It s a bit of Codonopsis, does anyone know how to eat it

Codonopsis is a perennial winding herb of the Platycodonaceae family. The root is used for medicinal purposes. The name of Codonopsis was first seen in China in Wu Yiluo's "Materia Medica" in the Qing Dynasty.

It is distributed in Northeast China, North China, and Northwest China. It is also found in North Korea and the Far East of the Soviet Union. The "Lu Codonopsis" cultivated in Lu'an, Shanxi (now Changzhi County) is more famous and sold at home and abroad.

The stem of Codonopsis is about a meter long. The whole plant has milk and a special odor. The roots are fleshy and hypertrophied, long cylindrical.

The leaves are opposites or alternate, ovate to broadly ovate. Summer-autumn flowering, corolla bell-shaped, pale yellowish-green, with purple spots. The capsule is conical and the seeds are small.

Codonopsis prefers mild and cool climates. It is suitable for cultivation in sandy loam soil with more humus and deep soil layer. The seedling stage needs to be shaded, and the adult plants like sunlight.

Propagated with seeds, spring sowing in March and April and autumn sowing in October, the sowing rate per mu is about 1 kg. Water after sowing and cover the furrow with a layer of straw to keep it warm. After the seedlings emerge, remove the cover grass, and the seedlings are about 6 cm high.

Spring-sown seedlings can be transplanted in the autumn of the current year or the spring of the following year, and autumn-sown seedlings can be transplanted in the autumn of the following year. All should be watered at the right time to keep the soil moist. When the stem is about 30 cm long, a scaffold is erected to facilitate climbing.

In the rainy summer season, attention should be paid to the prevention and control of root rot and rust. Codonopsis roots are usually harvested in early to mid-September after 2 to 3 years of cultivation. After digging, wash and dry until semi-dry, rub 3 or 4 times repeatedly to make the skin and xylem close together, and then dry for collection.

Codonopsis root contains saponins, sugars and trace alkaloids. Pharmacological tests have proven that it has the effect of increasing red blood cells and hemoglobin. It is used in traditional Chinese medicine as a nourishing and strengthening medicine, which is used to nourish the qi and nourish the blood.

It is mainly used for the treatment of qi and blood deficiency, fatigue, lack of food and loose stools, blood deficiency and chlorosis, blood in the stool, collapse and leakage. In addition, the Sichuan Codonopsis distributed in Sichuan, Hubei and other places is also used as a root medicine, and the effect is the same as that of Codonopsis.

Codonopsis Huaishan rabbit broth.

After autumn, the soup should be combined with the spleen and stomach to nourish the yin and lungs, or alternately, and the principle is to circulate gradually and nourish. The smell of Chinese medicine Codonopsis radix and Huaishan pot rabbit meat is moist and delicious, with the effect of replenishing qi and strengthening the spleen, nourishing yin and stomach, and is a soup for health preservation nowadays, and can also be used for spleen deficiency and weakness, lack of stomach yin, symptoms of physical weakness, emaciation and fatigue, mental fatigue, drinking more and eating less, not liking activities, etc., and can also be the disease of malnutrition and lack of qi and yin in children.

Ingredients: 30 grams of Codonopsis, 30 grams of Huaishan, 20 grams of Yuzhu, 500 grams of rabbit meat, 2 3 slices of ginger.

Cooking: Codonopsis, Huaishan, Yuzhu wash and soak slightly; Wash the rabbit meat and chop it into pieces; Then put it into the clay pot with ginger, add 3000ml of water (about 10 bowls of water), first boil with a fire, then switch to a simmer for about 2 hours, add an appropriate amount of salt and raw oil. This amount can be used by 3 to 4 people, and the rabbit meat can be scooped up and mixed into soy sauce to accompany the meal.

He Shou Wu codonopsis pot pork bones.

Ingredients: 500 grams of pork bones; Polygonum multiflorum 20 grams; Codonopsis 15 grams; 4 red dates; 2 slices of ginger; 1 liter of boiling water.

Seasoning: 1 tsp salt; a pinch of sugar;

How to make:1Pork bones fly in water, washed, and cut into sections; Soak Polygonum multiflorum in warm boiled water for 2 hours; Codonopsis is slightly soaked in warm water; Remove the pits of the dates and wash them.

2.Put the pork bones and He Shou Wu in boiling water and boil for 5 minutes, scrape off the foam, and change to low heat for 40 minutes; Add other ingredients and sugar and simmer for another 20 minutes.

3.Season with salt and serve.

Efficacy: It has a therapeutic effect on people with weak spleen and stomach, loss of qi and blood, and fatigue and weakness.

Codonopsis stewed pork ribs, stewed chicken, stewed duck, stewed pork heart, and some wolfberries or red dates are also very good.

Codonopsis, red dates, add water and boil for 2 hours, drink a cup every day, especially beneficial to female compatriots.

Soak in wine or stew with chicken.

The way to eat Codonopsis is as follows:

Codonopsis is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, which can be used to boil water, soup, meat, etc.

1. Boil water: Use Codonopsis to boil water or make tea to drink.

2. Soup: You can put Codonopsis and red dates, yams, longan and other ingredients together to make soup. Codonopsis contains substances such as saponaria, chrysanthemum sugar, trace alkaloids, starch and so on.

3. Cooking meat: When cooking meat, you can also put some Codonopsis ginseng appropriately.

The identification of Codonopsis is as follows:

1. Codonopsis root is slightly cylindrical, spindle-shaped cylindrical or long conical, less branched or branched below the middle, 15-45cm long, diameter.

