The efficacy and effects of mother-of-pearl and how to eat

It is a perennial herb of the lily family, and its dried bulbs are used for medicinal purposes. It is named after its shape, which is described in "The Collected Notes on the Materia Medica" as "resembling the seeds of a cluster of shellfish", hence its name. According to the origin, it can be divided into Chuan Bei Mu, Zhe Bei Mu, Tu Bei Mu, Yi Bei Mu and so on. The more commonly used ones are Chuan Bei Mu and Zhe Bei Mu, of which Chuan Bei Mu is sweet, bitter and slightly cold in nature; Zhe Bei Mu is bitter and cold in nature, both of which are like the lung and heart meridians.

Detoxifying, dispersing nodules and eliminating carbuncles

They can be used to treat scrofula caused by phlegm and fire, sores and canker sores caused by heat and poisonous congestion, as well as to treat pulmonary canker sores, vomiting pus and blood, and chest congestion and cough. Compared with the two, Zhe Bei Mu has better efficacy in clearing heat and dispersing nodules.

Chuanbei moistens the lung and relieves cough

Compared with Zhaobei mum, it is more effective in moistening the lung and relieving cough, especially for coughs caused by internal injuries, dry coughs, and coughs with dry or hot phlegm.

Zhe Bei Bei is suitable for clearing heat and relieving cough.

It has a bitter taste and its effect is similar to that of Chuan Bai Mu, which is bitter and draining in nature. Therefore, it is better at clearing heat and phlegm and lowering lung qi.

Phellodendron detoxifies and reduces swelling

It is the dried tuber of Cucurbita pepo, which is bitter and weihan in nature and belongs to the spleen and lung meridians. It can detoxify toxins, disperse nodules and reduce swelling. It is indicated for the treatment of canker sores, scrofula and phlegm nuclei.

Ibex clearing heat and moistening the lung to relieve cough

Yi Bei Mu is the dried bulb of Xinjiang Bei Mu or Yi Li Bei Mu of the family Phyllanthaceae, which is bitter, sweet and slightly cold in nature; it belongs to the lung and heart meridians. It can clear heat and moisten the lung, resolve phlegm and stop cough, and is used for coughing with heat, dry cough, dry cough with little phlegm, coughing with blood due to Yin deficiency.

How to consume mother of pearl

Chuanbei Ice Sugar Snow Pear

Ingredients: 5 grams of Sichuan mushroom, 1 snow pear, appropriate amount of rock sugar. Practice: Snow pear peeled, cut in half, cut off the handle of the pear, scoop out the core with a knife; put half of the snow pear into a bowl, scoop out the core of the part into the rock sugar, Chuanbei mother of pear powder, then cover the upper part of the pear again, fixed with a toothpick. Steam it for 20 minutes with low heat and water. Efficacy effect: it can moisten the lung, resolve phlegm and stop cough, suitable for people with long and dry cough.

Autumn Pear Paste

Ingredients: 10 duck pears, 30 grams of poria, 20 grams of maitake, 20 grams of Sichuan mushroom, 30 grams of rock sugar, 200 grams of honey. Practice. 1, first soak the pear with salt water for twenty minutes, then lightly rub the surface with salt to remove the wax, remove the core and leave the skin, directly cut in the blender to press the juice spare;. 2, the white poria maitake clean, Sichuan shellfish crushed into powder, in addition to icing sugar and honey, all the things into the pot, boil on high heat, and then cook on low heat for 60 minutes. 3, slightly cooled, wrapped in gauze to squeeze out the soup, filter to remove impurities (the remaining dregs, you can add water and cook again, two times the soup mixed together, and then the next step) 4, in the squeezed pear juice liquid into the appropriate amount of rock sugar, put on the fire and simmer slowly, boil away some water, until some sticky shape when mixed with honey, continue to simmer slowly with low heat, until thickened into a paste can be. Use each time to take 1, 2 spoons of autumn pear paste, mix with warm water to drink. Efficacy: autumn pear paste moisten the lung to stop cough, produce fluid and benefit the throat. It is used for coughing and wheezing with Yin deficiency and lung heat, thick sputum and saliva, fullness of chest and diaphragm, dry mouth and throat, irritability and mute. It is especially good for those who suffer from lung heat and long coughing.