A Detailed Guide to Growing Echinacea from Seed, Its Benefits and Uses

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Keeping some beautiful flowers and plants at home is not only decorative but also purifies the air. How do you grow echinacea from seed? What is the market price per jin: How to grow echinacea from seed: seed treatment. Before sowing, first soak the seeds to promote germination and disinfect them. Put the seeds in a basin, add warm water at 35°C to 40°C.

Keeping some beautiful flowers and plants at home is not only decorative but also purifies the air. How do you grow echinacea from seed? What is the market price per jin:

How to grow echinacea from seed:

1. Seed treatment

Before sowing, first soak the seeds to promote germination and disinfect them.

Put the seeds in a basin, add warm water at 35°C-40°C, and stir gently so that all the seeds are soaked in the water. After 2-3 hours, place the seeds in an 800-1000 times dilution of potassium permanganate solution for about 15 minutes of disinfection.

Next, scoop the seeds out and spread them evenly on newspaper, then place them in a sunny, well-ventilated spot to dry for 1-2 hours, and they are ready for sowing.

2. Specific steps

Echinacea is generally sown by broadcasting.

When sowing, first put some fine soil in a basin, then use your hands to mix the seeds evenly with the fine soil, next sprinkle the seeds evenly over the growing medium, then cover with another layer of medium and water thoroughly once. When watering, use a gentle flood irrigation so as not to wash the seeds together, which would cause uneven sprouting. Generally, the seedlings break through the soil in about 8 days, and by about 15 days the seedlings have all emerged.

3. Management after sowing

Echinacea seedlings have a relatively low water requirement in the early stage, and generally do not need watering; keeping the soil moist is enough. When the seedlings grow 2-3 true leaves, begin watering, generally once every 15-20 days. If rainy weather occurs, take care to drain promptly.

As the echinacea seedlings grow, weeds will also gradually appear. To prevent weeds from competing with the seedlings for water and nutrients, weed promptly, preferably by pulling them out by hand.

If sowing in autumn, water once with anti-freeze water before winter. Within 2-3 days after watering, cover the seedlings with plastic sheeting to keep them warm. When the temperature rises in spring, the covering can be removed in early April.

What is the market price of echinacea seed per jin:

The price of echinacea is about 150, and generally home growers will not buy it by the jin, unless they are commercial growers buying a jin or even in large quantities. ⟦18 Well, have you learned how to grow echinacea from seed?

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Echinacea seed price and growing methods

Echinacea, also known as purple coneflower, purple echinacea, purple pinecone flower and so on, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Echinacea in the Asteraceae family. It is named for its flower head, which closely resembles a pinecone. Its shape is somewhat similar to that of an ordinary chrysanthemum, with larger flowers, vivid colors and an attractive appearance, giving it high ornamental value. It is planted throughout the country. Let us take a look below at the price of echinacea seed and how to grow it!

How much is echinacea seed per jin?

The price of echinacea seed is about 180-240 yuan per jin, but prices vary considerably depending on seed quality, variety, place of origin, market and so on. Echinacea likes warmth, is robust and cold-tolerant, likes light, tolerates drought and is not particular about soil. It grows well in deep, fertile soil rich in humus. In production it is propagated by seed, and the common methods are spring sowing, summer sowing and autumn sowing.

Echinacea sowing methods

1. Land preparation and fertilizing: For echinacea seedling raising, first apply plenty of base fertilizer on the chosen plot, applying 1500-2000 kg per mu of decomposed chicken manure, cow manure, barnyard manure and so on. After spreading the fertilizer evenly, deep-plow the plot about 30 cm, level and harrow it fine, then make beds 150-200 cm wide.

2. Seed treatment: Put echinacea seeds into warm water at 35-40°C and stir gently. After 2-3 hours, place them in an 800-1000 times dilution of potassium permanganate solution and soak for about 15 minutes. Scoop the seeds out and spread them on newspaper to dry for 1-2 hours, and they are ready for sowing.

3. Sowing method: Echinacea seedling raising is generally done by broadcasting after mixing with soil. After sowing, rake over it once more, and finally water thoroughly once. Note that gentle flood irrigation should be used. About 7-10 days after sowing, the seedlings break through the soil, and after 15 days the seedlings have all emerged.

Echinacea seedling-stage management

1. Watering and drainage: Echinacea seedlings need less water in the early stage, and generally do not need watering; keeping the soil moist is enough. When the seedlings have 2-3 true leaves, begin watering, once every 15-20 days. If continuous rainy days occur during the seedling stage, take care to prevent flooding and drain waterlogged fields.

2. Weeding and thinning: When weeding echinacea, to avoid damaging the seedling roots, it is best to pull the weeds by hand, taking care to pull them out roots and all to prevent the weeds from growing back. At the same time, thin out the more densely packed seedlings according to the principle of "remove the weak and keep the strong."

3. Cold protection and overwintering: Before winter, water echinacea once with anti-freeze water. Within 2-3 days after watering, add plastic sheeting for insulation. If a cold snap occurs, add some more firewood, straw or straw mats for insulation, and finally weigh down the edges of the covering with soil to prevent it from being blown up by the wind.

Echinacea growing methods

1. Land preparation and fertilizing: Before transplanting echinacea, prepare the land and apply fertilizer, applying 2500-3000 kg per mu of decomposed chicken manure, cow manure, barnyard manure and so on. After spreading the fertilizer evenly, deep-plow the plot about 30 cm, level and harrow it fine, then make beds 150-200 cm wide.

2. Sterilizing and lifting seedlings: Before lifting the echinacea seedlings, first carry out a sterilization treatment on the seedlings, usually spraying once with a 600 times dilution of 75% chlorothalonil wettable powder the day before. When lifting the seedlings, dig them out with roots and soil together, minimizing damage to the seedling roots.

3. Digging trenches and transplanting: Place echinacea seedlings in the trench at a spacing of 20-25 cm per plant. When transplanting, first dig a small hole with a small trowel, place the seedling in and straighten it, then firm it with the surrounding soil, and finally water thoroughly once to ensure the seedlings survive.

4. Cultivating and weeding: After the transplanted echinacea survives, carry out cultivating and weeding from time to time, but because the roots are shallow after transplanting, cultivate shallowly to avoid damaging the root system.

5. Watering management: After transplanting, echinacea should be watered promptly according to soil moisture. Watering should follow the principle of watering when dry and stopping when wet; generally water once every 10-15 days.

6. Reasonable fertilizing: 20 days after transplanting echinacea, carry out the first topdressing, applying 500-800 kg per mu of human waste and urine along with the water. In mid-May, when echinacea enters the flowering period, apply about 5 kg per mu of monopotassium phosphate.

Echinacea pest and disease control

1. Root rot

[Harm] After echinacea is infected with the disease, the upper leaves of the plant wilt, and even the whole plant's leaves dry up. In severe cases, the roots turn brown until the whole plant dies.

[Control] Spray or drench the diseased plants with a 1000 times dilution of 40% fenaminosulf wettable powder, spraying once every 3-5 days; 2-3 sprays are enough to see results.

2. Yellow leaf disease

[Harm] The plant's leaves turn yellow, some curl, growth is slow, the plant is stunted, the flowers become deformed and the color fades.

[Control] Spray a 500 times dilution of 50% carbendazim wettable powder or a 600 times dilution of 75% chlorothalonil wettable powder, spraying once every 7-10 days, for 2-3 consecutive sprays.

3. Cabbage caterpillar

[Harm] Cabbage caterpillars chew on echinacea leaves, causing holes in the leaves and affecting the plant's growth and development.

[Control] Spray with a 1000 times dilution of 2.5% beta-cyfluthrin emulsifiable concentrate, spraying once every 7 days; generally 2-3 sprays are enough.

The benefits and uses of pine leaves

Sample essay one: The benefits of pine leaves

The benefits of pine leaves

Pine trees stay green all year round, can live for a thousand years and have vigorous vitality. Research shows that the pine tree's ability to live for a thousand years without dying is mainly due to "proanthocyanidins." Pine needles can keep you fit; pine needles can prevent disease. Li Shizhen said in the Compendium of Materia Medica: "Pine leaves, called pine hair, are warm and bitter in nature, non-toxic, and enter the liver, kidney, lung and spleen meridians, treating swelling and toxins of the various organs, and wind-cold-damp conditions. It also says they can treat swellings and sores, promote hair regrowth, strengthen the liver, kidney, heart, spleen and lung, and can satisfy hunger and prolong life." The representative medicinal part of the pine tree is the pine needle, whose medicinal components are higher than those of other parts of the tree. It not only contains large amounts of bioflavonoids and proanthocyanidins, but is also rich in chlorophyll and various vitamins. Pine needle extract can be used to dilate arterial blood vessels, increase the oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells, promote blood circulation, improve capillary function, boost immunity, increase hormone secretion, strengthen vitality and make body tissues younger. Several major symptoms of human heart disease, such as angina, palpitations, wheezing and difficulty breathing, are unbelievably improved after drinking pine needle preparations. How to brew and drink pine needle tea: Pick pine needles (do not pick from young pine trees under 3 m tall or under 6 years old); in spring and summer pick from male trees, in autumn and winter pick needles from female trees. After washing, soak in clean water for a while. Boiling method: Cut the washed, soaked pine needles into three sections and boil them in water in a pot for 10-15 minutes. Steeping method: Cut the washed pine needles into three sections, pour boiling water into a large-mouthed thermos, and steep for half an hour. Generally, pine needles can be boiled or steeped several times, and the taste and components differ each time. You can drink it in place of tea leaves in daily life. With health benefits as the goal, there is no need to brew it very strong; use an amount similar to that of tea leaves and drink it like tea. If you want pine needle tea not to be astringent, you can boil it a bit longer, for example 20 minutes. Or after washing the pine needles, soak them in clean water for a longer time (for example overnight), which also removes the astringency. Fresh pine needles

Preservation of the leaves. Put the freshly picked pine needles in a dark, breathable bag, leave the opening slightly open without sealing, and place in a cool spot to dry naturally; they can be kept fresh for as long as 3 months. Traditional folk pine needle therapies:

(1) High blood pressure: Wash 50 pine needles, put them in a pot, add water and decoct, and drink in place of tea, 3-4 times a day. Or put 50 pine needles in a mortar, add two small cups of water, grind into a juice, and divide into 3 portions to drink on an empty stomach in the morning, at noon and in the evening.

(2) Myocardial infarction: Take 50 tender pine needles, place them in a mortar, add water and grind into a paste, then filter the pine juice through gauze, divide into 3 portions, and drink on an empty stomach in the morning, at noon and in the evening respectively.

(3) Cerebral hemorrhage and stroke: Take 20 g each of female-tree pine needles, palm leaves and soybean, decoct and take; sweating on the forehead is even better. If swallowing is difficult, cut the leaves of the female pine finely, add wine and decoct for drinking; wine of 30 degrees or more is recommended. Take an appropriate amount each time. To prevent stroke, chew pine needles daily.

(4) Arteriosclerosis: Take 50 pine needles a day, wash them with water, and chew them in the mouth or decoct the pine needles into a strong broth and drink. Before and after each meal, drink 1-4 small cups of pine needle wine.

(5) Preventing cerebral infarction: Decoct pine needles, palm leaves and soybean together and take, or chew pine needles.

(6) Asthma and allergic asthma: Take shade-dried female pine needles and decoct 20 g daily to take. You can also roast the new buds of pine needles, grind them into powder and apply to the mouth and throat. For bronchial asthma, decoct fresh or dried pine needles and drink in place of tea.

(7) Stroke with deviated mouth (facial paralysis): Pound 500 g of tender pine leaves into juice, put it in 1000 ml of wine and soak for two days, then warm it beside a fire for 8-12 hours. Initially take 5 ml, gradually increasing to 10 ml per meal.

(8) Swollen and painful gums: Decoct 50 g of pine needles, 5 g of refined salt, 100 ml of wine and 500 ml of water together and use as a mouthwash. For wind-heat toothache, take a piece of pine knot the size of a jujube, chop it up, add 7 peppercorns, soak in hot wine, and while hot add a little roasted alum, then rinse the mouth with it; results can be seen after several times. Also: use 100 g of pine knot, 50 g each of the white bark of Sophora japonica and the bark of Lycium chinense, decoct into a decoction and rinse the mouth, rinsing hot and spitting out cold. For general weakness, take equal amounts of black sesame and black soybean, fry and grind into powder, then grind an amount of dried pine needles equal to 1/2 the amount of black soybean into powder as well, mix, and take one tablespoon a day. For periodontal disease, add 30 g of pine needles to 500 ml of water, decoct until half remains, wait until it is at a suitable temperature, and use sterilized absorbent cotton to dip the liquid and wipe the affected area.

