The efficacy and function of asparagus How to eat asparagus?

Asparagus is a kind of plant that can be cultivated and viewed at home. Not only that, it can also be used as food and medicine. How's it going? Is it a plant with great breeding value? Let's see what role and function it has.

Identification of asparagus characters

This product is oblong spindle-shaped, slightly curved, full in the middle, tapering and blunt at both ends, 6 ~ 17 cm long and 0.7 ~ 1.5 cm in the middle, light yellow or light yellow brown, oily and translucent, with longitudinal stripes or grooves. Hard after dry, soft after not dry. It's sticky and waxy, the color is the same as that of the outside, and there is an opaque white center in the middle of the cooking. Slight gas, sweet taste, slightly bitter. It is best to be full, large, light yellow and translucent.

The efficacy of asparagus

Tropism of nature and taste: bitter and sweet, cold. Strong taste, thin gas, heavy and turbid. Return to the lung and kidney meridian, starting with Taiyin (lung) meridian and Zushaoyin kidney meridian.

It has the effects of nourishing yin, promoting fluid production, clearing away fire, moistening dryness, relieving cough, resolving phlegm, inducing diuresis and relieving fever, and is an important drug for treating lung-kidney deficiency and heat. Indications: lung-heat pneumonia, lung abscess and flaccidity, lung atrophy, lung deficiency with heat, lung heat with dry cough, thick phlegm, hemoptysis with adverse qi, cough with hematemesis, vomiting blood, expectoration and asthma, thirst and dryness, heat and pain under the feet, bone fatigue and steaming, and excessive fire due to yin deficiency; Fever and yin injury, sore throat, dry throat and thirst, bronchitis, tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, cardiogenic edema, fever, dry mouth, diabetes, constipation, night sweats, nocturnal emission, foot paralysis, intestinal dryness and constipation, early breast cancer, rheumatism, physical weakness, etc.

Local treatment of sore, swelling, furuncle and insect poison injury. Stems and branches treat dermatoses. Clinical application of asparagus

Mainly used for patients with yin deficiency and excessive fire, especially those with cough due to deficiency heat.

1, cough due to lung deficiency, suitable for elderly patients with chronic tracheitis and tuberculosis, especially those with sticky phlegm and easy cough due to prolonged heat. Asparagus can moisten dryness, resolve phlegm and nourish the body. It is often combined with Radix Rehmanniae, Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae and Lily, such as Asparagus Pills.

2, cure lung flaccidity, lung abscess, take asparagus to cool and reduce fever, and cooperate with arrowhead, stone-piercing and other antidote, just like breaking the soup.

3. Treat fever due to yin deficiency, such as anemia, tuberculosis and weakness after illness. With Rehmannia glutinosa and Codonopsis pilosula, it's like Sancai soup. For intestinal dryness due to yin deficiency and constipation in the late stage of fever, it is combined with Shengdi, Hemp Seed and Danggui.

How to eat asparagus

1. asparagus wine: take 40g of asparagus and 500ml of sorghum wine. Cut the asparagus heart with a bamboo knife, then put it in a casserole and add water to decoct. After boiling for about 40 minutes, remove the residue to get the liquid, add it into the sorghum wine, bottle and seal it for a while before taking it. Take this wine 10 ~ 30ml every time, once a day, preferably in the afternoon. But it is not suitable for people with deficiency of both yin and yang, weakness of spleen and stomach, and loose stool's symptoms.

2. Asparagus cream: Prepare100g asparagus, 50g donkey-hide gelatin, 50g almond, 50g fritillary bulb and 50g poria cocos. Put all the ingredients in a casserole, add water and fry into a thick juice, add about the same amount of refined honey, stir well and boil. Take 1 spoon every time when eating.

This method can nourish yin and moisten dryness, clear fire, nourish yin and stop bleeding, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, and poria cocos and tonify spleen. It can be used for patients with yin deficiency and lung dryness, cough and hemoptysis. 3. Asparagus porridge: asparagus 15g, japonica rice 100g, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Boil asparagus with water to get juice, then add japonica rice to cook porridge. When the porridge is almost cooked, add rock sugar and cook until the porridge is cooked. This prescription is mainly used for clearing away fire and moistening dryness, benefiting stomach qi, moistening lung and benefiting stomach, and can be used for people with symptoms such as lung dryness due to yin deficiency, cough and dry throat, stomach heat due to yin deficiency, thirst, dry mouth and heat constipation.

After reading the above introduction, do you have a deeper understanding of asparagus and stimulate your interest in cultivating asparagus? I would also like to remind you that asparagus is a Chinese herbal medicine with high nutritional value, but it must be used in moderation, preferably under the guidance of a doctor.