Where does the perennial herb Gastrodia elata grow? When will it be picked? Which month's Gastrodia elata is delicious?

Gastrodia elata, also known as Red Arrow, White Dragon skin, Mupu, tomorrow Ma, Dingfeng Grass, Divine Grass, Li Mother, Duyaozhi, Heli Grass, Ghost Governor Post, etc., is a relatively common perennial herb in our country, which is planted in most areas of our country. where did the hemp grow that day? When will it be picked? Which month's Gastrodia elata is delicious?

Gastrodia elata distribution area:

Gastrodia elata is mainly distributed in Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Xizang. Nepal, Bhutan, India, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Siberia are also distributed. The type specimens were collected from East Asia.

Gastrodia elata harvest time:

Spring harvest in the second or third year of winter planting. Spring planting in the winter of the current year or the spring harvest of the following year.

Wild Gastrodia elata was dug before and after Grain in Beard. When digging, pay attention to the big and keep the small, and let the small one continue to grow. After digging, remove the stem, wash the soil, wipe off the rough skin, divide it into 3.4 grades, add a little alum to the water after boiling, and then put Gastrodia elata into the water. Boil the big for 10-15 minutes and the small for 3-4 minutes, so that the heart can be boiled. Kang, first urgent fire and then slow fire, should be often turned (should not be turned directly by hand, lest the hands become black), and wipe off the water vapor on Gastrodia elata with a clean cloth, if the expansion with a small needle to stab a few small holes to deflate, to semi-dry, it is appropriate to use stone or plank to press overnight, so that the body flat, and then bask or Kang until completely dry.

Which month is delicious?

In terms of taste, Gastrodia elata before the National Day is not delicious, because it is not fully mature, commonly known as relatively tender. The parrot beak of Gastrodia elata is still white, and gastrodin is not fully mature. In terms of nutrition and taste, it is poor.

Therefore, the Gastrodia elata collected after the National Day are all fully mature Gastrodia elata, and the food is very good. But the most delicious fresh Gastrodia elata is picked every year before and after the Spring Festival. At this time, Gastrodia elata tastes excellent and compares noodles.

Efficacy and function of Gastrodia elata

1. Calming the liver and relieving wind: Gastrodia elata is moisturized and liquid, which can nourish the blood and rest the wind, treat headache and vertigo caused by blood deficiency and liver wind, and can also be used for infantile convulsion, epilepsy and tetanus.

2. Dispelling wind and relieving pain: Gastrodia elata is used for vertigo, migraine, limb numbness and hemiplegia caused by wind-phlegm, and is suitable for dizziness caused by internal wind.

3. Sedation and analgesia: Gastrodia elata has sedative, analgesic and anticonvulsant effects, can increase cerebral blood flow, reduce cerebrovascular resistance, contract cerebral vessels slightly and increase coronary vascular flow.

4. Antihypertensive effect: Gastrodia elata can lower blood pressure, slow down heart rate and protect myocardial ischemia.

5. Protect the cerebral nervous system: Gastrodia elata has obvious protective and regulating effect on human cerebral nervous system, and can enhance the distinguishing ability of optic nerve.

6. promote energy metabolism of cardiomyocytes: gastrodin can promote energy metabolism of cardiomyocytes, especially in the case of hypoxia.

7. Anticonvulsant effect: Gastrodia elata has certain curative effects of facial nerve convulsion, limb numbness, hemiplegia and epilepsy, as well as relieving smooth muscle spasm, relieving angina pectoris and biliary angina.

8, reduce blood pressure: Gastrodia elata can treat hypertension, long-term use can calm the liver and benefit qi, benefit waist and knees, strengthen muscles and bones, but also increase peripheral and coronary blood flow, protect the heart.

9. Analgesic effect: Gastrodia elata injection has obvious analgesic effect on trigeminal neuralgia, vascular nerve headache, cerebrovascular disease headache and toxic polyneuritis.

10. Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease: Gastrodia elata can increase cerebral blood flow, reduce cerebral vascular resistance, contract cerebral vessels slightly and increase coronary vascular flow.

11. Sedative effect: Gastrodia elata can inhibit the central excitatory effect caused by caffeine and enhance the sleep time effect of pentobarbital.