Tianma is a valuable medicine for treating dizziness and headache. It has a neutral nature and a sweet taste, with the effect of calming the liver, extinguishing wind, and relieving spasms. So, what season is the best time to eat Tianma?
What season is the best time to eat Tianma?
Winter
Tianma has a neutral nature and a sweet taste, with the effects of calming the liver, relieving wind, and relieving spasms. It can treat symptoms such as dizziness and dark vision, wind headache, numbness of limbs, hemiplegia, and difficulty in speaking. Tianma contains various effective ingredients and has high medicinal value. It can regulate the body when taken in all seasons, but it is more suitable for nourishment in winter. Eating Tianma in winter can better exert its medicinal effects.
What should not be eaten with Tianma?
Yufengcao root
"Lei Gong Pao Zhi Lun": "Do not use Tianma and Yufengcao root together, as it may cause intestinal obstruction." Tianma should not be taken together with Yufengcao root. Taking both together may cause gastrointestinal discomfort and even intestinal obstruction.
What are the benefits of eating Tianma?
Pain relief
Tianma contains effective ingredients such as gastrodin and Tianma polysaccharides, which have sedative and analgesic effects. Tianma can calm the liver, relieve wind, and be used for dizziness and headache caused by liver yang hyperactivity, numbness of limbs, etc. It has certain efficacy for trigeminal neuralgia, vascular headache, and neurovascular headache.
Lowering blood pressure
Tianma contains various effective ingredients and has a certain ability to lower blood pressure. It can inhibit platelet aggregation, anti-thrombosis, increase cerebral blood flow, and reduce cerebral vascular resistance. It can prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases and assist in the treatment of hypertension and heart disease.
Anticonvulsant
Tianma contains gastrodin and Tianma glycoside, which have anticonvulsant effects. They have certain efficacy for facial twitching, numbness of limbs, hemiplegia, epilepsy, and can also relieve smooth muscle spasms.
Heart protection
Tianma can protect against myocardial ischemia and protect myocardial cells. It can increase blood flow in peripheral and coronary arteries and has a good protective effect on the heart. It can relieve palpitations, shortness of breath, and other discomfort symptoms.
Who should not eat Tianma?
1. People who are allergic to Tianma. Some people may experience redness, swelling, itching, and other allergic reactions after taking Tianma. If the allergic reaction is severe, seek medical attention promptly.
2. Tianma has certain toxic side effects and should not be taken by children and pregnant women.
3. Ancient books record that people with insufficient body fluids, blood deficiency, and yin deficiency should be cautious in using Tianma.
How to eat Tianma for better effects?
Braised Beef with Tianma and Chuanxiong
Ingredients
1000g beef, 40g spring onion, 30g ginger slices, 8g Tianma, 10g Chuanxiong, 25g red dates, 2 teaspoons salt, 3 tablespoons rice wine.
Instructions
1. Cut the beef into chunks and wash with water. Blanch in boiling water for about 1 minute, then rinse with cold water and set aside.
2. Take a clay pot and cut the spring onion into sections. Put it in the clay pot with the ginger slices.
3. Then add the beef chunks from step 1, rice wine, and all the medicinal herbs. Fill the pot with water up to 90% and bring to a boil.
4. Reduce to low heat and cover the pot. Simmer for 80 minutes, then add salt and cook for another 10 minutes.
Steamed Pigeon with Tianma
Ingredients
1 pigeon, 1 teaspoon Tianma powder, 6 red dates, 1 teaspoon wolfberries, 6 slices of American ginseng.
Instructions
1. Open the pigeon and remove unnecessary internal organs. Wash it.
2. Put cooking wine, salt, Tianma powder, spring onion sections, red dates, wolfberries, and American ginseng in a bowl. Place the bowl in a steamer and steam for 2 hours. Remove and serve.
