Trichosanthes powder porridge

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Trichosanthes powder porridge

Trichosanthes root is also called Trichosanthes root. This medicinal material is not actually pollen, but the dried root of the plant Trichosanthes of the Cucurbitaceae family. After being ground into powder, this root has a fine and plump texture and a white color, so it is called Trichosanthes root. The Trichosanthes root that people buy in pharmacies is often cut into thin slices. According to traditional Chinese medicine, Trichosanthes root is cold in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, can enter the lung meridian and stomach meridian, has the effects of clearing heat and promoting fluid production, reducing swelling and draining pus, and is an important medicine for treating diabetes. The Compendium of Materia Medica says, "Trichosanthes root, its powder, is as white as snow, so it is called Trichosanthes root... It tastes sweet, slightly bitter and sour, and sourness can promote fluid production, so it can quench thirst and moisten dryness... It is an important medicine for quenching thirst, and it is good to make decoction, powder, and paste." The Ben Jing says that Trichosanthes root "treats thirst, body heat, fullness, high fever, replenishes deficiency and calms the mind, and heals severe injuries." The "Medical Records of Combining Chinese and Western Medicine" says that Radix Trichosanthis "can produce fluid and quench thirst, so it can moisten the lungs, transform dry phlegm in the lungs, and treat tuberculosis. It is also good at clearing the meridians and relieving all heat and toxins in sores." Clinical practice has confirmed that Radix Trichosanthis has good effects in lowering blood sugar, enhancing immunity, and fighting cancer. If diabetic patients can take some medicinal diet recipes made with Radix Trichosanthis as the main ingredient, they can often achieve a good blood sugar lowering effect and effectively improve symptoms such as thirst, irritability, frequent urination, and weight loss. The following are some Radix Trichosanthis medicinal diets that can treat diabetes for your selection.

Introduction to Trichosanthes Porridge

Ingredients: 15 grams of Radix Trichosanthis, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of white sugar.

Preparation and Usage: Cut Radix Trichosanthis into thin slices, boil in water for 30 minutes, remove the residue and take the juice. Put rice into a pot and add this juice and simmer over low heat until the rice is cooked. Take 1 dose daily, and take it continuously for 3 to 5 days as a course of treatment.

Efficacy: This prescription has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting the production of body fluid, reducing swelling and discharging pus. It is suitable for diabetic patients with symptoms of heat evil damaging body fluid, such as thirst, frequent drinking, and fever in the five parts of the body.

2. Tianhuafen Powder

Ingredients: 50 grams of Radix Trichosanthis and appropriate amount of rice porridge.

Preparation and Usage: Remove the skin of Radix Trichosanthis, cut into thin slices, soak in clean water for 5 days, and change the water once a day. After 5 days, take out the Radix Trichosanthis slices, dry them in the sun, crush them into pieces, and grind them into fine powder for later use.

Take 6 grams of this powder and take it with boiled water or add it to rice porridge. It can be taken 3 times a day.

Efficacy: This recipe has the effect of clearing away heat and promoting salivation. It is suitable for diabetic patients with symptoms such as thirst, frequent urination, and dry mouth.

3. Pollen tallow cream

Ingredients: 50 grams of Radix Trichosanthis, 25 grams of beef tallow.

Preparation and Usage: Cut Radix Trichosanthis into thin slices, decoct with water for 3 times, remove the residue and take the juice, combine the obtained liquid medicine together. Boil the liquid medicine over low heat until it becomes viscous, add beef fat, and boil it again. You can take 10 grams each time, 3 times a day, with warm water.

Efficacy: This prescription has the effects of clearing away heat, nourishing yin, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It is suitable for diabetic patients with symptoms such as irritability, thirst, and fever in the five hearts.

4. Rabbit meat and yam soup

Ingredients: 500 grams of rabbit meat, 60 grams each of yam and trichosanthes.

Preparation and Usage: Cut the rabbit meat into small pieces. Wash the Chinese yam and Radix Trichosanthis, cut them into thin slices, put them into a pot with the rabbit meat, add appropriate amount of water and simmer over low heat until the rabbit meat is well cooked. It is ready to be taken at will.

Efficacy: This prescription has the effects of nourishing yin and replenishing qi, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It is suitable for diabetic patients with symptoms such as frequent drinking, frequent and yellow urine, weight loss, and irritability.

5. Coptis chinensis and Dendrobium porridge

Ingredients: 10 grams of Coptis chinensis, 30 grams of Dendrobium officinale, 100 grams of Radix Trichosanthis, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of duck juice.

Preparation and Usage: Cut Radix Trichosanthis into thin slices. Put Coptis chinensis, Dendrobium officinale and Radix Trichosanthis slices into a pot and add appropriate amount of water. Boil over high heat first, then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes, remove the residue and take the juice. Put rice into the pot and add this juice to boil until the rice is cooked, add duck juice, and boil for one or two more times. Take 1 dose daily, divided into 2 doses.

Efficacy: This recipe has the effects of clearing the stomach and purging fire, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It is suitable for diabetic patients with symptoms of stomach heat and fire such as dry mouth, thirst, oral erosion, and dry stool.

It should be noted that diabetic patients should take the above-mentioned medicinal diet under the guidance of a doctor. People with symptoms of spleen and stomach deficiency such as loose stools should not take Trichosanthes. Trichosanthes can cause miscarriage, so pregnant women should not take this medicine either.