(9) Bad breath: Often place several pine needles in the mouth and chew them. Loss of voice, when the voice cannot come out due to excessive talking, chew pine needles in the mouth; you can also take fresh pine needles or dried pine needles, decoct them and drink in place of tea. This method can also treat sore throat. Insomnia: Eat more pine nuts in daily life, or drink pine needle tea. For general weakness, take equal amounts of black sesame and black soybean, fry and grind into powder, then grind an amount of dried pine needles equal to 1/2 the amount of black soybean into powder, mix, and take one tablespoon a day. Motion sickness: When riding in a car or boat, chewing pine needles in the mouth can prevent it from occurring. Chronic alcoholism: Brew tea with pine needles and drink it several times a day.

(10) Acute gastritis: Take 10 g of shade-dried pine needles, add 300 ml of water, decoct until half the water remains, and take on an empty stomach 3 times, in the morning, at noon and in the evening. When thirsty from diabetes, put red pine needles

into a mortar, grind them, and drink their juice. Or mix pine needles and tender pine-cypress leaves in a ratio of 4 parts to 6 parts, decoct and take. When taking it, it is advisable to avoid meat.

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Women's leukorrhea: Boil 250 g of pine resin, 50 g of pine needles and 1000 ml of wine together until reduced and dry, mash, and make into pills the size of parasol tree seeds. Take 10-15 pills each time, 3 times a day. Pelvic inflammatory disease: Fumigate and wash the lower abdomen and waist with pine needle water and soak in it, several times a day. Constipation: Chew 3 old pine needles, 3 times a day.

(12) Senile dementia: Take pine needles and pine bark, decoct together, and drink in place of tea.

(13) Aching joints: Take equal parts of tender pine needles and pine knot powder, pound into juice, take 250 g and add to 500 ml of wine, soak for 7 days, and take 3 times a day, 1 cup each time (about 10 g); or decoct pine needles into juice and take orally, and use the pine needle juice to warm the affected area. For muscle cramps and sprains, take 100 g of pine knot, grind it fine, add 10 g of frankincense, fry over a slow fire until scorched, grind into powder, and take mixed with hot papaya wine. 3 times a day, 10 g each time. Gout: After decocting pine needles, scoop out the leaves and soak the gout-affected area in the liquid at about 40 degrees. Neuralgia: Pound fresh tender pine leaves into juice and drink as tea; or take 100-200 g of fresh pine needles, add an appropriate amount of mugwort and willow leaves, put them in a cloth bag, boil water and bathe in it.

(14) Allergic rhinitis: Use 20 g of shade-dried pine needles or fresh pine needles, decoct and take.

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The benefits of pine leaves

(5) Preventing cerebral infarction: Decoct pine needles, palm leaves and soybean together and take, or chew pine needles.

into a mortar, grind them, and drink their juice. Or mix pine needles and tender pine-cypress leaves in a ratio of 4 parts to 6 parts, decoct and take. When taking it, it is advisable to avoid meat.

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(12) Senile dementia: Take pine needles and pine bark, decoct together, and drink in place of tea.

(14) Allergic rhinitis: Use 20 g of shade-dried pine needles or fresh pine needles, decoct and take.

Sample essay two: The benefits of pine leaves

I. Introduction to the benefits of pine leaves

Pine leaves (from the Collected Commentaries on the Classic of Materia Medica) [Alternative names] Pig bristle pine leaves (from the Formulas of Sagely Beneficence), pine hair (from the Simple Single Remedies), mountain pine whiskers (from the Essentials of Raw Herbal Medicine), pine needles (from the PLA Guangzhou Unit's Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines). [Source] The leaves of the Pinaceae plant Chinese pine or Masson pine, Yunnan pine and so on. [Collection] Can be collected all year round, those collected in the twelfth lunar month are the best. After collection, dry in the sun and store in a dry place. [Medicinal material] The dried pine leaves are needle-shaped, about 12-18 cm long, about 0.1 cm thick, with two leaves joined into a bundle, wrapped outside by a leaf sheath about 0.5 cm long, dark brown in color. There is a long fine groove in the center, the surface is smooth, grayish dark green, light and brittle in texture, with a faint odor. [Chemical composition] Masson pine leaves contain volatile oil (α-pinene and β-pinene, camphene, etc.), flavonoids (quercetin, kaempferol, etc.), resin. Yunnan pine leaves contain volatile oil, sugars, carotene, vitamin C. [Nature and flavor] ① Bielu: Bitter in taste, warm. Rihua Zi Bencao: Warm, non-toxic. [Meridian entry] Bencao Zaixin: Enters the heart and spleen meridians. [Functions and indications - benefits of pine leaves] Dispels wind and dries dampness, kills parasites, stops itching. Treats wind-damp atrophy and numbness, traumatic injuries, insomnia, edema, damp sores, scabies and ringworm. It can also prevent and treat epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, influenza and hookworm disease. ① Bielu: Mainly treats wind-damp sores, grows hair, calms the five organs. ② Rihua Zi Bencao: Roast and apply to frostbite and wind-damp sores. ③ Gangmu: Removes wind pain and leg numbness, kills rice worms. ④ Shengcao Yaoxing Bei Yao: Kills lice, dries water, stops itching, closes wounds (heals sores). Washes chancre sores, treats lice and scabies. ⑤ Huiyue Yijing: Wards off pestilential qi. ⑥ PLA Guangzhou Unit's Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines: Treats neurasthenia, vitamin C deficiency and nutritional edema; prevents and treats epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis and influenza. [Usage and dosage] Oral: decoct in soup, 3-5 qian (1-2 liang of fresh leaves); or soak in wine. External: decoct in water and wash. Oral: External: Oral External II. There are many kinds of pine trees, and not all pine leaves can be used as medicine. There are many kinds of pine trees. Pine leaves, also called pine needles, are bitter and warm in nature and flavor, and have the effects of dispelling wind and removing dampness and stopping itching. In traditional Chinese medicine they are customarily used for wind-damp lumbago, rubella, frostbite, night blindness and so on. Pine leaves are rich in chlorophyll and carotene. If the pine leaves are chopped and pressed, each batch can extract 2-4 kg of chlorophyll and carotene solid ointment. This ointment is a specific remedy for treating burns, skin diseases, eczema, ulcers, boils, vaginal trichomoniasis and so on; its extract can also be used as a raw material for spices and soap and for making artificial camphor. After steaming and boiling, pine leaves can yield 10 kg of alcohol and 2 kg of protease per batch. Sun-dried and ground into powder, pine leaves mixed into feed can increase the milk yield of dairy cows by 40-60%, make pigs grow twice as fast and increase the egg production of hens by 40%. A - There are many kinds of pine trees, and not all pine leaves can be used as medicine. B - Pine bark (leaf) extract contains flavonoids and proanthocyanidins, and these substances not only have antioxidant effects but can also lower bad cholesterol.

III. Traditional folk pine tree therapies for common ailments

High blood pressure - High blood pressure - Wash 50 pine needles, cut them to a length of about 1 cm, put them in a pot, add water and decoct, and drink in place of tea, 3-4 times a day. Or put 50 pine needles -

in a mortar, add two small cups of water, grind into a juice, divide into 3 portions, and drink on an empty stomach in the morning, at noon and in the evening. Myocardial infarction - Myocardial infarction - Take 50 tender pine needles and place

in a mortar, add water and grind into a paste, then filter the pine juice through gauze, divide into 3 portions, and drink on an empty stomach in the morning, at noon and in the evening respectively. - Cardiac insufficiency - Cardiac insufficiency - The simplest and at the same time most effective method is to chew tender pine needles at any time. - Cerebral hemorrhage and stroke - Cerebral hemorrhage and stroke - Take 20 g each of female-tree pine needles, palm leaves and soybean, decoct and take; sweating on the forehead is even better. If swallowing is difficult, cut the leaves of the female pine - finely, add wine and decoct for drinking; wine of 30 degrees or more is recommended. Take an appropriate amount each time. To prevent stroke, chew pine needles daily. Arteriosclerosis - Arteriosclerosis - Take 50 pine needles a day, wash them with water, and chew them in the mouth or decoct the pine needles into a strong broth and drink. Before and after each meal, drink 1-2 small cups of pine needle wine. - Preventing cerebral infarction - Preventing cerebral infarction - Decoct pine needles, palm leaves and soybean together and take, or chew pine needles. Drinking some pine needle juice every day can purify the blood and prevent cerebral infarction - drinking pine needle wine has the same effect. Asthma - - Allergic asthma: take shade-dried female pine needles and decoct 20 g daily to take. You can also roast the new buds of pine needles, grind them into powder and apply to the mouth and throat. Bronchial asthma - you can decoct fresh or dried pine needles and drink in place of tea. Stroke with deviated mouth (facial paralysis) - Bronchial asthma - Stroke with deviated mouth ( - Pound 500 g of tender pine leaves into juice, bronchial asthma - stroke with deviated mouth, put it in 1000 ml of wine and soak for two days, then warm it beside a fire for 8-12 hours; initially take 5 ml, gradually increasing to 10 ml per meal. Wind-heat toothache - take a piece of pine knot the size of a jujube. Wind-heat toothache - Wind-heat toothache - chop it up, add 7 peppercorns, soak in hot wine, and while hot add a little roasted alum, then use it to hold in the mouth and rinse; results can be seen after several times. Also: use 100 g of pine knot, 50 g each of the white bark of Sophora japonica and the bark of Lycium chinense, decoct into a decoction and rinse the mouth, rinsing hot and spitting out cold. For toothache from cavities, soak pine resin in boiling water until it dissolves and rinse the mouth. Or chew several pine needles in the mouth, and the pain will soon be relieved. When the teeth ache, you can insert a little pine resin into the gap of the decayed tooth. Swollen and painful gums: Decoct 50 g of pine needles, 5 g of refined salt, 100 ml of wine and 500 ml of water together and use as a mouthwash. Periodontal disease - add 30 g of pine needles to 500 ml of water, decoct until half remains, wait until it is warm, and use sterilized absorbent cotton to dip the liquid. Periodontal disease - Periodontal disease - and wipe the affected area. Oral ulcers - use absorbent cotton dipped in pine needle juice and press it onto the affected area. Bad breath - Oral ulcers - - - Often place several pine needles in the mouth and chew them. Loss of voice: when the voice cannot come out due to excessive talking, Oral ulcers - Bad breath, you can chew pine needles in the mouth; you can also take raw pine needles or dried pine needles, decoct them and drink in place of tea. This method can also treat sore throat. Nausea and vomiting of food - Nausea and vomiting of food - Nausea and vomiting of food. Hangover - Insomnia - General weakness - - Drink pine knot wine slowly in small amounts. Hangover - Hangover - Decoct red pine needles and take. Insomnia - Insomnia - Eat more pine nuts in daily life, or drink pine needle tea. General weakness - General weakness - Take equal amounts of black sesame and black soybean, fry and grind into powder, then grind an amount of dried pine needles equal to one half the amount of black soybean into powder and mix, and take one tablespoon a day. Motion sickness - When riding in a car or boat, chewing pine needles in the mouth can prevent it from occurring. Motion sickness - Motion sickness - Liver deficiency with tearing eyes - Use 500 g of refined pine resin, 20 kg of rice and 50 liters of water to make wine. Drink a small amount frequently

. Liver deficiency with tearing eyes - Liver deficiency with tearing eyes - Chronic alcoholism - Chronic alcoholism - Brew tea with pine needles and drink it several times a day. Acute gastritis: Take 10 g of shade-dried pine needles, add 300 ml of water, decoct until half the water remains, and take on an empty stomach 3 times, in the morning, at noon and - in the evening. For diarrhea, drink pine needle juice. When thirsty from diabetes, put red pine needles into a mortar, grind them, and drink their juice. Or mix pine needles and tender juniper-cypress leaves in a ratio of 4 parts to 6 parts, decoct and take. When taking it, it is advisable to avoid meat. Pulmonary tuberculosis and pleurisy - Pulmonary tuberculosis and pleurisy - Take shade-dried new buds of pine needles, decoct and drink. The daily amount needs to be about 20 g. Pulmonary tuberculosis - Or take pine resin powder daily, half a tablespoon each time, 3 times a day. Pelvic inflammatory disease - Fumigate and wash the lower abdomen and waist with pine needle water and soak in it, several times a day. Constipation - Pelvic inflammatory disease - Pelvic inflammatory disease - Constipation - Take 3 old pine needles from near the root of a pine branch, chew them, 3 times a day. Senile dementia - - Senile dementia - Take pine needles and pine bark (the tender bark under the outer bark), decoct together, and drink in place of tea. Long-standing deafness - Take 150 g of pine resin and 50 g of croton, mash into pills, wrap them in thin cotton, and insert into the ear, changing twice a day. Allergic rhinitis - Use 20 g of shade-dried pine needles or fresh pine needles, Allergic rhinitis - Allergic rhinitis - decoct and take. Gout - Gout - Scoop out the leaves and soak the gout-affected area in the liquid at about 40 degrees. Gout - after decocting pine needles, aching joints - Aching joints - Take equal parts of tender pine needles and pine knot powder, pound into juice, take 250 g and add to 500 ml of wine, soak for 7 days, and take 3 times a day, 1 cup each time (about 10 g); - or decoct pine needles into juice and take orally, and use the pine needle juice to warm the affected area. Muscle cramps - Take 100 g of pine knot, grind it fine, add 10 g of frankincense, fry over a slow fire until scorched, grind into powder, and take mixed with hot Muscle cramps - Muscle cramps - papaya wine. 3 times a day, 10 g each time. Traumatic injuries - the treatment is the same as for muscle cramps. Fundus hemorrhage - Traumatic injuries - Fundus hemorrhage - - The treatment is the same as for allergic rhinitis. Traumatic injuries -

Sample essay three: The benefits and uses of cypress leaves

The benefits and uses of cypress leaves

Medicinal source: the branches and leaves of the Cupressaceae plant Cupressus funebris.

