Ophiopogon japonicus porridge

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Ingredients: Ophiopogon japonicus, warm water, jujube, rock sugar, and white glutinous rice.

Preparation method: Take 10g of Ophiopogon japonicus (without the core) each time, soak it in warm water for a while, add two jujubes, appropriate amount of crystal sugar, 50g of white glutinous rice, put them into a casserole, add 500ml of water, cook the Ophiopogon japonicus until it is well cooked, and the rice porridge is thick. Eat it twice a day, warm. Effect: Ophiopogon japonicus is a small root on the fibrous root of the perennial herb Ophiopogon japonicus of the Liliaceae family. Ophiopogon japonicus porridge is recorded in "Nanyang Living Book". It is made by boiling Ophiopogon japonicus and glutinous rice with water. It has the function of nourishing yin and benefiting the stomach, moistening the lungs and clearing the heart.

Description: [Explanation of treatment] Ophiopogon japonicus tastes sweet and slightly bitter, and is cool in nature and moist in texture. It can be made into porridge with sweet and mild glutinous rice, which is sweet and palatable. It can not only nourish the yin of the lungs and stomach, moisten dryness and produce body fluid, but also clear the heart and eliminate restlessness and heat. It is effective for dry cough without sputum or dry cough with thick sputum due to damage to the yin of the lungs and stomach, dry mouth and tongue, excessive drinking, restlessness and insomnia, and fluid deficiency in the late stage of fever. "New Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Ophiopogon japonicus can relieve the hidden fire in the lungs, clear the heat evil in the stomach, replenish the fatigue of the heart qi, strengthen the essence and yin, relieve restlessness and thirst, beautify the complexion, please the skin, reduce deficiency heat, relieve lung dryness, and stop coughing." At the same time, it also points out that "Ophiopogon japonicus must be used more to make it powerful. The fire is hidden in the lungs and scorches the internal fluid. If you don't use too much Ophiopogon japonicus, the fire can't be controlled. The heat is in the stomach and it will exhaust its yin. If you don't use too much Ophiopogon japonicus, the fire can be stopped." Therefore, when cooking porridge with Ophiopogon japonicus, you can gradually increase the dosage, or take more and eat for a long time without side effects. Ophiopogon japonicus porridge and Asparagus cochinchinensis porridge both have the effect of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, but Ophiopogon japonicus is sweet, slightly bitter and slightly cold, and it can nourish stomach yin, relieve restlessness and thirst, and it is biased towards moistening the lungs and calming the heart; while Asparagus cochinchinensis is sweet, bitter and cold, and it can nourish kidney yin, reduce kidney fire, and it is biased towards clearing heat and reducing fire.

[Modern research] This product contains a variety of steroidal saponins, mucus, glucose and other substances. Pharmacological experiments have shown that it can stop the formation of scars in blood vessels. In recent years, some people have tried to use it to treat coronary heart disease and achieved certain results.

[Precautions] 1. People with weak spleen and stomach, diarrhea, phlegm and dampness in the stomach, and cough caused by external factors should not take it; 2. According to previous experience, you should not eat black fungus while eating Ophiopogon japonicus porridge.