Baiguo, also known as Duck Feet, is rich in nutrients. Eating Baiguo gives a refreshing taste. Tianma is a key herb for treating dizziness and headaches. Can Baiguo and Tianma be stewed together?
Can Baiguo and Tianma be stewed together?
Yes, they can be stewed together.
Baiguo has a mild and slightly bitter taste. It is toxic but has the effects of nourishing the lungs, relieving asthma, astringing and stopping abnormal discharges, resolving phlegm and relieving asthma, and astringing and eliminating dampness. It is commonly used to treat asthma, cough with phlegm, excessive vaginal discharge, turbid urine, nocturnal emission, and frequent urination.
Tianma has a mild and sweet taste. It has the effects of calming the liver, relieving wind, and stopping spasms. It is often used to treat headaches and dizziness caused by liver yang hyperactivity, stroke, rheumatic pain, and limb paralysis.
There are no contraindications for the combination of Baiguo and Tianma. Their medicinal effects do not conflict with each other, so they can be consumed together.
What are the benefits of stewing Baiguo and Tianma together?
Nourishing the lungs and relieving asthma
Baiguo enters the lung and kidney meridians, and has the effect of nourishing the lungs and relieving asthma, which can treat asthma and cough with phlegm. Tianma contains effective ingredients such as Tianma saponin and Tianma polysaccharides, which have a sedative effect. When consumed together with Baiguo, they can enhance the medicinal effects.
Stopping abnormal discharges and reducing urine
Baiguo has the effect of astringing and stopping abnormal discharges and consolidating essence and reducing urine. It can be used for excessive vaginal discharge, turbid urine, frequent urination, and nocturnal emission. Tianma can calm the liver, extinguish wind, and stop spasms. When consumed together with Baiguo, they can not only treat dizziness, headaches, and numbness in the limbs, but also be used for turbid urine, excessive vaginal discharge, and nocturnal emission.
Relieving wind and stopping spasms
The book "Materia Medica" states that Tianma can treat stubborn cold qi, limb flaccidity, excessive speech, and frequent confusion. Tianma has sedative, analgesic, and anticonvulsant effects, which can be used for childhood convulsions, epileptic seizures, and other symptoms. When Baiguo and Tianma are taken together, they not only supply various nutrients, but also have the effect of relieving wind and stopping spasms.
Anti-aging and anti-oxidation
Baiguo contains vitamins, carotenes, calcium, phosphorus, and other trace elements, as well as effective ingredients such as ginkgolic acid, baiguo phenol, and polysaccharides, which have the ability to eliminate free radicals. Tianma contains Tianma polysaccharides, Tianma saponin, Tianma glycoside, etc., which can protect brain nerve cells and have antioxidant effects. When consumed together, Baiguo and Tianma can improve memory and delay aging.
How to stew Baiguo and Tianma
Stewed Chicken with Tianma and Baiguo
Ingredients
1 Tianma, 50g Baiguo, 1 whole or half old mother chicken, cooking wine, salt
Instructions
1. Soak Tianma in cold water for 1-2 days, rinse and cut into pieces. Soak Baiguo in boiling water to make it easier to peel. Wash the mother chicken and scald it with boiling water to remove blood.
2. A clay pot is the best pot for stewing chicken. Put the chicken in the clay pot, add enough water at once. If additional water is needed during the process, only add boiling water to avoid affecting the taste.
3. First add Tianma and some cooking wine. After the water is boiled with high heat, reduce to medium-low heat and simmer slowly with the lid on.
4. When the chicken is half cooked, add Baiguo and simmer for 2-3 hours. The soup is really delicious. Add some salt before serving.
What can Tianma be stewed with?
Tianma Fish Head Soup
Ingredients
10g Tianma, 1 carp fish head, a little chopped cilantro, 15g cooking wine, some pepper.
Instructions
1. First boil Tianma in water to make a broth, then filter and reserve the liquid.
2. Wash the fish head and blanch it in boiling water. Put it in the pot together with Tianma, add some water and cooking wine, and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
3. Pour in the broth, season with salt and pepper, simmer for a while, then serve in a soup bowl and sprinkle with chopped cilantro.
Tianma Steamed Chicken
Ingredients
200g wild Tianma, 500g chicken kidneys, 10g ham, monosodium glutamate, chicken broth, pepper, salt, scallion, ginger, oil as needed.
Instructions
1. Wash Tianma and soak in chicken broth until it expands. Blanch the chicken kidneys in boiling water and slice them.
2. Put Tianma and chicken kidneys into the pot, add chicken broth, and simmer over low heat for half an hour.
3. Remove the chicken kidneys from the pot and place them in a bowl. Steam for 15 minutes, then remove them from the bowl and arrange them on a plate with Tianma around the edge. Pour the sauce over and serve.