Latin plant, animal and mineral name: Cupressus funebris Endl.

Harvesting and storage: Can be collected all year round; cut the branches and leaves and dry them in the shade.

[Original form] Tree, up to 35 m tall, with a trunk circumference of up to 2 m. Bark light brown; large branches spreading; small branches slender and drooping; the branchlets bearing scale leaves are flat, arranged in one plane, green, about 1 mm wide; older branchlets cylindrical, dark brownish purple, slightly glossy. Leaves dimorphic; scale leaves 1-1.5 mm long, apex sharply pointed, the back of the central leaf has strip-shaped glandular dots, the backs of the lateral leaves have ridges. Male cones elliptical or ovoid, 2.5-3 mm long; female cones 3-6 mm long, nearly spherical, about 3.5 mm in diameter. Cones spherical, 8-12 mm in diameter, dark brown when mature; seed scales 4 pairs, apex irregularly pentagonal or square, 5-7 mm wide, with or without a pointed tip in the center, fertile scales with 5-6 seeds; seeds broadly obovate-rhombic or nearly circular, flat, about 2.5 mm long, light brown, glossy, with narrow wings on the edges. Flowering period March-May, cones mature in May-June of the following year.

[Habitat and distribution]

Ecological environment: A tree species endemic to our country.

Resource distribution: Distributed in the southwest and Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong and other places. It is planted most in Sichuan, western Hubei and Guizhou, and is also cultivated in southern Jiangsu.

[Characters]

1. Character identification: The branchlets are flat, brown. The leaves are small, scale-shaped, alternately opposite on the branchlets, the leaf apex sharply pointed, not closely attached to the branch but forming spine-like protrusions, with a prickly feel when touched, and the leaf surface is yellow-green or gray-green. Brittle in texture, easy to break. Faint odor, astringent taste. Those with tender branches and leaves and a dark green color are preferred.

2. Microscopic identification: The main difference between cypress leaves and oriental arborvitae leaves is that the epidermis and cortex have more cells containing brown substances, the bordered pits of the transfusion tracheids are few, and the calcium oxalate crystals are mainly few sandy crystals, with occasional plate-like or columnar crystals.

3. Physicochemical identification: Take 3 g of the coarse powder of this product, add 30 ml of methanol, and reflux on a water bath for 30 min. Filter, evaporate the filtrate to dryness, dissolve the residue by adding 15 ml of 5% sodium carbonate, extract twice with water-saturated n-butanol, 10 ml each time, then adjust the pH to 3-4 with dilute hydrochloric acid, extract twice with ether, 10 ml each time, combine the ether liquids and evaporate to dryness, dissolve the residue with 2 ml of methanol as the test solution. Separately take an appropriate amount of quercetin and dissolve it in methanol as the reference solution. Take 10 μl of each of the above solutions and spot them on the same silica

gel GF/254 thin-layer plate, develop with tetraphenyl: ethyl acetate: formic acid (5:4:1), and examine under ultraviolet light; in the chromatogram of the test sample, spots of the same color appear at positions corresponding to those of the reference substance. [Chemical composition] Cypress leaves contain amentoflavone, monomethylamentoflavone

(monomethylamentoflavone), hinokiflavone, 7″-monomethylhinokiflavone, cupressuflavone and its derivatives, pheophytin a, 10S and 10R-methylpheophorbide a, α-funebrene. [Nature and flavor] Bitter; astringent; neutral in nature

[Functions and indications] Cools the blood and stops bleeding; astringes sores and promotes tissue regeneration. Mainly for vomiting blood; bloody dysentery; hemorrhoids; scabious sores; burns; knife wounds; venomous snake bites. [Usage and dosage] Oral: decoct in soup, 9-15 g; or grind into powder. External: pound and apply or grind into powder and mix for application.

[Supplementary formulas] ① For knife wounds: Tender cypress leaves, chew them to a paste and apply. (Chongqing Herbal Medicine) ② For snake bites (with double vision): 2 liang of cypress leaves, 2 liang of the whole plant of Cyperus rotundus, decoct in rice washing water and wash the wound. (Jiangxi Handbook of Herbal Medicine) ③ For burns: Pound cypress leaves into juice and apply. (Jiangxi Handbook of Herbal Medicine)

[Discussions by various authors]

1. Classified Herbal Properties: Harmonizes the blood. Treats intestinal wind and hemorrhoid swelling, dysentery, vomiting blood; also applied to infantile thrush.

2. Chongqing Herbal Medicine: Stops bleeding and promotes tissue regeneration, treats knife wounds.

3. Guangxi Medicinal Plant Directory: Treats coughing up blood, heart qi pain, and tendon contracture.

1. For vomiting blood: Cypress seeds, cypress leaves. Grind into powder, take with wine, 4 qian each time.

2. For infantile thrush: Tender cypress leaves ground into powder (or calcined and ground into powder), mix with oil and apply (apply after washing)

[Excerpt] Chinese Materia Medica

Sample essay four: The health benefits of pine leaf powder

Modern medical research data shows that pine leaves contain volatile oils, flavonoids, resin, cellulose, lignin, chlorophyll, carotene, vitamins, trace elements and other components. The volatile oils in pine leaves have effects such as expelling phlegm, strengthening the stomach, dispelling wind, reducing fever, promoting urination, relieving pain, expelling parasites, resisting bacteria and fighting viruses, and can treat chronic upper respiratory tract infections. The flavonoids in pine leaves can treat fragile blood vessels and abnormal vascular osmotic pressure and so on. The resin, cellulose and other components contained in pine leaves have the effect of lowering blood lipids and blood sugar.

Pine needles can be steeped in liquor to make a drink, eaten fresh, dried and ground into pine needle powder for consumption, or boiled in water and drunk as a tea.

Pine needles are the young leaves of plants in the Pinaceae family, such as Chinese pine (also known as short-leaf pine or red-bark pine), Masson pine, green pine, Japanese red pine, Bashan pine, Huashan pine, and iron-armor pine. Pine needles have a fragrant aroma and contain volatile oils as well as sugars, carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, amino acids and many other elements. Among these, carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E have anti-aging effects. Drinking pine needle water can prevent colds and treat chronic bronchitis and rheumatic joint pain. Since ancient times in our country, there have been records of people achieving great longevity by eating pine needles and drinking pine needle tea. Pine trees stay green year-round; at the turn of spring and summer, tender pine needles can be picked and stir-fried; in the crisp autumn air, pine needles can be picked and brewed as tea; in the depths of winter, pine needles can be picked as a vegetable, or dried and ground into powder to be added to food.

Pine needle powder, also known as pine leaves or pine hair, is simply the leaves of the pine tree. Because its leaves are shaped like needles, it is called "pine needle"; it tastes bitter, is non-toxic, and has a mild nature.

Ingredients: Pine needles are rich in protein, antibiotics, chlorophyll, plant fiber, plant enzymes, 8 kinds of amino acids and various trace mineral elements, multiple vitamins and other active substances.

⟧ Effects: It has a two-way regulating effect on stroke, arteriosclerosis and blood pressure. It has special therapeutic effects on sexual dysfunction, high blood lipids, diabetes, constipation, frequent colds in young people, acne, allergic rhinitis, obesity and more.

Usage: 1. Adults take 4-5 capsules (about 3g) each time, children over 5 years old take 2-3 capsules each time, taken with warm boiled water, three times a day; long-term use gives remarkable results.

2. Mix the powder evenly with cold water and apply it to the face for 2 hours; the acne on the face will subside. Stick with it for a week, and the "pimples" will vanish without a trace, and it can also repair the dark spots left behind by "pimples." Various experiments by research institutions around the world have proven that pine needles have no toxic side effects, no carcinogenic mutation, no teratogenicity and no sensitization. In European countries, pine needle extracts have already been used as food additives.

Note: Those with a pollen allergy constitution should use caution in April in spring when pine flowers bloom.

Pine needles can be used as medicine; the needles can be collected year-round, and those collected in the twelfth lunar month are the best. After collection, dry them in the sun and store them in a dry place to make Chinese herbal medicine. The medicinal material is needle-shaped, with a long fine groove in the center, a smooth surface, a grayish dark green color, light and brittle in texture, with a slight odor. Its active chemical components are volatile oils (α-pinene and β-pinene, camphene, etc.), flavonoids (quercetin, kaempferol, etc.), resins and more. As medicine, pine needles are bitter, astringent and warm in nature, and have the effects of dispelling wind and invigorating blood, improving eyesight, calming the spirit, detoxifying and relieving itching. They mainly treat influenza, epidemic meningitis, rheumatic joint pain, traumatic injuries, insomnia and edema, scabies and ringworm, skin itching, night blindness, hypertension, scurvy, neurasthenia, chronic bronchitis, and thrombocytopenic purpura. For external use, they treat chilblains. Dosage: 30-60 grams of fresh material, decocted in water to wash the affected area.

According to research, pine needles bring changes to patients with the following symptoms:

1. Balancing nutrition, making it possible for the human body to delay aging;

2. The symptoms of most patients with primary and secondary hypertension of unknown cause can be controlled;

3. The incidence of adult "diseases of affluence" such as high blood lipids, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, high blood viscosity and prostatitis is greatly reduced, and symptoms are alleviated

4. Diseases caused by medication are greatly reduced;

5. Most cases of obesity can achieve fat reduction and recovery in the short to medium term;

6. Most disorders of the digestive system and blood circulation system can be cured;

7. As a result, nearly a hundred minor ailments in most middle-aged people in a sub-health state are recovered from;

8. Calming the mind and settling the spirit, solving the problem of insomnia.

According to incomplete statistics, people with the following conditions can take part themselves and experience the miraculous effects of pine needles: those with constipation, those who catch colds frequently, those with bad breath, those with high blood pressure, those with low blood pressure, those with high blood lipids, those with fatty liver, those with high cholesterol, those with diabetes, those with paroxysmal headaches, those with migraines, those with poor sleep quality at night, those with proteinuria, those with gout, those who are obese, those with a thick waist and short neck, those with neck soreness diagnosed as cervical spondylosis, those with hemorrhoids, those with acne that frequently breaks out or does not heal after long treatment, those with allergic rhinitis; those with poor microcirculation, those who feel weak all over, those with dizziness, blurred vision and physical weakness, those who are always drowsy, those with sore waist and back pain, those with dry and gritty eyes, those with dry hair, those with hair loss or baldness, those with premature graying, those with periodontitis, those with many spots and much pigmentation on the face, those with arteriosclerosis, those with senile dementia, those with bronchial asthma, those with frequent stomach pain, those with cardiac insufficiency, those with swollen and painful gums, those with periarthritis of the shoulder...

The number of people who benefit from drinking pine needle tea will exceed 200 million, making them anti-aging, superior to their peers in energy, physical fitness and physiological indicators, enabling them to display exceptional vitality and calmly cope with various pressures and challenges; cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (mainly hypertension, coronary heart disease and stroke) are prevented and treated, and wrinkles and spots on the skin are significantly improved; achieving their own weight loss,

body-shaping results; the blood circulation system and digestive system operate normally.

China has entered an aging society, and the popular science promotion that follows for middle-aged and elderly health care and the treatment of middle-aged and elderly diseases is extremely popular. The emergence of pine needle products coincides with the ancient saying "pine and crane extend life" and the new concept of "anti-oxidation" for human health and longevity proposed by the modern scientific community.

