Schisandra is a traditional Chinese medicine with a history of over a thousand years. It is named so because it possesses all five flavors. It has high medicinal value and is considered a top-grade Chinese medicine. It can be used as a medicine, brewed into tea, cooked into porridge, and has excellent effects in treating liver diseases!
1. Schisandra Tea
Ingredients: 3-5g of Schisandra, 0.5-1.5g of green tea, 25g of honey.
Method: Stir-fry the Schisandra over low heat until slightly burnt, then brew it with boiling water together with the green tea for 5 minutes. Add honey while hot and mix well. Take 1 dose daily, divided into 3 warm servings.
Benefits: Invigorates the spirit, nourishes the kidneys, and benefits the liver. Suitable for weak legs, tinnitus, mental fatigue, chronic hepatitis, liver deficiency causing dizziness, and diminished vision.
2. Schisandra Lean Meat Soup
Ingredients: 8g of Schisandra, 1 piece of ginger, 15g of Ophiopogon japonicus, 20g of Codonopsis pilosula, 200g of lean meat, 6 cups of water.
Method: Wash the Ophiopogon japonicus, Codonopsis pilosula, Schisandra, and lean meat. Add the above ingredients to a stewing pot with boiling water and stew over low heat for 1.5 hours. Season with salt and serve.
Benefits: This soup clears heat, improves vision, replenishes qi, and nourishes the stomach. It opens the liver orifice to the eyes.
3. Schisandra Pollen Drink
Ingredients: Schisandra pollen.
Method: Mix Schisandra pollen with honey and drink it with warm water.
Benefits: Nourishes and protects the liver, and can assist in the treatment of headaches, dizziness, insomnia, and other symptoms. In addition, swallowing pollen directly with warm water can also achieve satisfactory results.
4. Schisandra Porridge
Ingredients: 10g of Schisandra, 100g of rice.
Method: Cook the Schisandra and rice together over low heat.
Benefits: Schisandra can nourish the liver and kidneys, while rice has the function of protecting the liver and stomach. Drinking this porridge after drinking alcohol can reduce the damage of alcohol to the liver.
