Can fresh gastrodia elata be steamed?

There are two kinds of gastrodia elata, one is dry gastrodia elata and the other is fresh gastrodia elata. Different kinds of gastrodia elata have different effects. Fresh gastrodia elata can be used to make many delicious foods and can also be used as medicine. Fresh gastrodia elata can bring us strong bodies, but we must know how to eat it. How to eat fresh gastrodia elata?

Gastrodia elata is a good medicine for wind. Because it has the functions of calming liver, calming wind and relieving convulsion, it is used to treat dizziness, headache due to head wind, numbness of limbs, speech disorder and so on. Recently, Japanese clinical research found that Gastrodia elata is effective in treating Alzheimer's disease and can improve the symptoms of slurred speech and expressionless face. This may be related to the fact that Gastrodia elata can improve cerebral blood circulation. Another little-known function of Gastrodia elata is its nourishing effect. There are several common recipes for eating fresh gastrodia elata:

Steamed eggs with gastrodia elata

Efficacy: It has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on hemorrhoid prolapse and uterine prolapse.

Formula: 6 grams of gastrodia elata powder, eggs 1 piece. Open a small hole at one end of the egg, pour the gastrodia elata powder into the pot and steam it in water.

Usage: Take it once in the morning and once in the evening, 10 day is 1 course of treatment. Stop taking it for 2 days and then take it for 3 courses.

Boiled pig brain with gastrodia elata and Lycium barbarum

Efficacy: It has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on dizziness and headache caused by concussion sequelae.

Formula: fresh gastrodia elata 100g, medlar 15g, and 2 pairs of pig brains. Decoct fresh Rhizoma Gastrodiae slices and Fructus Lycii in water 1 hour, and cook in the cleaned pig brain.

Usage: once a day, or once every other day.

Gastrodia elata

Efficacy: nourishing yin and suppressing yang, calming the liver and calming the wind. It is suitable for yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, threatened abortion of pregnancy, dizziness, tinnitus, headache, bitter mouth and dry throat.

Formula: fresh gastrodia elata 100g, fresh rehmannia root 30g, jellyfish duck 1 (about 500g). Slaughter the duck, remove the hair and viscera, clean and slice Gastrodia elata, and stew it until the duck is cooked. Season with salt and monosodium glutamate.

Usage: Eat meat and drink soup.

Gastrodia elata boiled eggs

Efficacy: Treating headache and dizziness.

Formula: fresh gastrodia elata 60g, 3 eggs, water1000g. Slice fresh gastrodia elata into a pot, boil in water for 30 minutes, and then add eggs to cook.

Usage: once a day, or once every other day.

There are many kinds of fresh gastrodia elata. You can use fresh gastrodia elata to cook porridge, or you can use fresh gastrodia elata to make soup. Fresh gastrodia elata can also be fried and eaten cold. If you like gastrodia elata, you can cook different foods according to your preference. When making gastrodia elata, you should avoid mixing with food.