Sample Essay Five: The Miraculous Effects of Pine Leaves

The miraculous pine needle, a Chinese treasure, keeps you healthy and young-looking

The pine needle is my Chinese treasure, better than a hundred herbs for prolonging life. Drink several big cups of it every day, and hospitals and pharmacies will surely

have fewer visitors

Pine needles are the needles of plants in the genus Pinus of the Pinaceae family, such as Siberian red pine, Ukrainian pine, Chinese pine, Yunnan pine, Nianmao pine, and Masson pine. Using pine trees for health preservation and disease treatment has existed in our country since ancient times. Chinese Taoist culture especially incorporated pine tree products into daily diet to prolong life and drive away a hundred diseases. There are also many records of achieving great longevity through using pine trees for healing and health preservation. Ge Hong's "Baopuzi" records a story about palace maids of the Qin palace: at the end of the Qin Dynasty, when Liu Bang and Xiang Yu attacked Xianyang, during the chaos of war the palace maids fled into the deep mountains, and under the guidance of the old people in the mountains, they ate only the fruits of pines and cypresses and pine needles. As a result, all of them had rosy complexions, feared neither cold in winter nor heat in summer. Legend says these palace maids all lived to over 100 years old, and their hair remained black and glossy.

In "Liexian Zhuan," there is a story about a Taoist deity, namely the rain master of the time of Shennong, Chisongzi, who became an immortal; in Songpan, Sichuan, he ate pine leaves and pine nuts. "Yiwen Leiju" says, "Chisongzi liked to eat the fruits of cypress, and his fallen teeth grew again." In the time of Emperor Yao, there was a person who loved eating pine nuts, named Jue Kou. Jue Kou once presented pine nuts to Emperor Yao, hoping that this wise ruler would live forever. Because Emperor Yao handled countless affairs of state every day, although he did not persist in eating pine nuts all the time, he still lived to 118 years old. And those who persisted in eating pine nuts for a long time all lived longer than Yao. During the Jin Dynasty, the Taoist priest Huang Chuping of Danxi, Zhejiang and his brothers, while cultivating the Dao at Jinhua Mountain, long consumed pine nuts, pine leaves, pine resin and the like, and lived to over a hundred years. In the Tang Dynasty, Cui Ziran studied the Dao as a youth and obtained longevity through the method of consuming pine trees. In our country's ancient medical classics "Shennong Bencao Jing" and "Huangdi Neijing," it is recorded: "The pine is the food of immortals." The so-called "immortals" here actually refer to those long-lived elders with keen hearing and clear sight. "Shennong Bencao Jing" divides medicines into three grades: those that can only treat disease are "lower medicines," those that can both treat disease and enhance vitality are "middle medicines," and only those that can simultaneously maintain life and help longevity are "upper medicines." Among the "upper medicines," the first mentioned is "pine." Shennong listed ten things as "essential for longevity," namely: sun, mountain, water, stone, pine, cloud, wood, grass, crane, and turtle. Pine is originally a wood-class plant, but here it is listed separately, which is quite telling. Li Shizhen said in "Bencao Gangmu," "Pine leaves, called pine hair, are warm and bitter in nature, non-toxic, and enter the liver, kidney, lung and spleen meridians, treating swelling and toxicity of the various organs, and wind-cold-dampness conditions." He also said it can treat swelling and blisters, promote hair regrowth, strengthen the liver, kidney, heart, spleen and lung, can satisfy hunger, and prolong life. "Bencao Gangmu" also records: the pine is the chief of a hundred trees; its leaves, bark and resin mainly treat rheumatism, wind pain, promote hair growth, calm the five organs, strengthen yang and supplement the center, prevent hunger and prolong life; taken over a long time, it firms the teeth, preserves youthfulness, and makes the skin jade-like and lustrous. "Qianjin Fang" records: "Pine leaves keep people from aging, promote hair growth, calm the five organs, preserve the center, prevent hunger, prolong life, treat stroke, and treat rheumatism; a formula for aching pain in a hundred joints." In the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao was a great medical scientist in our country's history; he published "Qianjin Yaofang" in his seventies and "Qianjin Yifang" at over a hundred years old. He proposed the famous thesis "food and medicine share the same source, and disease is treated with food therapy," which became one of the famous theories laying the foundation of traditional Chinese medicine. Sun Simiao also had a special affection for pine trees, using the relevant parts of the pine for healing and health preservation, and established natural health-preserving methods such as "the method of taking pine nuts, the method of taking pine leaves, and the method of taking pine resin," making great contributions to the world's health-preservation culture. In the Qing Dynasty, Wang Shixiong wrote "A Poem on Longevity": There is a new formula for eternal youth, but alas people today are far from it. Carefully pound the pine yellow along the winding path, and take it every morning to preserve health and auspiciousness. Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty wrote in a poem: "A catty of pine pollen is indispensable, eight liang of cattail pollen must not be stir-fried. Sophora flowers and apricot flowers five qian each, two catties of white honey pounded together; whether eaten or used in a bath, a ruddy or fair complexion will last until old age."

Modern scientific testing has confirmed that the secret lies in the pine tree's rich content of antioxidant substances, especially proanthocyanidin PCA. Scientists analyzed more than 100 kinds of plants and found that the antioxidant content in plants is directly proportional to the lifespan of the plant. For example, the fast-growing Paulownia tree has an antioxidant PCA content of about 20mg/kg in its bark, while the antioxidant PCA content in pine bark is about 2000mg/kg. This is the main reason why Paulownia can only live a few decades, while pines can live thousands of years. Many authoritative institutions worldwide and hundreds of scientific experiments by Chinese and foreign scientists have continuously confirmed: pine needles are rich in β-carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E; these three substances are called the "golden triangle" of antioxidants, and together they protect human tissue cells from oxidation and extend cell lifespan. Pine needle essential oil and pine needle flavonoids have unique water solubility and, together with the unsaturated fatty acids contained in pine needles, can pass through blood vessel walls into the blood: by increasing bile secretion, reducing cholesterol accumulation, and by clearing cholesterol, preventing arteriosclerosis, dilating peripheral blood vessels, improving the oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells, and promoting human blood circulation. Among the sources of bioflavonoids, pine bark and leaf extracts are among the most prominent. This is a composite antioxidant, containing very rich, unique, water-soluble bioflavonoid proanthocyanidins. It has many effects including anti-arteriosclerosis, anti-viral, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic, including effectively scavenging free radicals or interrupting free radical chain reactions; protecting lipids from pathological peroxidative damage; protecting and stabilizing vitamin C in the body; promoting the stabilization of calcium inside and outside cells; improving the circulatory system and delaying aging

and many other effects.

Dr. Lester Packer, chairman of the World Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine, announced in 2000: pine tree extract (proanthocyanidins) is a natural antioxidant with super-strong capability. It is the strongest natural antioxidant (anti-aging) substance documented in the literature and discovered in laboratories anywhere in the world to date! It has excellent effects in scavenging various harmful free radicals. Compared with other plant antioxidants, pine tree extract is even more effective in scavenging superoxide anion free radicals and hydroxyl free radicals. In addition, pine bark and pine needle extracts can also be used to dilate arterial blood vessels, increase the oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells, promote blood circulation, improve capillary function, raise immunity, increase hormone secretion, strengthen vitality, and make the body's tissues younger. Multiple experiments by research institutions around the world have proven that pine bark and pine needle extracts are a highly effective food for disease prevention and anti-aging; pine needles have no toxic side effects, no carcinogenic mutation, no teratogenicity and no sensitization, and can be consumed with confidence.

The first-generation pine needle medicine "Songling Xuemaikang," successfully tested by Chinese scholar Ji Ling, mainly treats hypertension, high blood lipids and other conditions, has entered the national essential medicines list, and has been selling well on the market for 8 years. The second-generation pine needle export product "Xinnaorui" entered the Hong Kong, China market and, having passed inspection by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), entered the American health products market. The third-generation product "Juming Jiangya Capsules" has also been launched on the market. The fourth-generation pine needle medicine "Natural Long-Acting Blood Pressure Tablets" has obtained patents in the United States, Australia and Singapore, and will soon be available. Pharmacology expert Professor Ding Guangsheng began basic research and experiments on blood-pressure-lowering Chinese medicines in the 1940s, and he established the method for creating animal experimental models of hypertension and many related blood-pressure-lowering experimental methods. He said to Ji Ling: "I searched for more than half a century, and even in my dreams I wanted to find such a natural blood-pressure-lowering ingredient. This is a discovery that benefits all humanity!"

Pine needle extract has the following main functions for the human body:

1. Effectively preventing organ aging and pathological changes;

2. Enhancing blood vessel elasticity, preventing arteriosclerosis, and protecting organ blood supply;

3. Strengthening blood circulation, especially enhancing blood oxygen supply in capillary microcirculation;

4. Preventing skin aging and reducing spots;

5. Relieving red blood cell and platelet aggregation, and preventing and treating thrombotic diseases.

According to research, pine needles bring improvement to patients with the following symptoms:

1. Balancing nutrition, making it possible for the human body to delay aging; 2. The symptoms of most patients with primary and secondary hypertension of unknown cause can be controlled; 3. The incidence of adult "diseases of affluence" such as high blood lipids, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, high blood viscosity and prostatitis is greatly reduced, and symptoms are alleviated; 4. Diseases caused by medication are greatly reduced; 5. Most cases of obesity can achieve fat reduction and recovery in the short to medium term; 6. Most disorders of the digestive system and blood circulation system can be cured; 7. As a result, nearly a hundred minor ailments in most middle-aged people in a sub-health state are recovered from; 8. Calming the mind and settling the spirit, solving the problem of insomnia. Drinking pine needle soup will make people anti-aging, superior to their peers in energy, physical fitness and physiological indicators; they display exceptional vitality and calmly cope with various pressures and challenges; cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (mainly hypertension, coronary heart disease and stroke) are prevented and treated, and wrinkles and spots on the skin are significantly inhibited; achieving natural weight loss and slimming results; the blood circulation system and digestive system operate normally. Practice has proven that several major symptoms of human cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: angina, palpitations, wheezing, edema, dizziness and difficulty breathing, have all achieved incredible improvement after drinking pine needle tea.

Several commonly used empirical formulas:

I. Proven formulas excerpted from "Bencao Gangmu":

Treating stroke: one jin of pine leaves, finely cut, boiled with one dou of liquor down to three sheng, taken in one dose; once sweating occurs, recovery follows.

Treating pain in the bones and joints of the body: namely migratory joint pain. Take one sheng of juice pounded from pine leaves, mix evenly with three sheng of liquor, and after seven days take one measure each time, three times a day. Treating wind-bi and beriberi: use pine leaf liquor, suitable for those who have long been treated without effect. Boil pine leaves to make juice and soak five dou of rice in it, and drink the rice with pine decoction. Take sixty jin of pine leaves, boil with four dan of water down to one dan of juice, add the rice, and brew liquor according to the usual method. Then put it into a jar, seal with mud for seven days; after getting thoroughly drunk, the effect is great.

II. From folk proven formulas:

Treating wind-bi and beriberi: take 10 grams of fresh pine needles, cut them, combine with 10 milliliters of edible vinegar, add 40 milliliters of water, boil and stir, then take the medicinal liquid and apply it to the affected area.

Neuralgia: pound fresh tender pine leaves into juice and drink as tea; or take 100-200 grams of fresh pine needles, add an appropriate amount of mugwort and willow leaves, put them into a cloth bag, boil in water and soak in the bath.

High blood pressure: wash 50 pine needles clean, cut them to a length of about 1 cm, put them into a jar, add water and decoct, and drink as tea, 3-4 times daily. Or put 50 pine needles in a mortar, add two small cups of water, grind into juice, divide into 3 portions, and drink on an empty stomach in the morning, at noon and in the evening.

Myocardial infarction: take 50 tender pine needles and place them in a mortar, add water and grind into a paste, then filter out the pine juice with gauze, divide into 3 portions, and drink on an empty stomach in the morning, at noon and in the evening respectively.

Cerebral hemorrhage and stroke: take 20 grams each of female-plant pine needles, palm and soybean, decoct and take; sweating on the forehead is even better. If swallowing is not flexible, cut the leaves of the female pine finely, add liquor, decoct and drink; liquor above 30 degrees is recommended. An appropriate amount each time. To prevent stroke, chew pine needles daily.

Arteriosclerosis: take 50 pine needles daily, wash them with water, put them into the mouth and chew, or decoct the pine needles into a strong soup and drink it. Before and after each meal, drink 1-2 small cups of pine needle liquor.

Preventing cerebral infarction: decoct pine needles, palm and soybean together and take, or chew pine needles. Drinking some pine needle juice every day can cleanse the blood; to prevent cerebral infarction, drinking pine needle liquor also has the same effect.

