How to make Danshen Eucommia ulmoides porridge

Salvia miltiorrhiza and Eucommia ulmoides porridge

Ingredients: 15 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 30 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 20 grams of Chuanxiong, 100 grams of polished rice, and appropriate amount of white sugar.

How to make Danshen Eucommia ulmoides porridge

First, fry Eucommia ulmoides, Salvia miltiorrhiza, and Ligusticum chuanxiong, take the juice and remove the residue, add the washed japonica rice and continue cooking. When the porridge is almost done, add sugar and cook for a while.

Usage: Take twice a day with warm water. One course of treatment is 7 to 10 days.

Efficacy: Promote blood circulation and dredge meridians, benefit liver and kidney. Suitable for sore waist and legs that do not heal for a long time.

Nutritional value of Eucommia ulmoides

Eucommia ulmoides is the bark of Eucommia ulmoides, a plant of the Eucommia family. Eucommia ulmoides contains eucommia gum, glycosides, alkaloid pectin, fat, resin, organic acid, ketose, aldose, chlorogenic acid, vitamin C and other ingredients.

Herbal Benefits

Eucommia ulmoides is sweet, slightly pungent, and warm in nature. It has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidney, strengthening the tendons and bones, strengthening the waist and knees, calming the fetus, and lowering blood pressure. It is suitable for the treatment of back pain, weak waist and knees, frequent bowel movements, impotence, spermatorrhea, dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, fetal movement disorders, and hypertension caused by liver and kidney deficiency. Modern medical research shows that Eucommia ulmoides can enhance immune function and adrenal cortex function; has a therapeutic effect on atherosclerosis; has an inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Staphylococcus; and has a sedative and hypnotic effect.

Treatment recommendations

◆Chop 35 grams of Eucommia ulmoides and add it to 500 ml of white wine. After 3 days, filter out the medicinal wine. Take 5 ml each time, three times a day with water. It can treat high blood pressure.

◆ Take 10 grams each of Eucommia ulmoides, Atractylodes macrocephala, Chinese angelica, donkey-hide gelatin and Codonopsis pilosula, decocted in water and taken three times a day. It can treat fetal movement disorder and prevent miscarriage.

◆Fry 35 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, chop it into pieces, and soak it in 500 ml of rice wine. After a week, take it three times a day, 2 to 3 spoons each time. It can cure back pain caused by fatigue and long-term sitting.

◆Fry 15 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 5 grams of Sichuan costusroot, and 15 grams of star anise, add 200 ml of water and half a cup of wine, boil and drink (the residue can be boiled again), which can cure low back pain.

◆Fry 200 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 100 grams of fennel, 25 grams of Plantago seeds, and 150 grams of Cornus officinalis. Grind them into powder, make them into pills with refined honey, take 25 grams every morning, and drink with boiled water. It can cure residual urine and itchy scrotum.

Special Warnings

◆Contraindicated for patients with Yin deficiency, hyperactivity of fire, or internal heat.