Pepper porridge

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Pepper porridge

This porridge recipe is suitable for the treatment or prevention of diseases such as vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. This recipe is selected from Puji Fang, which was compiled by Zhu Su, the King of Zhou in the early Ming Dynasty, Professor Teng Shuo, and Liu Chun, the chief historian. Zhu Su was the fifth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He was initially named Wu Wu, and was renamed the King of Zhou in the eleventh year of Hongwu. Zhu Su "loved to learn and was good at writing, paid attention to civil affairs, and tried to write a herbal medicine for famine relief." He quoted the prescription books of historians of all dynasties. He also collected other biographies and miscellaneous stories as well as relevant data such as Taoist and Buddhist collections, and edited Puji Fang. Therefore, this book has the medical experience of the vast majority of people before the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. The book has a total of 426 volumes, 1960 theories, 2175 categories, 778 methods, and 61739 prescriptions. Therefore, in terms of its content, this book is the largest prescription book in my country's history. Among them, Volumes 257 to 259 are all about food treatment, and the collection of medicinal porridge is extremely rich. The book contains 180 recipes of medicinal porridge classified by disease, and discusses the importance of food therapy: "The basis of a safe life must be supported by food, and the speed of curing diseases must rely on medicine. Those who do not know the right food cannot survive, and those who do not know medicine cannot cure diseases." "Food can expel evil and calm the internal organs, please the mind and refresh the mind, and benefit the blood and qi. If you can use food to relieve constipation, relieve emotions and get rid of diseases, you can be called a good doctor." He did a lot of research on the use of medicinal porridge to treat diseases: "Although rice is only one thing, there are many kinds of porridge, and the color and taste are rare. You will never tire of taking it. Remember to get clean and sweet water from afar and carefully distinguish the essence of millet. Yam, millet yellow, sorghum, red glutinous rice, white glutinous rice, white glutinous rice, pungent kernel, green onion, ginger, mixed noodles, and vegetable can all be used to cook porridge. Therefore, of the hundred kinds of millet, use one stone to make the color and taste fresh, change and stir to make porridge, warm and adjust, the fragrance is strange, the mind is clear and happy, and the breath is relaxed when happy. Porridge is the source of life, and food can replace half of the medicine. "Pepper noodle porridge is selected from "Puji Fang•Volume 259•Food Treatment•Food Treatment of Heart and Stomach Pain".

[Porridge recipe ingredients] 3-5 grams of Sichuan pepper, 2-3 taels of white flour, and three slices of ginger.

Introduction to the efficacy of pepper porridge

[Effects and indications] Warms the stomach and dispels cold, warms the middle and stops pain. Suitable for spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, hiccups or vomiting caused by stomach cold, and intestinal rumbling and diarrhea caused by cold and dampness.

[Cooking method] First grind Sichuan pepper into very fine powder. Take an appropriate amount each time and mix it with flour, add it into water to cook porridge, and then cook ginger for a while.

[Explanation of the meaning of porridge] Shujiao, also known as Huajiao and Sichuan pepper, is the peel of the Rutaceae plant Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Its fruit is called "Jiaomu", which is also used for medicinal purposes, and has the function of diuresis and swelling.

Sichuan pepper is spicy and hot, and has a strong effect of warming the middle and dispersing cold. The ancients believed that "pepper, a pure yang thing, is good at dispersing yin and cold, can warm the middle and stop pain, warm the spleen and stop diarrhea." It has a good effect on stomach pain, vomiting, hiccups, loss of appetite, intestinal rumbling, diarrhea, etc. caused by stomach cold. Sichuan pepper and flour are cooked into porridge to enhance the effect of nourishing the middle and warming the stomach. According to "Puji Fang•Volume 258•Food Treatment Chapter", "Pepper flour porridge recipe, treats long-term cold, heart and stomach pain, vomiting and inability to eat. Take one part of Sichuan pepper with eyes and closed mouth, stir-fry until sweating, soak overnight, dry and grind it, add three liang of white flour, mix the pepper powder into the flour, cook it in soy sauce until cooked, and eat it on an empty stomach." Adding ginger to the original recipe can strengthen the power of warming the middle and improve the efficacy of stopping vomiting.

Precautions

Sichuan pepper is a very hot food with a strong spicy smell. Do not use too much when cooking porridge, and stop eating it when the illness is recovered. It is not suitable for patients with any febrile disease.

"New Book on Longevity and Elderly Care•Volume 1•Food Treatments for Elderly Diseases, No. 14": "Food treatments for elderly people with weak spleen and stomach, cold pain, irregular diarrhea, and loss of appetite are available in the form of pepper and flour porridge. Boil and mash 1 liang of Sichuan pepper into powder, and add 4 liang of white flour. Mix the above ingredients with the pepper until evenly mixed and cook. Eat on an empty stomach. Take once a day for the best results."

"Dietary Discussions, Volume 2": "Peppercorn porridge: Sichuan peppercorns are the best, but local peppercorns can also be used. However, it is best to grind them into fine powder and add a small amount to the porridge. It can cure chest and abdominal distension and pain, cold diarrhea, and stabbing pain. It can also cure roundworms on the diaphragm, restlessness and saliva."

"Compendium of Materia Medica•Volume 25": "Peppercorn porridge can ward off malaria and keep out the cold."

"Lao Lao Heng Yan•Volume 5": "Peppercorn porridge, add fried noodles to cook porridge. It warms the middle and kidneys, removes dampness, and relieves abdominal pain."