Asthma, allergic asthma: use shade-dried male pine needles, decoct 20 grams daily and take. The new buds of pine needles can also be roasted and ground, then applied to the oral cavity and throat.

Stroke with deviated mouth (facial paralysis): pound 500 grams of tender pine leaves into juice, place in 1000 milliliters of liquor and soak for two days, then warm it by the fire for 8-12 hours; begin by taking 5 milliliters, gradually increasing to 10 milliliters with each meal.

Wind-heat toothache: take a piece of Chinese pine node the size of a jujube, cut it finely, add 7 peppercorns, soak in hot liquor, and while still hot add a little roasted alum, then use it to rinse the mouth; after several times, results will appear. Also: use 100 grams of pine node, 50 grams each of sophora white bark and wolfberry root bark, decoct as a soup to rinse the mouth, rinsing hot and spitting cold.

Swollen and painful gums: use 50 grams of pine needles, 5 grams of refined salt, 100 milliliters of liquor and 500 milliliters of water, decoct together and hold in the mouth to rinse.

Time for pine leaf health benefits to take effect:

Constipation (1-3 days), frequent colds (5-7 days), bad breath (3-5 days), high blood pressure (3-15 days), low blood pressure (3-15 days), high blood lipids (60-90 days), fatty liver (90-120 days), high cholesterol (30-90 days), diabetes patients (60-100 days), those with paroxysmal headaches (1-3 days), those with migraines (1-3 days), those with poor sleep quality (3-7 days), those with proteinuria (10-30 days), those with gout (15-30 days), those who are obese (30-60 days), those with a thick waist and short neck (30-60 days), those with neck soreness diagnosed as cervical spondylosis (30-60 days), those with hemorrhoids (3-10 days), those with acne that does not heal after long treatment (2-5 days), those with allergic rhinitis (5-10 days); those with poor microcirculation (7-10 days), those who feel weak all over (7-10 days), those with dizziness, blurred vision and physical weakness (5-10 days), those who are always drowsy (10-15 days), those with sore waist and abdominal pain (5-10 days), those with dry and gritty eyes (3-7 days), those with dry hair (30-50 days), those with hair loss or baldness (50-100 days), those with premature graying (50-100 days), those with periodontitis (3-10 days), those with many spots and much pigmentation on the face (30-50 days), those with oral ulcers (5-10 days); those with menopausal symptoms (30-90 days), middle-aged and elderly people with impotence or sexual apathy (30-60 days), those with stroke (60-180 days), those with hemiplegia (90-180 days), those with arteriosclerosis (30-100 days), those with senile dementia (60-180 days), those with bronchial asthma (5-10 days), those with frequent stomach problems (7-15 days), those with cardiac insufficiency (30-60 days), those with swollen and painful gums (5-15 days), those with periarthritis of the shoulder (30-40 days).

For the above conditions, most patients can stop taking or reduce the Western medicines used as adjunctive treatment after their condition or symptoms are brought under control. For mild cases, after drinking pine needle tea for a few days the condition is somewhat controlled, and the Western medicine can naturally be reduced and even stopped; for severe cases, the dosage should be reduced as appropriate under a doctor's guidance. Many common illnesses are side effects that arise from taking Western medicines during the treatment of high blood pressure, low blood pressure, high blood lipids, high cholesterol and diabetes; once the Western medicines are stopped, the symptoms will soon disappear.

Collecting pine needles yourself costs no money, and climbing the mountains to enjoy the scenery keeps you healthy. A life of a hundred years is not a dream, as long as you earnestly put it into practice. Precautions:

1. Do not casually collect pine needles from roadside, because the pine needles there are polluted by car exhaust over the long term, and consuming them is harmful to health. Do not pick pine needles from young pines less than 5 years old or from pine trees less than 3 meters tall.

2. The decocted pine needle soup can be drunk as tea, and can also be drunk on an empty stomach in the morning. Patients with excessively high blood pressure should not stop their original blood-pressure-lowering medications on their own; after blood pressure returns to normal, the medication dosage can be gradually reduced under a doctor's guidance.

3. Pine needles are an oily plant and easily pick up dirt, so they must be washed clean. Use a soft-bristled brush to scrub, or wrap the pine needles in a soft cloth dipped in detergent and rub them clean. After washing, soak them in clean water for a while.

Compiled by Wang Yiqun on July 18, 2012

Sample Essay Six: Medicinal Effects of Pine Leaves

Pine leaves can be eaten. They have many medicinal values. Here are some folk formulas. You can take a look.

High blood pressure: wash 50 pine leaves clean, cut them to a length of about 1 cm, put them into a jar, add water and decoct, and drink as tea, 3-4 times daily. Or put 50 pine leaves in a mortar, add two small cups of water, grind into juice, divide into 3 portions, and drink on an empty stomach in the morning, at noon and in the evening.

Myocardial infarction: take 50 tender pine leaves and place them in a mortar, add water and grind into a paste, then filter out the pine juice with gauze, divide into 3 portions, and drink on an empty stomach in the morning, at noon and in the evening respectively.

Cardiac insufficiency: the simplest and also the most effective method is to chew tender pine leaves at any time.

Cerebral hemorrhage and stroke: take 20 grams each of female-plant pine leaves, palm and soybean, decoct and take; sweating on the forehead is even better. If swallowing is not flexible, cut the leaves of the female pine finely, add liquor, decoct and drink; liquor above 30 degrees is recommended. An appropriate amount each time. To prevent stroke, chew pine leaves daily.

Arteriosclerosis: take 50 pine leaves daily, wash them with water, put them into the mouth and chew, or decoct the pine leaves into a strong soup and drink it. Before and after each meal, drink 1-2 small cups of pine leaf liquor.

Preventing cerebral infarction: decoct pine leaves, palm and soybean together and take, or chew pine leaves. Drinking some pine leaf juice every day can purify the blood and prevent cerebral infarction; drinking pine leaf liquor also has the same effect.

Asthma: for allergic asthma, take shade-dried female pine leaves, decoct 20 grams daily and take. The new buds of pine leaves can also be roasted and ground into powder, then applied to the oral cavity and throat. For bronchial asthma, decoct fresh or dried pine leaves and drink as tea.

Toothache from decayed teeth: soak pine resin in boiling water until it dissolves, and rinse the mouth. Or chew several pine leaves in the mouth, and the pain will be quickly relieved. When the teeth ache, a little pine resin can be inserted into the gap of the decayed tooth.

Swollen and painful gums: use 50 grams of pine leaves, 5 grams of refined salt, 100 milliliters of liquor and 500 milliliters of water, decoct together and hold in the mouth to rinse.

Periodontal disease: add 30 grams of pine leaves to 500 milliliters of water, decoct until half remains, wait until warm, and use sterilized absorbent cotton dipped in the liquid to wipe and wash the affected area.

Oral ulcers: use absorbent cotton dipped in pine leaf juice and press it onto the affected area.

Bad breath: often place several pine leaves in the mouth and chew them.

Loss of voice: when the voice cannot come out due to excessive talking, chew pine leaves in the mouth; raw pine leaves or dried pine leaves can also be decocted and drunk as tea. This method can also treat sore throat.

Hangover: decoct Korean pine leaves and take.

Insomnia: eat more pine nuts in daily life, or drink pine leaf tea.

Physical weakness: take equal amounts of black sesame and black beans, stir-fry and grind into powder, then grind an amount of dried pine leaves equal to half the amount of black beans into powder as well, mix together, and take one tablespoon daily.

Motion sickness: when riding in a car or boat, chewing pine leaves in the mouth can prevent it from happening.

Chronic alcoholism: brew pine leaves as tea and drink it several times a day.

Acute gastritis: take 10 grams of shade-dried pine leaves, add 300 milliliters of water, decoct until half the water remains, and take 3 times in the morning, at noon and in the evening on an empty stomach.

Diarrhea: drink pine leaf juice.

Diabetes: when thirsty, put Korean pine leaves into a mortar and grind them, and drink the juice. Or mix pine leaves and tender juniper leaves in a ratio of 4 parts to 6 parts, decoct and take. When taking it, it is advisable to avoid meat.

Pulmonary tuberculosis, pleurisy: take shade-dried new buds of pine leaves, decoct and drink. The daily dosage needs to be about 20 grams. Or take pine resin powder daily, half a tablespoon each time, 3 times a day.

Pelvic inflammatory disease: use pine leaf water to fumigate and wash and soak the lower abdomen and waist, several times a day.

Constipation: take 3 old pine leaves from a pine branch near the root, chew and eat them, 3 times a day.

Senile dementia: take pine leaves and pine bark (the tender bark under the outer bark), decoct together, and drink as tea.

Allergic rhinitis: use 20 grams of shade-dried pine leaves or fresh pine leaves, decoct and take.

Fundus hemorrhage: Treatment: same as for allergic rhinitis.

Gout: after decocting pine leaves, take out the leaves, and soak the gout-affected area in the liquid at about 40 degrees.

Periarthritis of the shoulder, cervical spondylosis: decoct pine leaves and drink instead of tea.

Surface ulcers: take fresh pine leaves or shade-dried pine leaves, decoct and take the juice.

Athlete's foot (hand and foot ringworm)

Method One: 3000 grams of pine leaves, add 40 kilograms of water, boil down into 25 kilograms of leaf juice, and brew with 25 kilograms of rice into liquor; after 7 days, take the pine leaf liquor and drink it, 3 times a day, 20-50 milliliters each time.

Method Two: take 10 grams of fresh pine leaves, cut them, combine with 10 milliliters of edible vinegar, add 40 milliliters of water, boil and stir, then take the medicinal liquid and apply it to the affected area.

Neuralgia: pound fresh tender pine leaves into juice and drink as tea; or take 100-200 grams of fresh pine leaves, add an appropriate amount of mugwort and willow leaves, put them into a cloth bag, boil in water and soak in the bath.

Preventing seasonal epidemics and plagues: cut pine leaves finely, take 1 spoonful each time, swallow with liquor, 3 times a day. Or drink pine leaf tea. Pine leaves can be eaten. They have many medicinal values. Here are some folk formulas. You can take a look.

Cardiac insufficiency: the simplest and also the most effective method is to chew tender pine leaves at any time.

Swollen and painful gums: use 50 grams of pine leaves, 5 grams of refined salt, 100 milliliters of liquor and 500 milliliters of water, decoct together and hold in the mouth to rinse.

Oral ulcers: use absorbent cotton dipped in pine leaf juice and press it onto the affected area.

Bad breath: often place several pine leaves in the mouth and chew them.

Hangover: decoct Korean pine leaves and take.

Insomnia: eat more pine nuts in daily life, or drink pine leaf tea.

Motion sickness: when riding in a car or boat, chewing pine leaves in the mouth can prevent it from happening.

Chronic alcoholism: Brew tea from pine needles and drink it several times a day.

Acute gastritis: Take 10 g of shade-dried pine needles, add 300 mL of water, and simmer until the water is reduced by half; take it morning, noon, and evening on an empty stomach.

Diarrhea: Drink pine needle juice.

Diabetes: When thirsty, grind Korean pine needles in a mortar and drink the juice. Or mix 4 parts pine needles with 6 parts young Chinese juniper leaves, then decoct and take. It is best to avoid meat while taking it.

Pulmonary tuberculosis, pleurisy: Take shade-dried new buds of pine needles, decoct, and drink. The daily amount should be about 20 g. Or take pine resin powder daily, half a tablespoon at a time, 3 times a day.

Pelvic inflammatory disease: Use pine needle water to steam-wash and soak the lower abdomen and lower back, several times a day.

Constipation: Take 3 old pine needles from twigs near the root, chew and eat them, 3 times a day.

Senile dementia: Take pine needles and pine bark (the tender inner bark beneath the outer layer) and decoct them together; drink as a tea substitute.

Allergic rhinitis: Use 20 g of shade-dried pine needles or fresh pine needles, decoct, and take.

Fundus hemorrhage: Treatment: same as for allergic rhinitis.

Gout: After decocting pine needles, remove the leaves and soak the affected gout area in the liquid at about 40 degrees.

Periarthritis of the shoulder, cervical spondylosis: Decoct pine needles and drink instead of tea.

Surface ulcers: Take fresh pine needles or shade-dried pine needles, decoct, and drink the juice.

Athlete's foot (hand and foot fungus)

Method 1: Take 3000 g of pine needles, add 40 kg of water, boil down to 25 kg of leaf juice, and ferment it with 25 kg of rice to make wine; after 7 days, take the pine needle wine, 3 times a day, 20-50 mL each time.

