Platycladus orientalis leaf porridge

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Platycladus orientalis leaf porridge

Porridge recipe ingredients: 10 grams of Platycladus orientalis leaves, 100 grams of rice, and a little white sugar.

Cooking method: Select the Platycladus orientalis leaves, put them into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil them to extract the juice, add rice to cook porridge, add sugar when it is cooked, and boil it for one or two more times. Take one dose per day.

Efficacy: Cools blood and stops bleeding, eliminates phlegm and relieves cough.

Indications: Suitable for various bleeding caused by blood heat, lung heat cough, etc.

Explanation of Zhou Yi: Platycladus orientalis leaves, also known as Platycladus orientalis, are the young branches and leaves of Platycladus orientalis, an evergreen tree of the Cupressaceae family, and are cultivated throughout the country.

The efficacy of Platycladus orientalis leaf porridge

According to Chinese medicine, Platycladus orientalis leaves are bitter, astringent, and slightly cold in nature and flavor. They enter the lung, liver, and large intestine meridians, and have the functions of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, removing phlegm and relieving cough. This product is cool in nature and astringent in taste. It can not only cool blood and stop bleeding, but also astringe and stop bleeding. Therefore, it is often used in various bleeding diseases and is a commonly used cooling blood and stopping bleeding medicine in clinical Chinese medicine. In addition, its anti-aging and anti-aging effects are also highly praised by doctors of all dynasties. "Famous Doctors' Records" says that it "lightens the body and replenishes qi, makes people resistant to cold and heat, removes dampness and stops hunger." According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", "The hairy woman was a palace woman in the Qin Dynasty. When the bandits from Guandong arrived, she ran into the mountains in shock. She was hungry and had nothing to eat. An old man taught her to eat pine and cypress leaves. At first, it was bitter, but it became suitable for a long time. Then she was no longer hungry, and she was not cold in winter and not hot in summer. During the reign of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, a man was seen in Zhongnan Mountain after hunting. He had no clothes, black hair on his body, and jumped into pits and streams like flying. He was captured by a dense siege. It was more than 200 years since the Qin Dynasty." From this we can see that cooking porridge with arborvitae leaves can not only strengthen the body, but also prevent aging.

This article introduces the key health-preserving methods of taking Platycladus orientalis leaves in ancient Chinese books.

1. Cypress Leaf Soup: Pick young leaves, hang them in a large jar with a string, cover the mouth of the jar with paper, take them out after 30 days, if they are not dry, cover the mouth of the jar with paper again to make them dry, grind them into powder, they are emerald green and lovely. Take the powder and boil it into soup instead of tea, it can refresh the mind and sober up. If it tastes bitter, add a little yam powder to season it. Generally, take 7 grams each time, brew with boiling water, it has the effect of stopping bleeding and nourishing yin.

2. Platycladus orientalis cakes: Take an appropriate amount of young cypress leaves, mash them, squeeze out the bitter juice, mix them with dough to make cakes, and then steam or bake them. The effects are the same as those of cypress leaf soup.

3. Songbai Pills: Collect fresh pine leaves, cypress leaves and pine stamens 10-13 cm long in March of the lunar calendar, dry them in the shade, grind them into fine powder, refine white honey and make pills as big as broad beans. Take 9 grams every morning with wine. If you want to grow muscles, you can add black sesame seeds; if you want to strengthen your heart, add Poria cocos and ginseng. This pill can cure all diseases, replenish vital energy, nourish the five internal organs, clear your eyes and ears, and prolong your life.

4. Prescription for longevity: Take 10 kg of Platycladus orientalis leaves, soak them in water for three days and nights, drain and dry them, and pound them into powder. Use 1500 g of Platycladus orientalis leaves powder, 500 g each of fried black soybeans, yellow rice, and black sesame powder, mix the four ingredients into powder, take 10 g each time, and take it with warm water, three times a day. It has the effects of strengthening qi, improving hearing and eyesight, and anti-aging. It is mainly used to treat dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, wind-cold bone pain, and long-term use will make you lighter and longer-lived.

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