Yuzhu is a highly valued traditional Chinese medicine. Due to its sweet taste and high nutritional value, it is often used as an ingredient in soups. Consuming Yuzhu soup regularly not only promotes beauty and moisturizes the skin, but also helps to moisten the lungs and relieve coughing.
Medicinal Value of Yuzhu
Yuzhu contains a large amount of mucilaginous substances and vitamin A. Regular consumption can improve dry, rough, and dull skin conditions, and has the effects of beauty and skin protection against external damage.
Yuzhu has certain effects on obesity and hypertension. The active ingredients in Yuzhu have the ability to dilate blood vessels and help regulate blood lipids, preventing various cardiovascular diseases.
Yuzhu contains polysaccharides that can help regulate the function of the heart muscle, with a certain cardiotonic effect. It can help the body relieve angina, palpitations, and rheumatic heart disease, promoting overall health.
Yuzhu contains substances such as vitamins and niacin, which can help strengthen the body's ability to resist diseases and reduce the chances of catching a cold. Yuzhu also helps maintain skin health and alleviate the formation of wrinkles.
Yuzhu has a regulating effect on dry mouth and tongue caused by lung yin deficiency. Drinking Yuzhu soaked water regularly can effectively alleviate symptoms such as dry mouth and loss of appetite caused by lung yin deficiency.
Combination and Application of Yuzhu
Beisha Shen (North American Ginseng) + Yuzhu: Moisturize the Lungs and Relieve Coughing
Beisha Shen and Yuzhu are a natural pair and can be used for medicinal soup. The two complement each other in terms of medicinal effects, both having the effects of nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, invigorating the stomach, and generating fluid. When used together, they can promote the generation of fluid, moisturize the lungs, and relieve coughing, treating conditions such as lung and stomach dryness, dehydration, dry throat, and thirst.
Shihu (Dendrobium) + Yuzhu: Invigorate the Stomach and Generate Fluid
Yuzhu and Shihu can both nourish yin, but Yuzhu is sweet and moist, gentle and moist in nature, with a sweet and mild property that is good at nourishing yin, nourishing the lungs and stomach, and relieving dryness and heat. It can replenish without greasiness, clear and nourish without clinging to evil, and has the effects of supplementing deficiency and clearing heat, generating fluid and relieving thirst. It can also be used for yin deficiency and external pathogenic factors. Shihu can clear kidney fire and nourish essence, and can eliminate stomach deficiency heat and relieve restlessness and thirst. It has the properties of clearing and nourishing the middle.
Shengdi (Rehmannia) + Yuzhu: Nourish Yin and Clear Heat
In Guangdong folklore, almost every household would use Shengdi and Yuzhu to cook soup during the summer and autumn seasons. Shengdi has the functions of nourishing yin, cooling blood, and generating fluid; Yuzhu has the functions of nourishing yin, moisturizing dryness, and relieving thirst.
Recipes with Yuzhu
1. Yuzhu Lily Tea
Take 12 grams of Yuzhu and 8 grams of lily, put them in a teacup, pour boiling water over them, and add a little rock sugar. Drink a cup in the morning and evening. You can drink it for a month first, and if you feel the effect is good, continue to drink it.
In addition to its beauty and skincare effects, the main function of Yuzhu is to nourish yin, moisturize dryness, and generate fluid. It is especially suitable for people with stomach yin deficiency (dry mouth and tongue, loss of appetite) and lung yin deficiency (dry cough with little phlegm, dry throat, coughing up blood).
2. Yuzhu and Goji Berry Porridge
Prepare 15 grams of Yuzhu, 5 grams of goji berries, and 50 grams of rice, wash them separately.
Then cut the Yuzhu into small pieces, put it in a gauze bag, tie it up, and put it in a clay pot. At the same time, add goji berries and rice, and add an appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 15 to 20 minutes over low heat. When the rice is cooked, add an appropriate amount of sugar. Drink it twice a day, every day.
