Can Gastrodia elata and Eucommia ulmoides be taken together and how to take them

In daily life, many people like to cook and boil multiple Chinese medicines together to enhance the nourishing effect. However, there is a saying that Chinese medicines are mutually reinforcing and counteracting. Some Chinese medicines are indeed incompatible. For example, Eucommia ulmoides and Gastrodia elata are two Chinese medicines that are quite similar. Many people take them together. So is it advisable to take Gastrodia elata and Eucommia ulmoides together?

1. Can Gastrodia elata and Eucommia ulmoides be taken together?

Gastrodia elata and Eucommia ulmoides can be used together for treatment, usually by decocting them in water and taking them, which have the effect of nourishing the kidneys and strengthening the bones. One common effect that Eucommia ulmoides and Gastrodia elata have is that they both have the effect of lowering blood pressure, but the blood pressure lowering effect of Gastrodia elata is not as obvious as that of Eucommia ulmoides. The blood pressure lowering effect of Eucommia ulmoides is 90%, while that of Gastrodia elata may be only 30%. You can cook soup together, but put a moderate amount.

2. Benefits of taking Gastrodia elata and Eucommia ulmoides together

Soy milk with fried dough sticks, Gastrodia elata with Eucommia ulmoides are the best choices. Boiling Gastrodia elata together with Eucommia ulmoides, wolfberry, shiitake mushrooms, etc. into a soup is not only delicious, but also can achieve the effects of strengthening, nourishing, and treating the brain. The various active ingredients in Gastrodia elata can directly act on our brain cells, dilate our cerebral blood vessels, and increase our brain's oxygen supply, thereby achieving the purpose of curing dizziness and headaches. Combined with the various brain-nourishing ingredients in Eucommia ulmoides, it has a good therapeutic effect on dizziness, swollen and painful eyes.

3. The efficacy and function of Gastrodia elata

In addition to its certain effects on our brain, Gastrodia elata also has many benefits for our lungs. Medicine believes that Gastrodia elata can relax the chest and promote the flow of qi, and has a good therapeutic effect on chest tightness and chest distension. Stewing Gastrodia elata with chicken can achieve a certain warming and tonic effect. It has a certain curative effect on nasal congestion, excessive phlegm, dizziness and drowsiness caused by wind and cold. This dish of Gastrodia elata stewed chicken is made by stewing Gastrodia elata, shiitake mushrooms, yam and chicken. It has the effect of warming and nourishing the body, replenishing the lungs and benefiting the qi.