Effects and functions of He Shou Wu

I believe everyone is very familiar with Polygonum multiflorum, because when buying shampoo, many brand consultants will recommend Polygonum multiflorum shampoo. Regular use of Polygonum multiflorum to wash hair can make the hair black, shiny and especially smooth. Some people with premature graying of hair or the elderly with gray hair in their old age will choose to use Polygonum multiflorum. Secondly, Polygonum multiflorum is also a traditional Chinese medicine, so what are the effects and functions of Polygonum multiflorum?

1. Polygonum multiflorum has the effects of detoxification, moisturizing the intestines and promoting bowel movements. It can be used to treat urticaria, dry intestines, constipation, hyperlipidemia and other diseases.

2. Polygonum multiflorum can prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The anthraquinone substances contained in Polygonum multiflorum can effectively lower cholesterol and blood sugar, effectively resist viruses and promote gastrointestinal motility, and have a certain inhibitory effect on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

3. Strengthen the body, delay aging, and protect the heart. The lecithin rich in Polygonum multiflorum can have a good therapeutic effect on anemia, neurasthenia, hair loss, gray hair, etc. It has the effects of delaying aging, nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening the body, improving the essence and blood, and protecting the heart.

4. Polygonum multiflorum has the effect of improving intelligence and strengthening the brain. The ingredients in Polygonum multiflorum can strengthen the nervous system, promote the growth and development of blood cells in the human body, and have the effect of improving intelligence and strengthening the brain.

5. Polygonum multiflorum has the effect of enhancing immunity. Polygonum multiflorum can enhance the body's muscle's ability to resist cold and effectively promote the growth of red blood cells.

Taboos on eating Polygonum multiflorum

1. People with loose stools should avoid eating it.

2. Avoid eating if you have phlegm caused by dampness

3. Polygonum multiflorum does not need to be cooked with iron utensils.

4. Polygonum multiflorum should not be taken with pork, radish, onion, garlic, pig blood, scaleless fish, etc.

The root tuber of Polygonum multiflorum can be used as medicine to calm the mind, nourish the blood, activate the meridians, detoxify (stop malaria), and eliminate carbuncles; processed Polygonum multiflorum can replenish the essence and blood, blacken the hair, strengthen the tendons and bones, and nourish the liver and kidneys. It is a common and precious Chinese medicinal material.

Polygonum multiflorum can nourish blood and yin; moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements; stop malaria; dispel wind; and detoxify. It is used to treat dizziness and vertigo due to blood deficiency, palpitations, insomnia, soreness of waist and knees due to liver-kidney yin deficiency, premature graying of hair, tinnitus, spermatorrhea, dry intestine and constipation, physical weakness due to long-term malaria, itchy rashes, sores, scrofula, and hemorrhoids.

1. Compendium of Materia Medica: This substance is warm in nature and bitter in taste. Bitterness nourishes the kidney, warmth nourishes the liver, and can astringe the essence and qi. Therefore, it can nourish the blood and benefit the liver, consolidate the essence and benefit the kidney, strengthen the tendons and bones, and darken the hair. It is a good tonic, neither cold nor dry, and its efficacy is better than that of Rehmannia glutinosa and Asparagus cochinchinensis. When Qi and blood are in harmony, diseases such as wind deficiency, carbuncle, and scrofula can be cured.

2. "Bencao Huiyan": Because of its astringent nature, it can be used for those with slippery semen, to stop dysentery and diarrhea, and to stop those with long-term malaria and weak qi. This is also an imaginary word. If the Yuan Yang is not solid and the semen is wasted, the Zhong Qi is weak and diarrhea occurs, or the spleen is exhausted and malaria occurs continuously, these three symptoms should be treated with sweet and warm nurturing medicines.

3. "Ben Jing Feng Yuan" says: When raw, it has a dispersing nature and is used to treat cold and heat, malaria, carbuncle, and back ulcer.

Food Benefits

Directions:

1. Polygonum multiflorum eggs

Ingredients: 90g fresh Polygonum multiflorum (15g dried), 3 eggs, rice wine, sesame oil, onion, ginger, salt, and MSG as needed

Preparation: Boil the eggs until they are 60% cooked, peel them, make a cross shape in the thick part of the egg white with a knife, put the sliced ​​Polygonum multiflorum and the eggs in a casserole, add 1000 grams of water, bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes, add salt, wine, onion and ginger, then cook for another 15 minutes, then add MSG and sesame oil.

Indications: Eating eggs and drinking soup can nourish the kidneys and strengthen the body

2. Shouwu Chicken Soup

Ingredients: 1 grass-fed hen, 30 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, appropriate amounts of rice wine, ginger, onion, salt and MSG.

Preparation method: Grind the Polygonum multiflorum into coarse powder and put it into a gauze bag. Wash the chicken and remove the debris; put the Polygonum multiflorum bag into the chicken's belly, and add the scallion and ginger at the same time. Put the chicken into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, boil it over high heat, then simmer until the chicken is cooked through, add salt and MSG, and cook for a while.

Indications: replenishing qi and nourishing health, replenishing essence and filling marrow, qi and blood deficiency, uterine prolapse, anal prolapse, hemorrhoids