How to eat and drink Eucommia ulmoides

Do you know what Eucommia ulmoides is? Many people don’t know about Eucommia ulmoides. Although Eucommia ulmoides is not as famous as red dates, angelica and other ingredients as a traditional Chinese medicine, its nourishing effect is definitely not inferior to these ingredients. There are many ways to eat Eucommia ulmoides. The simplest way is to brew it and drink it. A more sophisticated way of eating it is to make it into medicinal food.

1. What is Eucommia ulmoides

Eucommia ulmoides can be made into Eucommia ulmoides tea and Eucommia ulmoides powder. Eucommia ulmoides has a powerful effect of lowering blood lipids and blood sugar. Eucommia ulmoides is a natural Chinese herbal medicine originating from nature. Based on current observations and clinical data, there are basically no side effects. So far, people who have taken it have not had any side effects.

2. How to drink Eucommia tea

Eucommia Tea: Eucommia tea is a precious tea therapy product made from the buds and leaves of Eucommia in early spring and is professionally processed. It is a precious health-care medicinal material in China. Take 5-15 grams of Eucommia tea and brew it with boiling water at about 85 degrees, preferably 500 ml of water. Cover and steep for 5 minutes for the best effect.

Eucommia ulmoides parasitic tea: Eucommia ulmoides and Viscum album in equal parts. Grind together into a coarse powder. Take 10g each time, soak in boiling water and drink. This prescription uses two medicines to nourish the liver and kidneys and lower blood pressure. It is used for patients with hypertension and liver and kidney deficiency, tinnitus, dizziness, and soreness of waist and knees.

[How to drink] Put 3-5 grams of Eucommia tea into a cup, pour boiling water over it, and cover it for 3 minutes. It is better to drink it after cooling in summer.

[Drinking time] Drink Eucommia tea half an hour before meals every day, and wait one hour after meals before drinking it. It is more effective when consumed on an empty stomach, especially drinking a cup of high-concentration Eucommia tea before going to bed.

3. How to eat Eucommia

Eucommia and Pork Kidney Soup: Take 10 grams of Eucommia and 1 pig kidney. Cut open the pig kidney, remove the fascia, wash it, soak it with pepper and salt, grind the Eucommia ulmoides into powder, put it into the pig kidney, wrap it with lotus leaves, and stew it until cooked.

Eucommia wine: Take 50 grams of Eucommia, two kilograms of white wine, 10 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, and 25 grams of Chuanxiong. Put the above medicines into a gauze bag, tie the mouth, put it in a wine jar together with white wine, seal it and soak it for 20 days before drinking. Take 30-50 ml twice a day.