The medicinal value of ginseng is well known to all of us, but how can we eat ginseng to maximize its nutritional value? "Mixed Ginseng with Cistanche Deserticola" can treat symptoms of cold hands and feet, and general weakness in women.
Name:
Mixed Ginseng with Cistanche Deserticola
Ingredients:
Black-bone chicken, soft-shelled turtle, pig stomach, straw mushroom, monkey head mushroom
Medicinal Herbs:
Ginseng, wolfberry. Condiments: salt, monosodium glutamate, chicken essence
Instructions:
1. Slaughter and cut the fresh soft-shelled turtle into pieces. Wash and cut the black-bone chicken into pieces. Wash and cut the pig stomach into strips. Wash the straw mushroom, monkey head mushroom, ginseng, and wolfberry and set aside.
2. Blanch the soft-shelled turtle, black-bone chicken, and pig stomach in boiling water.
3. Put all the ingredients and medicinal herbs into a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, salt, monosodium glutamate, and chicken essence. Simmer over low heat for 1-2 hours.
Tips:
Ginseng indeed has high medicinal value, especially for increasing heat, treating anemia, high blood pressure, insomnia, and other diseases. Wolfberry is also a very effective nourishing herb, which can tonify the liver and kidney, treat blood deficiency and fatigue, and also nourish the liver and improve eyesight. It is definitely a genuine health product!
Nutritional Value:
Black-bone chicken: Modern medical research has shown that black-bone chicken contains rich melanin, protein, B vitamins, 18 amino acids, and 18 trace elements. The content of niacin, vitamin E, phosphorus, iron, potassium, and sodium is higher than that of ordinary chicken meat, while cholesterol and fat content are low. The total protein and globulin content in black-bone chicken serum are significantly higher than that in ordinary chicken, and the amino acid content is higher as well. It also contains much more iron, making it a highly nutritious supplement.
Pig stomach: Pig stomach contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc. It has the effects of replenishing deficiencies, invigorating the spleen and stomach, and is suitable for people with qi and blood deficiency and physical weakness.
Wolfberry: It contains abundant carotene, vitamin A, B1, B2, C, calcium, iron, and other essential nutrients for eye health, so it is good for improving eyesight and is commonly known as "bright eye fruit". In ancient times, wolfberry was often used to treat blurred vision and night blindness caused by liver blood deficiency and kidney yin deficiency. The famous prescription Qiju Dihuang Wan uses wolfberry as the main ingredient.
Wolfberry has the functions of lowering blood pressure, blood lipid, and blood sugar. It can prevent arteriosclerosis, protect the liver, inhibit fatty liver, and promote liver cell regeneration.
