What is Rhizome? Is it OK to eat? And how to eat it

Qiàn Nymphaeaceae, a large aquatic plant. foliage flowers float on the water; There are two kinds of leaves: submerged and floating, the floating leaves are large, the diameter can reach meters, and the leaf mask is thorny; The flowers are purplish-red, bearing berries after flowering, with black seeds. The seeds contain starch and are edible or wine-making.

Medicinal use is a tonic and strengthening agent. An annual aquatic grass with thorns on its stems and leaves. The fruit is called a gourd, and the skin has thorns.

The kernels of the seeds can be eaten. Because it looks like a chicken's head, the folk call it "chicken head" The fruit is spherical, the tip is protruding, like a chicken head, which has the effect of strengthening the spleen and invigorating qi, strengthening the kidney and astringent essence. Chicken head rice is a special product of Nantang in Fengmen, Suzhou, which is listed around the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, and has the reputation of "Nantang Chicken Head Big Pond Lotus" in Suzhou.

At the beginning of the Qing and Shen dynasties, "Remembering Jiangnan" cloud: "Suzhou is good, the head of the chicken is planted in water, and the pearl is ten times in every doubt, and the soft fragrance prefers the milk Yingou, and the small courtyard is carefully peeled." Euryale ferox, also known as chicken head rice, is a large annual aquatic herb in the family Nyaraceae.

The roots are whisker-shaped, white. The rhizome is shortened, the leaves are drawn from the short stem, the primary leaves are arrow-shaped, the transitional leaves are shield-shaped, the definite leaves are rounded, the leaf surface is green, wrinkled, shiny, the back is purplish-red, the reticulate leaf veins are raised, and the shape resembles a honeycomb. Flowers are solitary.

The berries are spherical, each fruit contains 160 200 seeds, pea-shaped, the kernels are yellow, called"Rice"。Flowering and fruiting period 7 September. It likes warmth and moisture, and is not tolerant to frost and cold.

It is an annual herb with seeds for consumption, and the starch is mixed into juice when cooking. When we cook, we generally use other starches instead of starches. There are corn starch and sweet potato starch, such as making roasted pork liver and roasted pork slices, cut the meat or liver to be burned into slices, put some cooking wine and a little salt, and then put the hooked good potato on it and stir well, after it is fried in the pot, the meat or liver is particularly tender.

Starch is starch, most of which are starch made from sweet potatoes or potatoes. When cooking, use cold water to cut the starch, and when the dish is about to get out of the pot, pour it into the pot and stir-fry.

The sauce is actually made of starch mixed with water, and the first is to collect the juice, and the other is to improve the brightness of the dish, and the sauce is also to improve the viscosity of the soup.

People who can't eat the seeds:

1. People who are on fire.

People who are on fire can not eat the seeds, for example, you have a dry mouth, hot palms, constipation, etc., which is basically caused by the fire, and the role of the seeds is to strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness, and can discharge excess water in the body.

2. People with indigestion.

Whether it is cooked or raw, it is more difficult to digest, and it is easy to have symptoms such as stomach bloating and indigestion if you eat too much. If you already have indigestion, you must be cautious about taking the seeds. If it is not necessary, it is recommended not to eat the seeds.

3. People with constipation.

Constipation is likely to be caused by too much fire in the body, and the gourd has a good astringency effect, if you eat it when you are constipated, it will aggravate the symptoms of constipation.

4. People with red urine.

The symptoms of people with red urine are that the urine is very dark and the amount of urine is low, and most of this situation is caused by fire, so it is not recommended for people with red urine to eat gourd, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms.

5. Maternity, infants and young children.

Although it has high nutritional value, it is not recommended for pregnant women and infants to eat it, because it is difficult to digest and is not suitable for infants and young children with weak gastrointestinal digestive function. Second, the gourd has a strong astringent effect, and the mother is weak and prone to constipation, and if you eat the gourd, it will aggravate the symptoms.

The things that can be made from the seeds are as follows:

1. Boil soup and take it.

The spleen and antidiarrheal effect of the gourd is very good, and it is often paired with yam or white vein, boiled in soup, and can be accompanied by old hen or old duck. After taking it, it can achieve a particularly good spleen strengthening effect, and at the same time, it can also increase the patient's physique. The method is also very simple, generally all the ingredients are put together, boiled over high heat, and then simmered over low heat to slowly boil out the medicinal properties.

