Our first impression of traditional Chinese medicine is often that it is bitter. Many people avoid taking Chinese medicine because they don't like the taste. However, not all Chinese medicine is bitter, there are also sweet-tasting ones. Sweet Chinese medicine can also help improve health and treat diseases. Today, I will introduce several essential sweet Chinese medicines for home use.
Corn Silk
In the summer, sweet and delicious corn is very popular. However, the often discarded corn silk is also a surprising herbal medicine with unexpected benefits. Corn silk has a mild and sweet taste and contains a large amount of potassium nitrate, vitamin K, phytosterols, and other essential nutrients. It has diuretic, antihypertensive, hypoglycemic, hemostatic, and choleretic effects. Boiling corn silk in water and consuming it can effectively reduce high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol levels in "three high" individuals.
Hawthorn
Many people consider hawthorn as a tasty snack. However, hawthorn is also an effective herbal medicine for promoting bowel movements and aiding digestion. It has a significant effect on relieving food stagnation in the stomach. Hawthorn can also stimulate appetite, making it a good choice for improving appetite during the summer when appetite is poor.
Goji Berry
Goji berries have a sweet taste and a neutral nature. In addition to their well-known benefits of nourishing the kidneys and lungs, and improving liver function and eyesight, they also provide significant help to patients with chronic atrophic gastritis. Taking an appropriate amount of goji berries, washing and drying them, grinding them into powder, and dividing them into portions can be taken on an empty stomach in two doses of 20 grams per day. This treatment should be continued for two months to achieve good results in treating gastric diseases.
Kumquat
With the fluctuating temperatures nowadays, many people often suffer from coughs, phlegm in the throat, and a sense of discomfort. At such times, you can eat some kumquats. Kumquat pellets have a sweet and cool taste and can effectively relieve coughs and dissolve phlegm. They are particularly suitable for children who dislike taking medicine and going to the hospital. Giving them some kumquats can make them happy and effectively treat their coughs.
Dang Shen
Dang Shen has a neutral taste and a sweet flavor. It has the effects of tonifying the middle burner, replenishing qi, invigorating the spleen and lungs, anti-cancer, reducing blood pressure, anti-hypoxia, and anti-aging. It can also enhance the body's immune system and regulate gastrointestinal motility, inhibit gastric acid secretion, and reduce gastric protease activity. It is suitable for weak spleen and lungs, shortness of breath, poor appetite, loose stools, ulcers, anemia, weak cough, and internal heat diabetes. It is also suitable for those with weak constitution, insufficient qi and blood, pale complexion, and those who need long-term recuperation after illness or childbirth.
Chinese Yam
Chinese yam is not only a delicious ingredient but also a beneficial Chinese medicine. Chinese yam has a sweet and neutral taste and has the effects of nourishing qi, nourishing yin, tonifying the spleen, lungs, and kidneys. For children with weak spleen and stomach, frequent loss of appetite, and occasional diarrhea, giving them more Chinese yam can have unexpected results. Chinese yam also has certain therapeutic effects on chronic cough and shortness of breath caused by weak lung qi in the elderly, as well as backache, weak legs, and frequent nocturia caused by weak kidney qi. For those who need long-term recuperation after illness and have weak bodies, Chinese yam is an affordable and high-quality supplement.
