The efficacy and effects of eucommia

Eucommia is warm, bitter and sweet, belongs to the liver and kidney meridian, suitable for people with kidney deficiency, is one of the valuable tonic herbs, can be used as medicine and can be eaten, often used as a condiment to the dishes to increase the flavor of food, so what are the efficacy and effects of Eucommia?

Kidney tonic

The bark and leaves of Eucommia are known for their ability to stimulate the pituitary gland, which acts on the adrenal cortical system and increases the secretion of steroid hormones, thus improving sexual function and having good therapeutic effects on impotence, spermatorrhea and lack of kidney energy.

Lowering blood pressure

Eucommia infusion has been used clinically to treat hypertension, but the decrease in value is limited and not sustained, which is related to the vasodilating effect of Eucommia, which indirectly increases the total volume of blood vessels and the relative decrease in blood pressure, and has good therapeutic effect on primary hypertension and nephrotic hypertension. Main active ingredients: cyclic enol ether terpene glycosides, lignans.

Diuretic

Eucommia contains a large amount of potassium and peach leaf coral glycosides, and its potassium content is about 0.4%. Consumption of dishes made from Eucommia or Chinese medicine will consume a large amount of potassium ions, which can regulate kidney function, while peach leaf coral glycosides can act directly with the glomerulus and have diuretic effect.

Anti-inflammatory

Eucommia contains a lot of acidic components, which have strong immune effect on many microorganisms in nature, therefore, raw Eucommia can be used to pound externally to avoid trauma infection. The bacteria that Eucommia can inhibit are: Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus forsythiae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus anthracis, Pneumococcus pneumoniae, Bacillus pneumoniae, Bacillus diphtheriae, Streptococcus hemolyticus type B, etc.

Promote wound healing

Eucommia contains a large number of mineral elements, including a high content of zinc, which can accelerate the repair of wounds, ulcers, surgical wounds, etc. It plays a specific role in promoting cell division for lymphocytes, accelerating the healing of trauma and reducing infection.

Beauty and skin care

Experiments show that Eucommia can enhance the vitality of SOD of mice red blood cells and enhance their adrenal weight. Eucommia can normalize the low physiological function, suggesting that Eucommia has certain anti-aging effect.

Antifetus

Many prescriptions of Eucommia globulus in traditional Chinese medicine contain Eucommia globulus, mainly because the water decoction of Eucommia globulus contains active ingredients that can improve the function of adrenal cortex, which can increase the level of hormones in the body and can relax the uterus and have certain effect of preserving and stabilizing the fetus.

How to eat Eucommia Ulmoides

Stir-fried Cashew Flower with Eucommia

Ingredients: pork loin, eucommia, yellow wine, starch, salt, sugar, pepper, garlic, onion, ginger, monosodium glutamate, lard. Method. 1. Cut open the pork kidney, dig out the white tendons and bile glands, clean it, and cut it into loin flowers. 2. Wash the eucommia, put it in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water and boil it into 30 ml of thick juice. 3. Mix appropriate amount of wine, bean powder and refined salt, mix into the loin flower, then add appropriate amount of sugar, mix well. 4. Pour the lard into the iron pot, heat with the fire, put in the loin, pepper, onion (chopped), ginger (chopped) and garlic (chopped), stir-fry constantly, when the loin is cooked, add a small amount of MSG as appropriate.