Method 2: Take 10 g of fresh pine needles, cut them, combine with 10 mL of edible vinegar, add 40 mL of water, boil and stir, then take the medicinal liquid and apply it to the affected area.

Neuralgia: Pound fresh young pine leaves to extract juice and drink as tea; or take 100-200 g of fresh pine needles, add an appropriate amount of mugwort and willow leaves, put them in a cloth bag, boil in water, and bathe in it.

Prevention of seasonal epidemics and plagues: Cut pine needles finely, take 1 spoonful each time, swallow with wine, 3 times a day. Or drink pine needle tea.

Sample Essay 7: [Gansong] The benefits and uses of Gansong (Nardostachys root)

[Gansong] The benefits and uses of Gansong and how to consume it: The benefits and uses of Gansong are to regulate qi and relieve pain, revive the spleen and strengthen the stomach, and treat abdominal distension and pain, toothache, and athlete's foot. The benefits, uses, and consumption methods of Gansong include Gansong tea, Gansong porridge, Gansong tea for soothing depression and calming the spirit, and Astragalus-Gansong decoction. The contraindication for using Gansong is that people with qi deficiency and blood heat should not take it.

[Gansong] The benefits and uses of Gansong:

The benefits and uses of Gansong are to regulate qi and relieve pain, revive the spleen and strengthen the stomach, and treat abdominal distension and pain, toothache, and athlete's foot. The benefits, uses, and consumption methods of Gansong include Gansong tea, Gansong porridge, Gansong tea for soothing depression and calming the spirit, and Astragalus-Gansong decoction. The contraindication for using Gansong is that people with qi deficiency and blood heat should not take it.

1. Gansong treats hysteria, neurasthenia, gastrointestinal spasms, etc.: 6 qian of Gansong, 1.5 qian of Guangchen peel. Add 500 mL of water, soak in boiling water for 3 hours (bring to a boil once every half hour). Divide into 12 doses, take 6 times a day. [Gansong] The benefits and uses of Gansong. (Jiangxi)

2. Gansong is suitable for headaches, abdominal pain, and mental depression, and can also expel roundworms; for those who develop convulsions due to roundworms, using it is effective.

3. Gansong, being aromatic, can open up spleen depression; adding a small amount to spleen-stomach medicines greatly revives spleen qi.

4. Gansong treats nervous stomach pain: Gansong rhizome, cyperus rhizome, and agarwood. Decoct and take. ()

5. Gansong is used for chest and abdominal pain, poor appetite, and similar symptoms. Gansong is warm but not hot, sweet but not cloying; its qi is aromatic and can open spleen depression; its nature is warm and unblocking, and it can move qi and relieve pain. Clinically it is often used for qi stagnation with chest tightness and stomach duct pain, and can be combined with costus root, citron peel, and the like. [Gansong] The benefits and uses of Gansong.

6. Gansong mainly treats foul qi and sudden heart and abdominal pain with fullness.

7. Gansong, being aromatic, can open up spleen depression; adding a small amount to spleen-stomach medicines greatly revives spleen qi. ()

8. Gansong treats heart and abdominal distension and directs qi downward.

9. Gansong treats toothache due to kidney deficiency: Gansong and sulfur in equal parts. Grind into a fine powder, steep in fully boiling water, and rinse the mouth. ()

10. Gansong, although similar to sand ginger, differs in that sand ginger qi is mostly pungent and dispersing, while this one is more sweet than pungent, so books record that it can enter the spleen and open depression.

11. Gansong treats athlete's foot with knee swelling; decoct in water and wash the affected area.

12. Gansong treats various gastrointestinal pains: Gansong rhizome, costus root, and magnolia bark. Decoct and take. ()

13. Gansong treats phlegm dizziness: Pinellia fermented mass and heaven-reaching star each 2 liang, Gansong 1 liang, aged tangerine peel 1.5 liang. Grind the above into a fine powder, cook flour in water and form into pills the size of parasol tree seeds. Take 20 pills each time, swallow with ginger decoction, after meals. (Gansong Pill)

14. Gansong is a medicine that revives the spleen and frees the stomach. It mainly treats sudden heart and abdominal pain, disperses fullness and directs qi downward, all taking the meaning of warm aroma moving and dispersing. Its qi is aromatic; when added to spleen-stomach medicines, it greatly supports the spleen, smooths qi, and opens the appetite and aids digestion. ()

15. Gansong: Recently, Japanese physicians say this medicine is good at opening the meridians and collaterals and specifically treats muscle cramps, and is an indispensable medicine for cholera cramps. I have formulated a cholera medicinal wine recipe using ether and alcohol, soaking to extract a concentrated juice, combined with ginger, aconite, evodia, and coptis, to treat true cold cholera and critical severe cases of cramps entering the abdomen, with very rapid effects; this shows that this substance is warm and moving, invigorates the collaterals, and opens the meridians, and nothing surpasses it. This is indeed something previously unknown to those who study medicinal substances.

16. Gansong treats damp athlete's foot, absorbs dampness, and draws out toxins: Gansong, lotus leaf center, and ligusticum. Decoct the three ingredients in water and wash with it. (Gansong Decoction).

17. Gansong is a medicine that revives the spleen and frees the stomach. It mainly treats sudden heart and abdominal pain, disperses fullness and directs qi downward, all taking the meaning of warm aroma moving and dispersing. Its qi is aromatic; when added to spleen-stomach medicines, it greatly supports the spleen, smooths qi, opens the appetite, and aids digestion. Added to Eight-Treasure Powder and Sanhe Powder, it treats elderly people with spleen deficiency and no appetite, and chronic diarrhea with deficiency collapse; it is warm but not hot, aromatic but not drying, sweet but not cloying, extremely harmonious and beautiful, and is a medicine for the yang aspect of the spleen. Combined with sand ginger, it is even better.

Gansong is the root and rhizome of the Valerianaceae plants Gansong and broadleaf Gansong. Gansong has the benefits of regulating qi and relieving pain and reviving the spleen and strengthening the stomach. Gansong mainly treats abdominal distension and pain, loss of appetite, toothache, and athlete's foot.

[Gansong] How to consume Gansong:

Gansong usage and dosage: Internal use: decoct in water, 3-6 g; or make into pills or powders. External use: appropriate amount, apply the powder; or soak in water and gargle; or decoct in water and wash externally.

Gansong contraindication: people with qi deficiency and blood heat should not take Gansong.

Gansong Tea

Benefits: Moves qi and relieves depression, harmonizes the stomach, and relieves pain.

Indications: Nervous stomach pain, gastrointestinal spasms.

Composition: Gansong 18 g, Guangchen peel 4.5 g.

Preparation: Cut the above medicines into pieces, place half the amount in a thermos, add an appropriate amount of boiling water to brew, and drink in 6 portions. When the illness is severe, drink double the amount.

Cautions: People with stomach heat, red tongue, and dry mouth should not take it.

Commentary: Gansong is the rhizome and root of the Valerianaceae plant Gansong aromatic or broadleaf Gansong, recorded in [text missing], with a pungent, sweet, warm nature and flavor, [treats foul qi, sudden heart and abdominal pain with fullness, and directs qi downward." It can move qi and relieve pain, open depression, and revive the spleen. It is also recorded: [Gansong, being aromatic, can open spleen depression; adding a small amount to spleen-stomach medicines greatly revives spleen qi." Clinically it is mostly used to treat chest tightness and abdominal distension, loss of appetite, and stomach duct pain caused by pensiveness injuring the spleen or cold depression and qi stagnation. Modern pharmacological research shows that Gansong can relieve smooth muscle spasms, has a sedative effect on the central nervous system, and has an anti-arrhythmic effect; Guangchen peel regulates qi and relieves pain, revives the spleen and strengthens the stomach. Used together, the two medicines jointly achieve the effects of regulating qi, relieving depression, and relieving pain.

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Gansong Porridge

Benefits: Moves qi and strengthens the spleen, tonifies the spleen and strengthens the stomach.

Indications: Suitable for chest tightness and pain, abdominal distension and fullness, poor appetite, stomach cold with vomiting, and weakness and fatigue of the limbs.

Composition: Gansong 5 g, rice 100 g.

Preparation: Clean the Gansong, put it in a pot, add an appropriate amount of clear water, soak for 5-10 minutes, then decoct in water to obtain the juice. Add rice and cook into a thin porridge to eat, 1 dose a day, for 5-7 consecutive days.

Porridge explanation: Gansong, also known as Xiangsong, is the rhizome of the perennial short herbaceous plant Gansong of the Valerianaceae family. Because it is sweet in taste and aromatic in qi, it is also called "Gansong aromatic," later abbreviated as "Gansong." For medicinal use, the best quality is the main root that is plump, long, and strongly aromatic.

Traditional Chinese medicine holds that Gansong is sweet in nature and flavor and warm, entering the spleen and stomach meridians, and has the functions of aromatically transforming dampness and moving qi and strengthening the spleen. It is said: "Gansong, being aromatic, can open spleen depression; adding a small amount to spleen-stomach medicines greatly revives spleen qi." It is said: "Gansong is a medicine that revives the spleen and stomach; its qi is aromatic, and when added to spleen-stomach medicines, it greatly supports the spleen, smooths qi, opens the appetite, and aids digestion... It treats elderly people with spleen deficiency and no appetite, and chronic diarrhea with deficiency collapse; it is warm but not hot, aromatic but not drying, sweet but not cloying, extremely harmonious and beautiful." Clinical observation has found that the main effects of Gansong are to strengthen the spleen and stomach, regulate qi depression, and transform dampness, and it is suitable for cold pain in the stomach duct and abdomen, lack of appetite, and heaviness and [sic] of the limbs. Cooked as porridge, it has a sweet aroma and is more suitable for those with no appetite, indigestion, and stomach duct and abdominal pain. Elderly people with insufficient qi and blood, weak after illness, and reduced digestive function can regularly eat some Gansong porridge to open the appetite, strengthen the spleen, and aid digestion.

Gansong Tea for Soothing Depression and Calming the Spirit

Benefits: Regulates qi, opens the orifices, eliminates phlegm, and calms the spirit.

Indications: Dizziness and mental fatigue.

Composition: Gansong 70 g, nine-node acorus rhizome 90 g, cinnabar-dyed fushen 100 g.

Preparation: Grind the above three ingredients into a coarse powder. Take 30 g each time, place in a thermos, pour in half a bottle of boiling water, tighten the stopper, and drink as tea after 10-20 minutes. 1-2 doses a day.

Cautions: People with qi deficiency and blood heat should not use it.

Commentary: Gansong's effect lies in dispersing qi and relieving pain, regulating the spleen, and opening the appetite. Therefore it is said: [Gansong is a medicine that regulates the spleen and frees the stomach. It mainly treats sudden abdominal pain, disperses fullness, and directs qi downward, all taking the meaning of warm aroma moving and dispersing." It is also said that Gansong is [warm but not hot, aromatic but not drying, sweet but not cloying, extremely harmonious and beautiful." It is said to be [suitable for headaches, abdominal pain, and mental depression, and similar patterns." This product contains various components such as aristololide and gansong ketone, and has effects such as sedation and stabilization, anti-arrhythmia, and relief of spasms of the lungs and gastrointestinal smooth muscle. Using Gansong with acorus, which opens the orifices, eliminates phlegm, and regulates qi, and with cinnabar-dyed fushen, which calms the heart and spirit, can strengthen the synergistic effect because all three medicines have sedative effects.

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Astragalus-Gansong Decoction

Benefits: Strengthens the spleen and supplements qi, invigorates blood and relieves pain, reduces acidity and stops bleeding; mainly treats spleen-stomach weakness and qi stagnation with blood stasis.

Composition: Astragalus 30 g, cuttlefish bone 20 g, white peony 15 g, bletilla 12 g, Gansong 12 g, deer antler glue 12 g (taken dissolved), corydalis 12 g, licorice 6 g.

Usage: Decoct in water, 1 dose a day, taken twice a day.

Source: Jiang Sen formula

Sample Essay 8: The benefits and uses of pine nuts

Benefits and uses of pine nuts

Benefits of pine nuts:

Pine nuts are also called sea pine nuts or pine nut kernels. The benefits and uses of pine nuts are extensive. Pine nuts have the benefits of moistening the lungs and lubricating the intestines. The nutritional value of pine nuts is also very high; pine nuts contain fat, protein, carbohydrates, and so on. Pine nuts can treat dry constipation and cough, moisturize the skin, and prolong life. The side effects of pine nuts are that people with spleen deficiency and loose stools, kidney depletion and spermatorrhea, or severe damp phlegm should not eat too many pine nuts.

Aliases: pine seeds, pine nut kernels, sea pine nuts, Luosong seeds, Korean pine nuts, etc.

