heat, and then you can eat ginseng and drink chicken soup.

6. Soak in water and drink: slice the fresh ginseng, put it in a bowl or cup, rinse with boiling water for 15 to 30 minutes and drink it. You can drink it while drinking it, and eat it with ginseng tablets when there is no ginseng flavor.

7. Soak the wine: slice the fresh ginseng and soak it in the liquor. After the efficacy of the ginseng is integrated into the wine, you can take the wine and drink it. After the first use of the wine, you can add it in the original bottle until the ginseng skin is snow white.

8. Grinding powder: grind dried ginseng into powder, dig appropriate amount of ginseng powder every day, and serve it with lukewarm water.

9, juice drink: put fresh ginseng into the juicer to extract juice, and then take juice to drink, the remaining ginseng dregs can be soaked in water or boiled water to drink.

When is the best time to eat ginseng?

Ginseng is a tonic, mainly to tonify qi, suitable for people with weakness, deficiency of qi and blood, shortness of breath, anaemia and neurasthenia. It is generally best to eat in the morning and can be eaten on an empty stomach. It is recommended to eat it on an empty stomach after gargling in the morning, but a small amount can be eaten many times. When you start eating, you should start with a small dose of 1-3 thin tablets a day, frying soup and taking it. If there is no discomfort, the dose can be gradually increased. Do not eat too much ginseng, 5 years and less than 5 years of artificial cultivation of fresh ginseng consumption should not exceed 3.5g/ person / day, dry ginseng should not exceed 3 g; try to avoid eating at night, because ginseng has an exciting effect on the brain, eating this matter can easily lead to insomnia.

What are the taboos of ginseng?

1. What can't ginseng eat with?

Ginseng cannot be eaten with radish, white radish, water radish, cherry radish, radish leaf, tea, garlic, grape and so on.

Ginseng and radish eat together, it is not easy to digest, bloating in the abdomen; eating together with white radish can lead to diarrhea and gastrointestinal dysfunction; eating with water radish counteracts the effect because of the opposite effect; eating with cherry radish will affect the body's absorption of nutrients; eating with radish leaves will lead to fatigue, nausea, retching and other symptoms When ginseng is eaten with tea, the tannic acid in tea will affect the drug absorption of ginseng; eating with garlic will defuse the efficacy of ginseng; and when eaten with grapes, tannic acid in grapes will form deposits when combined with proteins in ginseng, reducing the efficacy of ginseng.

2. Who can't eat ginseng?

Insomnia, stomach disease, allergy, high blood viscosity patients, cholecystitis and gallstone patients, cold and fever patients, infants and young children can not eat ginseng.

Ginseng can excite the central nervous system, and insomnia patients will aggravate insomnia after taking it. Ginseng has a protective effect on Helicobacter pylori, the culprit of stomach disease, and patients with stomach disease may have a rash after eating. Ginseng has the effect of promoting the growth of red blood cells, and patients with high blood viscosity will make the blood viscosity higher, resulting in blood unable to circulate. Ginseng has estrogenic effect, cholecystitis and gallstone patients will increase bile concentration, leading to aggravation; ginseng contains hormones, children will lead to precocious puberty, newborns should be banned; healthy people do not need to eat ginseng.

Can ginseng be aphrodisiac?

Ginseng is a good tonic, which is helpful to improve sexual function, but the effect of eating ginseng alone is not very obvious. It can be used to cook soup with other ingredients.