Yerba santa is a common traditional Chinese medicine, which refers to the dried roots of the Rosaceae plant Yerba santa or longleaf yerba santa. Yerba santa has a wide range of applications and is widely used for ornamental purposes due to its beautiful leaves. However, its most important uses are for food and medicine. Let's explore the effects and functions of yerba santa through several traditional Chinese food therapy recipes.
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1. Yerba Santa Porridge
Ingredients: 20g yerba santa, 100g rice, sugar to taste.
Preparation: Clean the yerba santa, put it in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, soak for 5-10 minutes, decoct and extract the juice, add rice to cook porridge. When the porridge is cooked, add sugar and boil it for another minute or two. Take one dose daily for 3-5 consecutive days.
Effects: It can clear heat, cool blood, and is suitable for bleeding, such as nosebleeds, hemoptysis, hematemesis, hematuria, bleeding piles, excessive menstruation, intractable bloody dysentery, and scalds.
2. Yerba Santa Pig Intestine Soup
Ingredients: 15g windproof, 15g yerba santa, 15g locust thorn, 1 segment of pig intestine, seasoning to taste.
Preparation: Clean the herbs, wash the pig intestine, put the herbs into the pig intestine, boil them in a pot, remove the herbs, slice the pig intestine, put it back into the soup, season and boil.
Effects: It can dispel wind and stop bleeding, suitable for bleeding hemorrhoids.
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3. Yerba Santa Wine
Ingredients: 60g yerba santa, sweet wine.
Preparation: Clean and cut the yerba santa into sections, dry and grind it into fine powder, decoct it in sweet wine. Take 6g each time, twice a day.
Effects: It can regulate menstruation and stop excessive discharge.
4. Yerba Santa and Sanqi Flower Soup
Ingredients: 10g Sanqi flower, 100g yerba santa, monosodium glutamate, salt, clear broth.
Preparation: Clean and drain the yerba santa, put the Sanqi flower into the pot, pour in the clear broth, add salt, boil, add the yerba santa, boil again, and finally add monosodium glutamate.
Effects: It can cool blood, stop bleeding, calm the liver, reduce blood pressure, and clear heat and detoxify.
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5. Sautéed Yerba Santa
Ingredients: 50g sautéed yerba santa.
Preparation: Add 3 slices of ginger and 20g of honey when using. Decoct with water and take one dose daily, divided into three servings.
Effects: It can alleviate chronic gastritis, gastric mucosal ulceration, and other diseases.
6. Yerba Santa Drink
Ingredients: 1 liang of yerba santa, 2 liang of Dong Quai (cut and roasted), 2 liang of artemisia leaf, 2 liang of ginseng, and 3 liang of processed Rehmannia (roasted and dried), cassia bark (remove the rough skin).
Preparation: Grind the ingredients into coarse powder. Take three qian (a traditional Chinese unit of weight) and add them to a bowl of water. Add three slices of ginger and decoct until seven parts are left. Remove the dregs and take the decoction on an empty stomach when warm.
Effects: It can warm the meridians and relieve pain. It is used to treat postpartum prolonged lochia, restlessness, shortness of breath, poor appetite, and fatigue.
