Chicken grass is a type of traditional Chinese medicine and a wild food that people in Guangdong region like to consume. It has high medicinal and health value. So what are the effects and functions of chicken grass?
Dispelling wind and promoting blood circulation
Chicken grass is the whole plant and root of the Rubiaceae plant chicken grass. It has a sour and sweet taste and a neutral nature. It has the effects of dispelling wind, eliminating dampness, promoting blood circulation, and relieving pain. It can be used to treat rheumatic pain, bruises, and other conditions.
Nature
Reducing swelling and relieving pain
Chicken grass has a strong aroma and has a strong effect of reducing swelling and relieving pain. The active ingredients in it can be used to alleviate various types of pain, such as stomach and intestinal pain, back and leg pain, pain from injuries, fractures, postoperative pain, and neuralgia.
Improving digestion and relieving stagnation
Chicken grass contains a large amount of dietary fiber, which can enhance gastrointestinal peristalsis and help promote digestion. It has a certain relieving effect on weak spleen and qi deficiency in children, food accumulation and indigestion in adults, bloating, diarrhea, and other conditions.
Anti-inflammatory and antibacterial
The total alkaloid components in chicken grass not only have sedative and analgesic effects but also have a certain inhibitory effect on pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella dysenteriae, pneumococcus, and streptococcus. It can assist in the treatment of neurodermatitis, acute bronchitis, and other conditions.
Chicken grass recipes
Chicken grass cake
Ingredients: 100g of chicken grass leaves, 200g of glutinous rice flour, sugar to taste.
Instructions:
1. Wash the fresh chicken grass leaves and drain the water.
2. Put the washed chicken grass leaves into a blender, add an appropriate amount of water, and blend into a slurry.
3. Pour the chicken grass slurry into a pot, add sugar, and bring to a boil.
4. Mix the cooked slurry with glutinous rice flour until well combined to form a dough.
5. Divide the dough into small portions and press them into cake shapes.
6. Steam the cakes in a steamer over high heat for about 10 minutes.
Coconut milk chicken grass
Instructions:
1. Take an appropriate amount of fresh chicken grass leaves and extract the juice without straining out the residue.
2. Pour the juice into rice flour and mix to form a dough.
3. Shape the dough into small dumplings.
4. Bring a pot of water to a boil and cook the dumplings in it.
5. Once the dumplings float to the surface, remove them and rinse with cold water.
6. Then add a bottle of coconut milk.