Benefits and uses of pine nuts

Nature and flavor: Sweet in taste, slightly warm in nature, non-toxic.

Benefits: Moistens the lungs, lubricates the intestines.

Indications: Bone and joint rheumatism, dizziness; dispels wind-dampness, moistens the five viscera, satisfies hunger, expels wind-bi cold qi, supplements body deficiency, and moisturizes the skin. Taken long-term, it lightens the body, prolongs life, and prevents aging. It also has a lung-moistening function and treats dry constipation and cough.

⟧ Source: The seed kernels of Huashan pine, Korean pine, and masson pine in the Pinaceae genus Pinus. Pine nuts contain a large amount of unsaturated fatty acids; eating pine nuts regularly can strengthen the body, and especially for the elderly and weak, low back pain, constipation, dizziness, and delayed growth and development in children, they have the effects of supplementing the kidney and boosting qi, nourishing blood and moistening the intestines, and nourishing and strengthening the body. They treat dry cough, vomiting blood, constipation, and other diseases. Rihua Zi Materia Medica records: "Expels wind-bi cold qi, treats deficiency and emaciation with lack of qi, supplements insufficiency, moistens the skin, and fattens the five viscera." Yuqiu Drug Explanation records: "Moistens the lungs and stops cough, lubricates the intestines and opens the bowels, opens the gates and expels bi, and glosses the skin and nourishes the hair." It can be seen that eating pine nuts regularly can prolong life and beautify the appearance.

Effects of pine nuts:

Pine nuts are also known as pine nut kernels, sea pine nuts, etc. They are not only delicious food but also an excellent medicinal food,

and therefore are called the "fruit of longevity," highly praised by physicians and nutrition scholars through the ages, which is inseparable from their unique health benefits and nutritional value.

A high-quality nutritional supplement for the brain, especially suitable for people who overuse their brains. The unsaturated fatty acids contained in pine nuts can enhance brain cell metabolism and maintain brain cell function and nerve function. The glutamic acid content is as high as 16.3%, and glutamic acid has a good brain-strengthening effect and can enhance memory. In addition, the phosphorus and manganese contents in pine nuts are also very rich, which have good nourishing effects on the brain and nerves, making them an excellent brain-strengthening food for mental workers, and they also have a good preventive effect on senile dementia.

Pine nuts can support healthy qi and supplement deficiency, and moisten the intestines and open the bowels, making them most suitable for people with body deficiency and constipation. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that pine nuts have the benefits of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, and supporting healthy qi and supplementing deficiency, and are especially suitable for patients with body deficiency, constipation, and cough. It is especially worth mentioning that the laxative effect of pine nuts is mild, so they are especially suitable for elderly and weak people and those with constipation after illness or childbirth. For example, take 20 g of pine nut kernels, crush them, and cook porridge with 100 g of japonica rice, then eat it in the morning and evening.

1. Pine nuts treat wind-bi cold qi, deficiency and emaciation with lack of qi, and the five viscera strain, cough with phlegm, bone-steaming night sweats, mental [sic], lack of pleasure in food and drink, and spermatorrhea: Pine nut kernels 400 g, Ophiopogon (without removing the core) 500 g, Cherokee rose fruit and goji berry each 400 g. Boil into a paste, add a little refined honey to preserve. Each morning and evening, mix with white soup and take more than ten teaspoons. (Su Shi)

2. Pine nuts moisten the heart and lungs and harmonize the large intestine: Cook pine nuts with rice as porridge and eat. (Shicai San Shu, Pine Nut Porridge)

3. Pine nuts treat deficiency constipation in the elderly: Arborvitae seed kernels, hemp seed kernels, and pine nut kernels in equal parts, grind together, dissolve white wax and form pills the size of parasol tree seeds. Take 20-30 pills with a little yellow lead decoction, before meals. (Bencao Yanyi)

4. Pine nuts treat lung dryness and cough: Pine nut kernels 50 g, walnut kernels 100 g. Grind into a paste, and mix with cooked

honey half a liang to preserve. Take 10 g each time, take with boiling water after meals. (Xuangan Chuanzhi Fang, Wind Marrow Decoction)

5. Pine nuts eliminate disease and strengthen the body and promote growth and development. Pine nuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, such as linoleic acid and linolenic acid. These lipids are components of many human tissue cells and are also the main components of brain marrow and nerve tissue. Eating more pine nuts can promote children's growth and development and recovery after illness.

6. Pine nuts have anti-aging effects. Pine nuts are rich in vitamin E, a very strong antioxidant that can inhibit lipid peroxidation inside cells and on cell membranes, protecting cells from free radical damage. This protects the integrity of cells and keeps many important enzymes inside cells functioning normally.

7. Pine nuts can soften blood vessels, prevent disease, and prolong life. The unsaturated fatty acids and large amounts of minerals such as calcium, iron, and phosphorus contained in pine nuts can, on the one hand, enhance blood vessel elasticity, maintain the normal state of capillaries, lower blood lipids, and prevent cardiovascular disease; on the other hand, they can provide rich nutrients to body tissues, strengthen bones and muscles, eliminate fatigue, and are of great benefit to the health care of the elderly.

8. The large amounts of minerals contained in pine nuts, such as calcium, iron, phosphorus, and potassium, can provide rich nutrients to body tissues, strengthen bones and muscles, eliminate fatigue, and are of great benefit to the health care of the elderly.

9. Pine nuts can moisturize the skin and improve complexion, and darken the hair and beautify the appearance. Pine nut kernels are rich in oils and various nutrients and have a notable effect of fasting and satisfying hunger. They can moisten the five viscera, supplement qi and blood, nourish the muscles, darken the hair, whiten the skin, preserve youthful appearance, and maintain a healthy figure, making them a good beauty food.

10. Pine nuts are rich in phosphorus and manganese, have nourishing effects on the brain and nerves, are an excellent brain-strengthening food for students and mental workers, and also have a good preventive effect on senile dementia.

11. Pine nuts moisten the intestines and open the bowels. Pine nut kernels are rich in fatty oil (about 74%), mainly oleate and linoleate, and can moisten the intestines, open the bowels, and provide mild laxation without harming healthy qi. They have a certain dietary therapeutic effect on constipation in the elderly with body deficiency and constipation in children with fluid depletion.

Nutritional value of pine nuts:

The nutritional value of pine nuts is very high. In every 100 g of pine nut kernels, there are 16.7 g of protein, 63.5 g of fat, 9.8 g of carbohydrates, and minerals including 78 mg of calcium, 236 mg of phosphorus, 6.7 mg of iron, and nutrients such as unsaturated fatty acids. The fat components in pine nuts are mainly unsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic acid and linolenic acid, which have the effect of softening blood vessels and preventing and treating atherosclerosis. Therefore, eating pine nuts regularly in old age has the effect of preventing cardiovascular disease caused by elevated cholesterol. In addition, pine nuts are relatively rich in phosphorus, which is also beneficial to the human brain and nerves. They have a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on patients with chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, constipation, rheumatoid arthritis, neurasthenia, and dizziness and blurred vision in the elderly. Pine nuts have the effects of nourishing yin and fluid, supplementing qi and blood, and moistening dryness and lubricating the intestines, and therefore have a nourishing effect. Eating more pine nuts during pregnancy is good for both the pregnant woman and the fetus. The vitamin E in pine nuts is as high as 30%, which can improve the worsening of the skin during pregnancy, prevent miscarriage, and assist in treating infertility. Pine nut kernels are rich in fatty oil and can moisten the intestines, open the bowels, and provide mild laxation without harming healthy qi, and can reduce constipation caused during pregnancy and moisturize the skin. The large amounts of minerals contained in pine nuts, such as phosphorus, manganese, calcium, iron, and potassium, can provide pregnant women with rich nutrients and have nourishing effects on the fetal brain and nerves. The fat components in pine nuts are unsaturated fatty acids such as oleic acid and linoleic acid, which have a good effect of softening blood vessels. It is worth noting that people with loose stools, spermatorrhea, cough with copious phlegm, or diarrhea, and those with severe poor gallbladder function, should eat cautiously.

Side effects of pine nuts:

People with spleen deficiency and loose stools, kidney depletion and spermatorrhea, or severe damp phlegm should not eat too many pine nuts. Pine nut pictures:

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Sample Essay Nine: The Benefits and Effects of Pine Nuts

The Benefits and Effects of Pine Nuts. Pine nuts are an outstanding member of the dried nut family. Because they are rich in oil, they have a wonderful mouthfeel; because they come from pine trees, they have a unique flavor. The benefits and effects of pine nuts are tremendous, mainly reflected in two points: they can improve blood quality and can lubricate the intestines to relieve constipation.

Benefits of Pine Nuts

The fat components in pine nuts are mainly unsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic acid and linolenic acid, which have the effect of softening blood vessels and preventing and treating atherosclerosis.

Therefore, regular consumption of pine nuts by the elderly has the effect of preventing cardiovascular disease caused by elevated cholesterol. In addition, pine nuts are relatively rich in phosphorus, which is also beneficial to the human brain and nerves. They have a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on elderly patients with chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, constipation, rheumatoid arthritis, neurasthenia, and dizziness with blurred vision.

Effects of Pine Nuts

Pine nuts have an anti-aging effect.

Pine nuts are rich in vitamin E, which is a very strong antioxidant that can inhibit lipid peroxidation within cells and on cell membranes, protecting cells from damage by free radicals. This protects the integrity of cells and keeps many important enzymes within cells functioning normally.

Pine nuts have a preventive effect on cardiovascular disease.

The fat contained in pine nut kernels is mainly unsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic acid and pinolenic acid, which can regulate and lower blood lipids, soften blood vessels, and prevent and treat atherosclerosis. Unsaturated fatty acids can also reduce platelet aggregation and increase anticoagulant effects, thus lowering blood lipids and blood viscosity, preventing thrombosis, and protecting the cardiovascular system.

Pine nut kernels have the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, and lubricating the intestines to relieve constipation.

Because they are rich in fats, palmitine, volatile oils, and other substances, they can lubricate the large intestine to relieve constipation, act as a mild laxative without harming vital qi, and are especially suitable for those who are elderly and weak, or who have constipation after childbirth or illness

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The Benefits and Effects of Almonds:

Benefits: eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, calming asthma, lubricating the intestines, directing qi downward and opening blockage

Sweet almonds are a health food. Consumed in moderation, they can not only effectively control cholesterol levels in the human body, but also significantly reduce the risk of heart disease and various chronic diseases. Vegetarians who eat sweet almonds can promptly supplement protein, trace elements, and vitamins, such as iron, zinc, and vitamin E. The fat contained in sweet almonds is essential for healthy individuals and is a highly unsaturated fat that is good for the heart. Research has found that eating 50 to 100 grams of almonds per day (about 40 to 80 almonds) will not cause weight gain. Sweet almonds not only have a high protein content, but the large amount of fiber in them can make people feel less hungry, which is beneficial for maintaining weight. Fiber is good for intestinal tissue and can reduce the incidence of colon cancer, cholesterol levels, and the risk of heart disease. Therefore, obese individuals choosing sweet almonds as a snack can achieve the effect of weight control. Recent scientific research has also shown that sweet almonds can promote skin microcirculation, make the skin rosy and radiant, and have beauty benefits.

Apricots have high nutritional value, and almonds are even more nutritious. Almonds are rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, which are good for heart health; they contain antioxidants such as vitamin E, which can prevent disease and premature aging. Almonds contain 27% protein, 53% fat, and 11% carbohydrates. Every 100 grams of almonds contain 111 mg of calcium, 385 mg of phosphorus, and 70 mg of iron. They also contain a certain amount of carotene, ascorbic acid, and amygdalin. Legend has it that during the Ming Dynasty, Hanlin scholar Xin Shixun was once traveling and stayed overnight at a Daoist temple on Mount Qingcheng. A Daoist priest taught him a secret recipe for longevity: eat seven almonds every day and persist in eating them, and great benefits would surely be obtained. This Hanlin scholar followed this recipe and persevered, and even in old age he remained light of body and strong, with keen hearing and clear vision, agile thinking, and long-lived without decline.

Nutritional Value:

Almonds are divided into two types: sweet almonds and bitter almonds. Almonds produced in southern China belong to sweet almonds (also known as southern almonds), which taste slightly sweet and delicate, are mostly used for food, and can also be added as an ingredient to cakes, cookies, and dishes. They have the benefits of moistening the lungs, relieving cough, and lubricating the intestines, and have a certain relieving effect on conditions such as dry cough without phlegm and chronic cough due to lung deficiency; almonds produced in the north belong to bitter almonds (also known as northern almonds), which have a bitter taste and are mostly used medicinally. They have the benefits of moistening the lungs and calming asthma, and have a significant therapeutic effect on symptoms such as excessive phlegm, cough, and wheezing caused by colds; however, bitter almonds should not be consumed in excessive amounts at one time, and each serving should preferably not exceed 9 grams.

