When Is the Best Season to Eat Angelica Sinensis and How to Eat It for the Best Effect? Can It Be Steeped in Water and Drunk Every Day?
The whole angelica sinensis plant is a treasure, known as the gynecological panacea. Through the ages, in the world of herbal medicine where thousands of medicinal substances converge, angelica sinensis is one of the most commonly used traditional medicines, hence it has the laudatory titles of “nine out of ten prescriptions contain angelica” and “king of medicines.” For nourishing blood, invigorating blood circulation, and dispelling cold, angelica sinensis is the first choice. So when is the best season to eat angelica sinensis? How to eat it for the best effect?
When is the best season to eat angelica sinensis?
Angelica sinensis can be eaten in all four seasons, but it should be eaten in moderation and not in large amounts, because angelica sinensis is a warming tonic herb, and eating too much can easily cause internal heat. During the day, angelica sinensis is generally taken half an hour after breakfast, so that you will feel energetic all day long. It is best not to take it at night, as it will make you more excited and unable to sleep. In addition, angelica sinensis invigorates blood circulation, so taking it during menstruation may cause excessive menstrual bleeding, so it is generally not eaten during menstruation.
Can it be steeped in water and drunk every day?
Every medicine has some toxicity, so no matter what medicine it is, it is best not to take it over the long term. The same is true for angelica sinensis; generally, taking it for two or three months is no problem. If conventional doses of angelica sinensis decoction or powder are taken orally over the long term, reactions such as fatigue and drowsiness are quite likely. Angelica sinensis is not suitable for long-term use. If there is something wrong with your body, you can undergo conditioning treatment under a doctor's guidance. If you must take it over the long term, you must take it in moderation.
The Benefits of Angelica Sinensis and Brown Sugar Boiled Eggs
Angelica sinensis is one of the most commonly used traditional Chinese medicines. It has the effects of nourishing and harmonizing blood, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, moistening dryness and lubricating the intestines, fighting cancer, resisting aging, and supporting immunity. It has many effects and functions, and is especially suitable for women. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that angelica sinensis is sweet in flavor and heavy in nature, so it is specifically able to nourish blood; its qi is light and pungent, so it can also move blood. It has movement within supplementation and supplementation within movement, making it a key medicine among blood medicines. Therefore, it can both nourish blood and invigorate blood, both unblock meridians and activate collaterals.
Brown sugar contains a large amount of nutrients and has unique effects on the health and nourishment of the skin, especially for women; it can delay aging and tonify qi and blood. There is a saying that a woman cannot go one hundred days without brown sugar. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, brown sugar is warm in nature, sweet in flavor, and enters the spleen. It has the effects of tonifying qi and nourishing blood, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, easing the middle and relieving pain, and invigorating blood and removing blood stasis.
Eggs are rich in protein. When the three are combined, it is extremely good for women, nutritious and delicious, and can also beautify the skin and fight aging!
How to Eat Angelica Sinensis for the Best Effect
Angelica sinensis is one of the most commonly used traditional medicines. Basically, out of ten prescriptions written by traditional Chinese medicine doctors, nine contain angelica sinensis. Besides being used directly as medicine, there are many other folk uses in China that can also bring out its effects, such as steeping it as tea, adding it to dishes, and infusing it in liquor. Compared with steeping it in water, however, it is recommended that angelica sinensis is best stewed in soup with meat, so that its active ingredients are more easily released. This is much better in curative effect than simply steeping it in water.
1. Angelica Sinensis, Ginger, and Mutton Soup
Greatly tonifies qi and blood
Ingredients: 30 grams of angelica sinensis, 60 grams of ginger, 500 grams of mutton, 30 grams of scallion, 50 milliliters of yellow rice wine, 15 grams of salt.
Method: Cut the mutton into pieces and blanch them in water for later use; wash the angelica sinensis in clean water, and slice the scallion and ginger for later use. Put the mutton, scallion, yellow rice wine, and angelica sinensis together into a clay pot, add water until it covers the ingredients, bring to a boil over high heat, then switch to low heat and simmer for about one and a half hours. Add salt and rice wine to season, then it is ready to eat.
Effects: Angelica sinensis, ginger, and mutton soup comes from “Jingui Yaolue.” Traditional Chinese medicine holds that this soup has the effects of nourishing blood and regulating blood, dispersing cold and opening the appetite, and tonifying qi and strengthening the spleen. It also has auxiliary therapeutic effects on postpartum blood deficiency and abdominal pain, dizziness and blurred vision, cold coagulation and qi stagnation, irregular menstruation, and poor appetite. Friends whose legs and feet are not nimble in winter and who have joint pain will also greatly benefit from often drinking this bowl of soup.