2. Cook porridge and take it.

The most common way to take it is to boil the porridge with millet and take it after taking it, which is very nourishing to the stomach, and the vitamins contained in the seed are also very much, which can play a certain role in preventing cancer and anti-cancer.

3. Soak the seeds in water.

After drying, it can be used directly to soak in water, which can also maximize its effect. Because this is also in reality, in addition to containing other trace elements, it also contains a lot of carotene.

Ingredients: 1 cup of round glutinous rice, 75 grams of gourd, 8 cups of seasoning water, 75 grams of rock sugarMethod 1, round glutinous rice, wash it, add 8 cups of water and soak for 20 minutes, move to the stove and boil, change to low heat and cook for 10 minutes.

2. Wash the seeds, soak them softly, steam them, and then add them to the porridge and cook them until they are cooked soft.

3. Add rock sugar to taste, boil, stir well and serve.

Porridge notes. 1. This porridge can also be seasoned with salt to make porridge, and round glutinous rice is changed to ordinary white rice.

2. People who often eat gourd seeds may wish to steam a little more at a time, then pack them in the freezer and take them in parts.

As long as you don't eat too much at one time, you can eat it for a long time. As early as in the ancient medical book "Shennong's Materia Medica", it was mentioned that it has the effects of tonifying the middle, removing heat stroke, benefiting essence and qi, and strengthening the will, and is regarded as a good product for prolonging life.

It contains a lot of nutrients that are good for our body, such as protein, iron, calcium, vitamin B, vitamin C, crude fiber, carotene and other nutrients.

But there is a group of people who are not suitable for the consumption of seeds:

1. For people who are hot and have hot palms, it is not suitable to eat seeds.

2. Constipation, red urine and women giving birth to the latter are also not suitable for eating seeds.

3. Although the seed is nutritious, it should not be eaten by infants.

4. People who usually have symptoms of abdominal distension should also avoid eating.

5. Those who can't eat the cannibal should take it with caution, and those who are unfavorable to defecate are forbidden to take it.

1. White lentil porridge - strengthen the spleen and stomach, dispel dampness and stop diarrhea and fry 30 grams of seeds, 20 grams of fried lentils, 10 red dates, 100 grams of glutinous rice, add water and cook into porridge. It can play a role in strengthening the spleen and dissolving dampness, and has a good effect on symptoms such as spleen deficiency and diarrhea, belt down, summer dampness and vomiting diarrhea.

2. Barley porridge - 15 grams of dampness and antidiarrheal, 100 grams of barley, appropriate amount of rock sugar, add water and cook into porridge. Barley has the effect of dispelling dampness and paralysis, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, diluting water and dampness, clearing heat and draining pus, it is eaten together with the gourd, the effect of dispelling dampness is more obvious, eat it, the dampness is getting farther and farther away from you. It can be used for rheumatism, pain, edema, spleen deficiency and diarrhea, poor urination, beriberi and other symptoms.

Brew tea or porridge, the kind that is stir-fried in tea.

Pumpkin in a stewed red bean.

Prepare the ingredients as follows: 75 grams of seeds, 75 grams of red beans, 500 grams of pumpkin, 35 grams of rock sugar.

The specific method is as follows: soak the gourd and red beans in water one night in advance, clean the soaked gourd and red beans, put them in a casserole, add 1000 ml of water, boil over high heat, turn to low heat and boil for 1 hour, in the middle we peel the pumpkin, and then cut it into small pieces for later use, and wait for the gourd and red beans to be cooked, then put in the pumpkin, put in rock sugar, and boil for another 30 minutes!

Method 2: Pumpkin porridge.

Prepare the ingredients as follows: 100 grams of seeds, 100 grams of rice, 500 grams of cucumbers, and an appropriate amount of salt.

The specific method is as follows: mix the rice and the seeds, then wash it with water once, add half a pot of water, boil it into porridge, in the process of boiling porridge, peel the pumpkin and cut it into small pieces, after the pumpkin is cut, the porridge is also boiled into thin porridge, then put in the pumpkin, cover the lid, continue to cook, boil until the porridge is viscous, the pumpkin is slightly rotten, add an appropriate amount of salt to taste!

Method 3: Chicken feet soup with seeds.

