How to eat ginseng

Ginseng has the functions of nourishing vitality, calming nerves and intelligence, etc. Since ancient times, it has been praised as a tonic product by Chinese people. It is suitable for winter tonic and spring yang. The methods of taking ginseng mainly include decocting, steaming, brewing herbal tea and medicinal liquor. The operation methods are different. Let's take a look at what ginseng eating methods have!

Decoction for taking

The whole ginseng or ginseng is sliced, washed, put into a container, added with clean water, soaked for 30 minutes, covered, decocted for about 1 hour with slow fire, and drunk after the ginseng juice changes temperature. The effective component concentration of such medicine juice is high, the tonic effect is strong, and the effect is fast. It is suitable for patients who have recovered from serious diseases. However, this method is more wasteful of medicinal materials, and ginseng with good quality and high price should not be selected.

steam-proof clothing

Cut ginseng into pieces or small pieces, put them into a porcelain bowl, add clear water and cover them with a lid. Put the porcelain bowl into a pot with cold water added in advance. Cook them for about 1 hour under slow fire (be careful not to boil the water dry). After warming, drink the ginseng juice in the bowl. This method can cook ginseng repeatedly for 3-5 times. Other supplements can be added when cooking ginseng soup, such as red dates, longan, crystal sugar, wolfberry, lily, etc.

Ginseng tea

Cut ginseng into thin slices, take about 3 grams each time (about 5-10 tablets), put into a thermos cup, pour boiling water, cover for about half an hour, and drink tea instead. This method can be repeatedly brewed until the ginseng tea is tasteless, and finally the ginseng residue can be chewed. This method is simple and does not waste medicinal materials. It is suitable for long-term use.

Soak ginseng wine

Whole ginseng or cut into thin slices and put into bottles, soaked in 50-60 degree liquor, taken daily, has the effects of expelling wind, dispelling cold, promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals, etc., but alcohol allergy or liver disease patients should not take it, soaked in wine is suitable for ginseng and other less valuable parts.

slice sublingual

Cut ginseng into thin slices, take 2-3 pieces each time and put them into the mouth, chew and swallow them until the ginseng pieces taste light or tasteless, promote salivation, refresh, dry and delicious, suitable for healthy people who need tonic and physical strengthening.

grind and swallow

Ginseng will be ground into fine powder, swallowed daily, or ginseng ground into powder with boiled water after serving, depending on the amount of physical fitness, generally 1-1.5 grams per serving. This method is mostly used for more expensive ginseng, such as wild ginseng.

Ginseng medicated diet

1. Roll ginseng

[Ingredients] 1 root of ginseng, 1 cucumber, 2 purple orchids, 3 dates, 2 chestnuts, 5 pine nuts, appropriate amount of honey water or sand sugar water, 1 tsp ginseng essence, 1 tsp honey.

[Practice] First, cut the water ginseng and cucumber into thin slices and immerse them in honey or sand sugar water to make them moist. Cut the rest of the ginseng, purple orchid, dates, chestnuts, pine nuts, etc. into filaments for use. Then, honey, ginseng essence and just-cut silk mixture for filling, wrapped in honey or sugar soaked water ginseng and cucumber slices can be.

2. Fried ginseng eel

[Ingredients] 2 eels, 2 cups water, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 2 tablespoons sake (cooking wine), 2 tablespoons white sugar, half apple, half onion, 2 green peppers, 1 petal ginger, 20 grams tail ginseng root.

Cut off the eel head, remove the fish bones, and then cut the fish body into pieces with a length of 5 to 6 cm for use. Take out a large pot and pour a little water into it. Put the eel bone into it and stew it together with onion, onion root, apple, green pepper, ginger, soy sauce, sake, etc. After about half an hour, add the root of the tail ginseng and continue to simmer until the soup is thickened to half, as a sauce. Finally, put the eel on a baking dish and coat it with the sauce.

3. Ginseng Fried Shrimp

[Ingredients] 2 roots of ginseng, 4 prawns, 1/4 onions, 1/4 large peppers, 1/3 yellow peppers, 1 tbsp salad oil, 1.5 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp diluted sugar, a little refined salt.

[Practice] Wash and shred the ginseng, wash the prawns in salt water, and cut the onions and peppers into pieces. Then put the wok on the fire, wait for the water to boil, add salad oil, and add onion, pepper slightly fried, and then water ginseng, soy sauce, sugar and prawns fried. Prawns are rich in nutrients. Fried prawns with ginseng is a nutritious meal for the whole family.

4. Ginseng and mushroom soup

[Ingredients] 2 roots of ginseng, 3 fresh mushrooms, 3 mushrooms, 3 flower mushrooms, a little wolfberry, a few dates, 500g water, 1 tbsp sesame oil, 2 tbsp starch water, a little refined salt, and a proper amount of chicken soup.