2. Angelica Sinensis and Pork Soup
Relieves constipation and moistens the intestines
Ingredients: 20 g of angelica sinensis, 10 g of astragalus, dried ginger, 200 g of lean pork.
Method: Put the pork into a pot with cold water, boil the pork to remove the blood water, wash it and set aside. Then put the washed angelica sinensis, dried ginger, and astragalus into a stewing pot, add an appropriate amount of clean water, bring to a boil over high heat for about 20 minutes, then switch to low heat and simmer slowly for 1 to 2 hours before opening the pot and eating.
Effects: With increasing age, the bodily functions of the elderly decline, blood circulation decreases, and qi and blood are not as good as before. Therefore, it is very necessary to properly eat some angelica sinensis medicinal dishes that invigorate blood and benefit qi. Angelica sinensis and pork soup can not only promote blood circulation in the elderly and nourish and invigorate blood, but also has some help in alleviating constipation, intestinal diseases, and other problems in the elderly.
3. Angelica Sinensis and Carp Soup
Enhances the bust and nourishes the complexion
Ingredients: 15 grams of angelica sinensis, 15 grams of angelica dahurica, 15 grams of northern astragalus, 10 grams of goji berries, 5 jujubes, 1 carp (about 600 grams).
Method: Wash the angelica sinensis, angelica dahurica, northern astragalus, and goji berries; remove the pits from the jujubes; kill the carp and remove the intestines and other organs; add an appropriate amount of clean water, put all the medicinal materials in, and cook until the carp is done. Add salt and monosodium glutamate to season. Drink the soup and eat the carp; you can eat it once every other day.
Effects: This is a bust-enhancing medicinal dish that can help condition qi and blood and make the breasts fuller. Young beauties with underdeveloped breasts can eat it, and “mature women” who hope to keep their breasts firm and upright can also eat it.
4. Angelica Sinensis Wine
Invigorates blood and dispels cold
Materials: angelica sinensis, baijiu.
Method: After cleaning the angelica sinensis, put it into a jar, then pour in the prepared baijiu, seal it, and place it in a cool place. After about half a month, it can be consumed.
Effects: Angelica sinensis wine is a common folk method of using angelica sinensis in China. It not only has a very good effect of invigorating blood and nourishing blood, but also gives baijiu a more multi-layered flavor experience.
However, special attention should be paid: although angelica sinensis wine is good, one must never be greedy with cups, otherwise it is very easy to develop internal heat.
5. Angelica Sinensis Powder
Relieves pain and regulates menstruation
After cleaning the angelica sinensis, dry it in the sun and grind it into powder. Take it with warm boiled water each time. It has effects such as invigorating blood, nourishing blood, relieving pain, relieving constipation, and regulating menstruation. In addition, it also has certain effects on injuries such as rheumatism and sores.
What Should Be Noted Before Eating Angelica Sinensis?
1. How much should be eaten each time?
Angelica sinensis has no obvious side effects, and various medical books through the ages have recorded that angelica sinensis is non-toxic. The side effects after taking angelica sinensis in daily life are caused by incorrect syndrome differentiation or excessive dosage when people use it. Since angelica sinensis has the effects of nourishing blood and invigorating blood, the amount eaten each time should not be too much, and is best controlled at 5-15 grams. Otherwise, angelica sinensis, which can invigorate blood and nourish blood, will become warm and drying and help fire, making people prone to problems such as nosebleeds and bleeding gums.
2. Can men eat it?
Of course they can!
Although angelica sinensis is called the “friend of gynecology,” it is not only suitable for women. The reason it is used more by women is that women are more prone to losing blood.
In fact, adult men may also develop blood deficiency, mostly due to high work pressure and excessive thinking leading to great mental stress, or due to weak spleen and stomach and insufficient nutrition leading to reduced function in generating blood, or due to factors such as prolonged illness that does not heal and chronic consumption causing blood depletion. “Nourishing blood” does not distinguish between men and women. Angelica sinensis, which can both nourish blood and invigorate blood, is naturally also a good medicinal material suitable for both men and women.
3. Three types of people should use it with caution
The medicinal nature of angelica sinensis is somewhat dry and fierce, so people with yin deficiency and heat must pair it with other medicines to harmonize its pungent and dry nature when using angelica sinensis; otherwise, they will easily develop internal heat (symptoms include dry mouth, dry tongue, dry eyes, five-center heat, and soreness and weakness of the waist and knees). People with heavy dampness and abdominal bloating, those with loose and thin stools, and those with allergies should not eat it.