The Chinese medicinal herb Huang Jing can nourish the body and fight fatigue. Drinking water soaked with Huang Jing can also slow down the aging process and have good health benefits. It is a dual-purpose medicinal herb that can be used both as medicine and food. Steamed eggplant with Huang Jing is not only delicious but also has anti-fatigue properties.
【Name】
Yellow Ginger Steamed Eggplant
【Ingredients】
15 grams Huang Jing, 300 grams eggplant, 10 ml cooking wine, 5 grams ginger, 10 grams spring onion, 3 grams salt, 2 grams chicken essence.
【Instructions】
1. Rinse Huang Jing and cut into slices; wash the eggplant and cut into pieces; slice the ginger and cut the spring onion into sections.
2. Place the eggplant in a dish, add salt, chicken essence, cooking wine, ginger, and spring onion for marinating for 30 minutes. Remove the ginger and spring onion, place the eggplant in a steaming dish, and place the Huang Jing on top of the eggplant. Steam in a steamer over high heat for 20 minutes.
【Usage】
Serve as a side dish.
【Effects】
Yang tonifying, pain relieving, and swelling reducing. Suitable for intestinal bleeding, heat toxin ulcers, skin ulcers, and other conditions.
【Nutritional Value】
Huang Jing is the rhizome of plants in the Liliaceae family, such as Polygonatum sibiricum, Polygonatum cyrtonema, Polygonatum kingianum, Polygonatum stenophyllum, and Polygonatum involucratum. Huang Jing contains mucilage, sugars, starch, and various amino acids.
Huang Jing has a sweet and neutral taste, and it has the effects of tonifying Yang, moisturizing the heart and lungs, strengthening muscles and bones, tonifying the spleen, and nourishing Yin. Because of its mild tonifying nature, it can be used for long-term nourishment, especially for people who are physically weak or recovering from illness. It is suitable for conditions such as deficiency with cold and heat, tuberculosis with coughing up blood, poor appetite, weak muscles and bones, rheumatic pain, and skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis.
Modern medical research has confirmed that Huang Jing can lower blood pressure and has a therapeutic effect on hypertension and renal hypertension. It has a certain effect in preventing arteriosclerosis and fatty liver. It has significant inhibitory effects on tuberculosis bacteria, typhoid bacteria, and various skin fungi. It can suppress the high blood sugar caused by adrenaline and can be used as a long-term nourishing supplement, providing strong physical fitness and anti-aging benefits.
【Precautions】
The effects of Huang Jing take some time to show, so it can be used as a long-term supplement. However, it should be noted that Huang Jing has a nourishing and greasy nature, so excessive consumption can lead to the accumulation of dampness in the body.
Therefore, it is best for those with cough and excessive phlegm, spleen deficiency with dampness, and cold in the middle with diarrhea to avoid taking it to prevent worsening of the condition.
