What are the benefits and effects of jasmine?
The flowers, leaves and roots of jasmine can all be used medicinally. The roots are usually dug up after autumn, sliced and sun-dried for later use. The flowers are gathered in summer and autumn and sun-dried for later use. They are pungent, sweet and cool in nature, and have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying and draining dampness. The flowers and leaves are used medicinally to treat red, swollen and painful eyes, and also have the effect of relieving cough and reducing phlegm. Let us take a look below at the benefits and culinary uses of jasmine!
Benefits of Jasmine
1. Root: bitter in taste, warm in nature, toxic, with anesthetic and pain-relieving effects. It is often used for traumatic injury to the tendons and bones, dental caries, headache, insomnia and other conditions.
2. Leaf: pungent in taste, cool in nature, with the effect of clearing heat and releasing the exterior. It is often used for externally contracted fever, abdominal distension and diarrhea and other conditions.
3. Flower: pungent and sweet in taste, warm in nature, with the effects of regulating qi, relieving depression, dispelling foulness and harmonizing the middle. It is often used for dysentery with abdominal pain, red and swollen eyes, sore toxin and other conditions.
Jasmine Chicken Slices
[Ingredients] 120 grams of raw chicken breast, 24 jasmine flowers, 2 eggs.
[Preparation] Remove the yolks from the eggs and keep the whites; remove the sinews from the chicken breast, wash it, cut it into thin slices, soak briefly in cold water, lift out and press dry with a dry cloth, add salt, wet starch and egg white, mix well and coat the chicken slices; remove the stems from the jasmine flowers and wash them; bring the fire to a boil, remove the pot from the heat, slide the chicken slices into the pot one by one, then put back on the heat and blanch briefly, then lift out; bring the clear chicken broth to a boil, season well with salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper and cooking wine, blanch the chicken slices in the hot broth, lift them into a soup bowl, add the jasmine flowers, pour in the clear chicken broth and it is ready.
[Effects] This soup dish has the effect of tonifying deficiency and strengthening the body. It is suitable for people with deficiency of the five viscera accompanied by deficient fire, and is especially suitable for those with anemia, fatigue and weakness. Healthy people who eat it can prevent disease and strengthen the body.
Jasmine and Rose Congee
[Ingredients] 10 grams of jasmine flowers, 5 roses, 100 grams of japonica rice, an appropriate amount of rock sugar.
[Preparation] Remove impurities from the jasmine flowers, roses and japonica rice and wash them separately. Put the japonica rice into a pot with an appropriate amount of water. After it comes to a boil, add the jasmine flowers, roses and rock sugar, then turn to low heat and cook into congee.
[Effects] This congee has the effects of soothing the liver and relieving depression, strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the stomach, and regulating qi and relieving pain. It is suitable for conditions such as chest and hypochondriac pain caused by liver qi stagnation, lingering hypochondriac pain after chronic hepatitis, and dysmenorrhea in women.
Jasmine Sugar Drink
[Ingredients] 5 grams of jasmine flowers, an appropriate amount of white granulated sugar.
[Preparation] Decoct the jasmine flowers and white granulated sugar with 1500 milliliters of water, strain off the residue and drink.
[Effects] This drink is sweet and fragrant, with the effects of soothing the liver and regulating qi, stopping dysentery and detoxifying. It is suitable for chest and hypochondriac pain, dysentery with abdominal pain, and sores and swellings.
Jasmine with White Fungus
[Ingredients] 25 grams of white fungus, 24 jasmine flowers.
[Preparation] Put the white fungus in a bowl and soak it in warm water until softened, clean it thoroughly, and soak it in cold water; remove the stems from the jasmine buds and wash them; add clear water, refined salt and monosodium glutamate to a pot and bring to a boil, skim off the foam, pour into a soup bowl, sprinkle with the jasmine flowers and it is ready.
[Effects] This soup is fragrant and mellow, with the effects of soothing the liver and relieving depression, and nourishing yin and reducing fire. It is suitable for conditions such as cough, hemoptysis and chest and hypochondriac pain caused by liver qi stagnation transforming into fire and damaging the lungs.
Jasmine and Kumquat Drink
[Ingredients] 5 grams of jasmine flowers, 10 grams of kumquat cake, 100 grams of japonica rice.
[Preparation] Grind the jasmine flowers into a fine powder and cut the kumquat cake into cubes; rinse the japonica rice clean, add water and cook into a thin congee, then add the kumquat cake and boil two or three times; stir the jasmine powder into the congee and it is ready to eat.
[Effects] This drink is fragrant and tasty, with the effects of soothing the liver and regulating qi, strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the stomach, and stopping dysentery. It is suitable for conditions such as globus hystericus, abdominal distension and pain, and dysentery.