2. The surface is grayish-yellow, grayish-brown or reddish-brown, with irregular longitudinal grooves and wrinkles, sparse transverse elongated skin holes, multiple annular wrinkles in the upper part, and especially dense near the root head; There are many protruding stem marks and bud marks on the root head, which are integrated into a ball, which is commonly known as "lion panhead"; Sometimes black-brown gelatinous matter can be seen in the broken roots, which is formed by milk overflow and coagulation (vulgar thin oil spots).

3. The texture is soft or hard, the section is relatively flat, some are, the skin is thicker, yellowish-white, light brown or tan, often cracked, there is a dark brown ring at the junction with the wood, the wood accounts for about 1 3-1 2 of the root diameter, light yellow. The gas is slightly fragrant, the taste is sweet, and there is no residue in chewing.

4. Codonopsis vulgaris: the root is slightly shorter, no more than 30cm long, and there are few branches. surface greyish-brown, cork coarse, suffeured or twisted, upper annular dense; Lots of oil spots. The quality is tough, and the section is not very smooth. There is a residue in the chew.

5. Codonopsis Sichuan: The lower part of the root is rarely branched. The surface is grayish-brown, the cork is often partially detached, and the upper annular pattern is thin. The cross-section has thick skin and few fissures. The taste is slightly sweet and sour.

6. Codonopsis Guanhua: the root is branched or slightly branched at the bottom. The surface is wrinkled and shrunk into longitudinal grooves, sparsely formed transversely long skin holes, and the upper annular lines are sparse; There is a spherical lion's pan head at the root head, and there is a brown-black gelatinous substance overflowing from the broken place. Floury or sugary keratin. The smell is slightly fragrant and the taste is slightly sweet.

7. Bulb flower ginseng: the root is hypertrophied, 20-43cm long, and 1-3cm in diameter. There are wrinkled longitudinal grooves on the surface, often twisted, with dense ring lines in the upper part, and tapering from the middle to the root head, and the habit of "snake worm head"; The rhizome has many small stem or bud marks.

It has small fissures arranged in a radial pattern and has a specific odor.

8. Gray hair often ginseng: the lower part of the root is divided only. The section is slightly powdery, and the needle-like highlights can be seen. It has a specific odor.

The above content refers to the encyclopedia of Codonopsis.

1. You can boil the soup before drinking. Although this method takes a little longer, the effect is still very good, and it can be well absorbed by the body, which is beneficial to the health of the body.

2. It can be used to make tea. Making tea in the afternoon or when you are tired from work can replenish the energy needed by your body and improve your work efficiency.

3. It can be used to cook dishes, or put a little in the stew, which is also very nutritious. Cooking with jujube and glutinous rice, and adding a little sugar to it, is delicious and nutritious, and can also improve symptoms such as weakness of the spleen and stomach.

4. It can be used to make porridge. Cooking porridge with Poria cocos, japonica rice, and ginger can also improve symptoms such as weakness of the spleen and stomach, relieve fatigue, loss of appetite and other conditions. It can also be used to make porridge with japonica rice, red dates or poria cocos.

5. Porridge with pork liver, wolfberry and japonica rice, this way of eating is more suitable for the elderly, has a good medicinal effect, tonifies the kidney and liver, and can prevent cataracts, kidney deficiency, liver deficiency and other symptoms of the elderly.

6. Cooking soup with pig lungs and almonds can prevent or ** chronic bronchial diseases, and can also relieve cough, asthma and other diseases caused by wind and cold.

Which groups of people are suitable for eating Codonopsis

1. It is more suitable for people with kidney deficiency and poor physical fitness. People with anemia, diabetes, and leukemia can also have a good preventive and ** effect.

2. People who lose their appetite and get tired easily are also suitable for eating. Immunity, low physique, weak stomach, frequent colds and coughs are also suitable for eating.

3. People with some ** diseases can also eat. For example, during menstruation, the amount of blood is relatively large, and it can also be adjusted. It can also alleviate conditions such as uterine bleeding.

4. People with dull complexion and bad blood are also suitable for eating. It can beautify the skin, improve the complexion, make the ** more ruddy and shiny, and can also delay aging and prevent wrinkles.

5. It is also suitable for pregnant women who are weak; People with chronic diseases, such as anemia and rickets, are also suitable for eating.

What are the nutritional values of Codonopsis

1. Codonopsis is a kind of food with mild nature and sweet taste, which can replenish qi and blood, effectively prevent cancer, lower blood pressure, prevent and delay symptoms such as aging.

2. It can reduce hypertension, hyperlipidemia and other diseases, dredge blood, and also have a good preventive effect on the prevention of diabetes, coronary heart disease and cardiovascular.

3. It can help the body to digest better, improve people's appetite, and prevent loss of appetite. It can also replenish qi and blood, making people's complexion more ruddy.

4. It can improve the efficiency of study and work, enhance brain memory, and relieve fatigue. Improves the quality of sleep, falls asleep faster, improves the quality of deep sleep, calms nerves.

5. It can promote better digestion and absorption of the stomach and intestines, prevent diseases related to the stomach and intestines, such as stomach disease, stomach pain and other symptoms, and also have a good relieving effect on gastric ulcers and other diseases.

6. It can promote blood circulation and help the body's blood flow better. Enhance physical fitness and improve the body's immunity.