Prepare the ingredients as follows: 500 grams of chicken feet, 70 grams of seeds, 50 grams of peanuts, 10 red dates, 1 piece of ginger, and an appropriate amount of salt.

The specific method is as follows: clean the chicken feet, then chop off the nails, blanch the water and put it in the electric pressure cooker, then put in the gourd and peanuts, put in the ginger slices, put in 10 red dates, add 2 times the water of the ingredients, add the appropriate amount of salt, then cover the lid, press the hoof tendon button, and boil well!

Boil water to drink, and you can also boil porridge.

It is a mature seed kernel of the water lily family.

Medicinal properties: sweet, colorful, flat.

Efficacy: Beneficial to the kidneys and solid essence, tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea, removing dampness and stopping the band. It has an astringent, nourishing effect. It is used for ** spermatozoa, spleen deficiency and diarrhea for a long time, and it is brought down.

Usage: It can be decocted with other Chinese herbal medicines, and can also be used to cook porridge.

According to clinical reports, with the use of gourd, ginkgo seeds, glutinous rice to cook porridge, ** chronic nephritis proteinuria 73 cases, the total effective rate of up, can also be used as ** primary glomerulonephritis proteinuria adjuvant food therapy, long-term intermittent taking.

【Herbs】The dried kernels are spherical in shape, with a diameter of about 6 mm. One end is white, about 1 3 of the whole, with a circular depression, and the other end is brownish-red, about 2 3 of the whole. The surface is smooth and patterned.

The texture is hard and brittle, after breaking, the section is uneven, the color is white, and the powder is powdery. Odorless and light in taste. It is better to have full and uniform particles, powdery feet, no crumbs and skin shells.

The main products are Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei and Shandong. In addition, Fujian, Hebei, Henan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Sichuan and other places are also produced.

Processing】 1. Seeds: take the original medicinal materials and remove impurities and residual hard shells. Mash when used.

2. Stir-fry the seeds: take the clean seeds, put them in a preheated frying container, heat them with a simmer, fry them until they are slightly yellow, and when they have aroma, take them out and let them cool. Mash when used.

3. Stir-fry the bran: first put the bran in a hot pot, heat it over medium heat, fry it until the smoke rises, then pour the bran, stir-fry until it is bright yellow, take it out, sieve the bran, and let it cool. Mash when used.

For every 100kg of seeds, 15kg of bran is used).

Seeds, medicines for tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the spleen; It has the effect of strengthening the kidney, astringency and essence, tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea.

However, it is forbidden to take it if the urine and urine are unfavorable, and those who are unable to eat should take it with caution.

1. Those who are stagnant should take it with caution, and those who are unfavorable to urinate and defecate are forbidden to take it.

2. Gourd has a strong astringent effect, and constipation, red urine and women giving birth to the latter are not suitable for eating.

3. Although the seed is nutritious, it should not be eaten by infants.

01 People with severe constipation, people with indigestion, people who are allergic to the seeds, and pregnant women should not eat the seeds. Seeds, also known as chicken head rice, contain a lot of carbohydrates, eat to promote drainage, has a good diuretic effect, but not everyone can eat it.

1. People with severe constipation.

It contains a lot of carbohydrates and has a relatively tight texture, so it is easy to have indigestion if you eat too much, and a large number of carbohydrates and fiber are fermented in the intestines, which is prone to constipation; At the same time, the taste of the gourd is astringent, and it has the effect of astringent intestines, so people with severe constipation will aggravate the constipation and be detrimental to the body.

2. People with indigestion.

People with indigestion are not recommended to consume seeds. It contains a lot of carbohydrates, and the texture is tight, it is difficult to cook, and it is easy to have indigestion when it is eaten.

3. People who are allergic to the seeds.

Although it is a food that is not often allergic, some people will still have allergies to eating it because of physical problems, so it is not recommended for this group to eat it, and there will be edema, redness, and itching. Generally, if you have allergies, it is best to stop eating immediately, and at the same time consume some foods or drugs with anti-allergic effects, and if it is severe enough to have respiratory edema, you should seek medical attention in time.

4. Pregnant women.

Pregnant women are not recommended to eat the seeds, because the astringency of the seeds is strong, acting on the intestines of pregnant women, prone to constipation, if the pregnant woman has constipation, it is not good for her own health and the fetus in the womb, so pregnant women should pay attention not to eat the seeds.