Yujin is a medicinal herb that promotes blood circulation and dispels blood stasis. It is commonly used for patients with qi stagnation and blood stasis. It can also provide relief for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia. Today, I will introduce a recipe for Lotus Leaf Yujin Congee.
【Recipe Name】
Lotus Leaf Yujin Congee
【Ingredients】
100g glutinous rice, 20g lotus leaf, 15g yujin, 30g dried hawthorn, 5g rock sugar.
【Instructions】
(1) Wash the glutinous rice, dried hawthorn, and lotus leaf.
(2) Tear the lotus leaf into small pieces and boil them in hot water.
(3) Add yujin and stir to let them soak in the water completely. Boil for about ten minutes over high heat.
(4) Remove the cooked lotus leaf and yujin.
(5) Put the prepared dried hawthorn, glutinous rice, and rock sugar into the broth made from lotus leaf and yujin. Boil over high heat for twenty minutes.
(6) Reduce to low heat and simmer for ten minutes. The delicious Lotus Leaf Yujin Congee is ready.
【Health Benefits】
Promotes blood circulation, lowers blood pressure and blood lipid.
Lotus leaf has the function of clearing heat and dispelling blood stasis, hawthorn and yujin promote qi circulation and blood circulation, and glutinous rice and rock sugar nourish the stomach and generate fluid.
When these ingredients are combined, they have the effect of promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, lowering blood lipid and blood pressure, making it especially suitable for patients with hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
【Pharmacological Effects of Yujin】
The ethyl ferulate extracted from the root of Curcuma zedoaria has a broad spectrum of antifungal effects, especially sensitive to the deep red fungus (MIC<10μg/ml).
Yujin, Wen Yujin, and the volatile oil of Curcuma zedoaria contain anticancer components such as curcumol and curcumenol, and they have good clinical efficacy in treating cervical cancer. They are also effective in treating vulvar cancer, skin cancer, and lip cancer. They are generally used for intratumoral injection but may cause mild pain. The contained β-elemene also has anti-cancer activity.
Curcumin has choleretic, antibacterial, lipid-lowering, anti-inflammatory, and protective effects against gastric and liver damage caused by certain drugs.
Ligustilide has certain anti-asthmatic, cough-suppressing effects, and also has wind-expelling effects.
Levistolide can improve microcirculation, inhibit platelet aggregation, and treat cerebral ischemic diseases.