The traditional Chinese medicine classic "Compendium of Materia Medica" lists three major benefits of almonds: moistening the lungs, clearing accumulated food, and dispersing stagnation. Clearing accumulated food means that almonds can help with digestion and relieve constipation symptoms; "Modern Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine" records: "Taken internally, almonds have a mild laxative effect and also have a nourishing effect." For elderly and weak individuals with chronic constipation, taking almonds is even more effective.

Almonds are rich in protein, fat, sugars, carotene, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin P, and nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. Among these, the carotene content is second only to mango among fruits, and people call large flat almonds the anti-cancer fruit. Large flat almonds are rich in fatty oils and have the effect of lowering cholesterol. Therefore, large flat almonds have a good effect on preventing and treating cardiovascular system diseases; according to traditional Chinese medicine theory, large flat almonds have the benefits of promoting body fluid production and quenching thirst, and moistening the lungs and calming asthma, and are often used for the health care and treatment of patients with lung dryness, asthma, and cough. A recent research result from American researchers shows that people with normal or slightly elevated cholesterol levels can replace low-nutrient-density foods in their diet with large flat almonds to achieve the goal of lowering blood cholesterol and maintaining heart health. Researchers believe that the multiple nutrients abundantly contained in almonds, such as vitamin E, monounsaturated fats, and dietary fiber, work together to effectively reduce the risk of heart disease. In the sample, 85 middle-aged and elderly volunteers (average age 56) had their total cholesterol levels reduced by 7.6% and their low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels reduced by 9%. There was also no increase in body weight.

1. Bitter almonds can relieve cough and calm asthma, lubricate the intestines to relieve constipation, and can treat lung diseases, cough, and other diseases.

2. Sweet almonds and the large almonds commonly eaten as dried nuts tend to be more moisturizing and have a certain lung-tonifying effect.

3. Almonds are also rich in flavonoids and polyphenols. These components can not only lower cholesterol levels in the human body, but also significantly reduce the risk of heart disease and many chronic diseases.

4. Almonds also have beauty benefits, can promote skin microcirculation, and make the skin rosy and radiant.

5. Almonds also have an anti-tumor effect. The anti-tumor effect of almonds is mainly due to the presence of a bioactive substance in bitter almonds -- amygdalin, which can enter the blood and specifically kill cancer cells while having no effect on healthy cells. Therefore, it can improve the symptoms of late-stage cancer patients and prolong their survival period. At the same time, because they are rich in carotene, they can act as antioxidants, prevent free radicals from attacking cells, and have a tumor-preventing effect!

Basic Introduction to Cashews

Cashews are named for their kidney-shaped nuts. When the cashew fruit ripens, its fragrance spreads in all directions, it is sweet as honey, crisp and delicious, and it is one of the world's four famous dried nuts. Cashews are a nutrient-rich, sweet-tasting dried nut that can be eaten as a snack or made into delicious dishes.

The kernels are rich in nutrients and are mostly used to make cashew chocolate, pastries, and fried salted foods. In addition, cashew kernels can be pressed for oil. Cashew kernel oil is a premium edible oil, and the oil cake is an excellent feed. By-products include cashew shell liquid and cashew apple. Cashew shell liquid is a drying oil that can be used to make high-grade paint, colorants for color film, synthetic rubber, and more.

Cashew kernels are a precious dried nut and a premium dish ingredient, containing up to 21% protein, up to 40% oil, and high levels of various vitamins. In international trade, each ton of cashew kernels is worth more than 5,000 US dollars, truly worthy of being one of the world's "four great nuts" (walnuts, almonds, and hazelnuts). Cashew shells contain up to 11% oil, and cashew oil can be used to produce synthetic rubber through polymerization. Painting furniture with cashew oil can withstand high temperatures. It is reported that American space shuttles used scientifically treated cashew oil as the protective coating for their fuselage.

The Benefits and Effects of Cashews

1. Protecting the cardiovascular system

Certain vitamins and trace elements in cashews have a very good effect on softening blood vessels and are greatly beneficial for protecting blood vessels and preventing and treating cardiovascular disease.

2. Delaying aging

They are rich in oils and can lubricate the intestines to relieve constipation, moisturize the skin for beauty, and delay aging.

3. Increasing resistance

Regular consumption of cashews can improve the body's disease resistance, enhance libido, and increase body weight.

4. Eliminating fatigue

The vitamin B1 content in cashews is second only to sesame and peanuts. They have the effect of replenishing physical strength and eliminating fatigue, and are suitable for people who tire easily.

5. Promoting lactation

Cashews also have a lactation-promoting effect and are beneficial for women with insufficient milk secretion after childbirth.

Nutritional Value of Cashews

1. Cashews contain relatively high calories and are rich in oils. They can lubricate the intestines to relieve constipation and have a very good skin-moisturizing and beauty effect, and can delay aging.

2. The fat components in cashews are mainly unsaturated fats, and unsaturated fats are mainly composed of monounsaturated fatty acids. Monounsaturated fatty acids can lower blood cholesterol, triglycerides, and low-density lipoprotein levels, and increase high-density lipoprotein levels. They do not have the potential adverse effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as causing cancer or promoting lipid peroxidation in the body. Therefore, they are greatly beneficial to the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems.

3. The protein contained in nuts is more than twice that of general cereal crops, and the types of amino acids they contain are complementary to the types of amino acids in cereals.

4. The vitamin B1 content in cashews is second only to sesame and peanuts. They have the effect of replenishing physical strength and eliminating fatigue, and are suitable for people who tire easily.

5. Cashews are rich in vitamin A, which is an excellent antioxidant and can make the skin radiant and improve complexion.

6. Cashews contain a large amount of protease inhibitors, which can control cancer progression.

Sample Essay Ten: The Benefits and Effects of Pine Nuts

The Benefits and Effects of Pine Nuts

Pine nut kernels are the seed kernels of the Korean pine, a plant in the Pinaceae family. They are also called pine nuts, sea pine nuts, and so on. Sweet in taste and warm in nature. They have the functions of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, beautifying and resisting aging, and prolonging life. They are used for diseases such as lung dryness and cough, and chronic constipation. They are not only a delicious food, but also an excellent food therapy product, and are therefore known as the "longevity fruit." They are highly praised by physicians and nutrition scholars throughout the ages, which is inseparable from their unique health benefits and nutritional value. Chinese name: Pine nut kernels

Alternative names: pine nuts, sea pine nuts, etc.

Properties: sweet in taste and warm in nature

Benefits: tonifying the kidneys and boosting qi, nourishing blood and lubricating the intestines, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, etc.

Table of Contents

1. Basic Information

▪ Ingredient Introduction ▪ Source and Properties ▪ Nutritional Knowledge ▪ Benefits and Usage ▪ Suitable Groups

2. Medicinal Diets and Food Therapy

▪ Anti-Aging Paste ▪ Walnut Paste ▪ Shiitake Mushroom

1. Basic Information

Pine nuts are neutral in nature and sweet in taste. They have the effects of tonifying the kidneys and boosting qi, nourishing blood and lubricating the intestines, lubricating the intestines to relieve constipation, and moistening the lungs and relieving cough. Pine nuts have high nutritional value. In every 100 grams of pine

nut kernels, there are 16.7 grams of protein, 63.5 grams of fat, 9.8 grams of carbohydrates, and nutrients such as the minerals calcium, phosphorus, and iron, and unsaturated fatty acids.

Pine nuts contain a large amount of unsaturated fatty acids. Regular consumption of pine nuts can strengthen the body. They are especially effective for elderly and weak individuals, low back pain, constipation, dizziness, and delayed growth and development in children, with effects of tonifying the kidneys and boosting qi, nourishing blood and lubricating the intestines, and nourishing and strengthening the body.

Pine nut kernels are rich in nutrients. According to measurements, every 100 grams of pine nut kernels contain 16.7 grams of protein, 63.5 grams of fat (mainly composed of unsaturated fatty acids such as oleic acid and linoleic acid), 9.8 grams of carbohydrates, 78 mg of calcium, 236 mg of phosphorus, and iron

6.7 mg. These nutrients all have a good promoting effect on prolonging life, preventing aging and resisting old age, strengthening the body, and beautifying and moisturizing the skin.

Pine nuts are a high-quality nutritional supplement for the brain, especially suitable for people who overuse their brains. The unsaturated fatty

acids contained in pine nuts have the effect of enhancing brain cell metabolism and maintaining brain cell function and neural function. The glutamic acid content is as high as 16.3%. Glutamic acid has a very good brain-strengthening effect and can enhance memory. Supporting healthy qi and tonifying deficiency, lubricating the intestines to relieve constipation -- most suitable for people who are weak and have constipation.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pine nuts have the benefits of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, and supporting healthy qi and tonifying deficiency, and are especially suitable for patients with weakness, constipation, cough, and other conditions. It is particularly worth mentioning that pine nuts have a mild laxative effect, making them especially suitable for elderly and weak individuals, and those with constipation after illness or childbirth. For example, 20 grams of pine nut kernels can be ground and cooked into porridge with 100 grams of japonica rice, and taken in the morning and evening.

In addition, the phosphorus and manganese content in pine nuts is also very rich. This has a very good nourishing effect on the brain and nerves, making them an excellent brain-strengthening product for mental workers, and they also have a very good preventive effect on senile

dementia.

Although pine nuts are good, they are not suitable for everyone. Patients with spleen deficiency, diarrhea, and excessive phlegm should best keep their distance from pine nuts. Because pine nuts are relatively oily and belong to high-calorie foods (every 100 grams of pine nuts can convert nearly 700 kilocalories of heat in the body), eating too many will increase body fat. The appropriate daily amount of pine nuts is 20 to 30 grams. Pine nuts stored for a long time will produce a "rancid oil" taste and are not suitable for consumption. Loose pine nuts are best kept in a sealed container to prevent the oil from oxidizing and deteriorating.

Ingredient Introduction

Pine nuts are the seed kernels of Huashan pine, Korean pine, and Masson pine in the genus Pinus of the Pinaceae family. In the Tang Dynasty's "Haiyao Bencao," there is a record: "Sea pine nuts warm the stomach and intestines; taken over a long period, they lighten the body and prolong life." In people's minds, pine nuts are regarded as the "longevity fruit" and are also called "the fresh product among nuts." They are loved by people and are most beneficial to the elderly.

Source and Properties

[Source] The seed kernels of Huashan pine, Korean pine, and Masson pine in the genus Pinus of the Pinaceae family.

[Properties and Meridians] Sweet, warm. Enters the large intestine and lung meridians.

Nutritional Knowledge

Introduction to Pine Nut Kernels: Pine Nut (Pinus pinea). Pine nuts are the seed kernels of Huashan pine, Korean pine, and Masson pine in the genus Pinus of the Pinaceae family. In the Tang Dynasty's "Haiyao Bencao," there is a record: "Sea pine nuts warm the stomach and intestines; taken over a long period, they lighten the body and prolong life." In people's minds, pine nuts are regarded as the "longevity fruit" and are also called "the fresh product among nuts." They are loved by people and are most beneficial to the elderly.

Nutritional Analysis of Pine Nut Kernels: 1. Pine nuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, such as linoleic

acid and linolenic acid, which can lower blood lipids and prevent cardiovascular disease;

2. The large amount of minerals contained in pine nuts, such as calcium, iron, and potassium, can provide rich nutrients to body tissues, strengthen bones and muscles, eliminate fatigue, and are greatly beneficial to the health care of the elderly;

3. The vitamin E in pine nuts is as high as 30%, and has a very good effect on softening blood vessels and delaying aging. It is an ideal health food for middle-aged and elderly people, and also an ideal food for women's skin moisturizing and beauty;

4. Pine nut kernels are rich in fatty oils and can lubricate the intestines to relieve constipation and act as a mild laxative without harming vital qi. They have a certain food therapy effect on constipation due to weakness in the elderly and constipation due to fluid deficiency in children;

5. The fat components in pine nuts are unsaturated fatty acids such as oleic acid and linoleic acid, which have a very good effect on softening blood vessels and are an ideal health food for middle-aged and elderly people;

6. The phosphorus and manganese content in pine nuts is rich, which has a nourishing effect on the brain and nerves. They are an excellent brain-strengthening product for students and mental workers, and also have a very good preventive effect on senile dementia.

Supplementary Information on Pine Nut Kernels: After being stored for a long time, they will produce a "rancid oil" taste and are not suitable for consumption.

Food Therapy Effects of Pine Nut Kernels: Warm in nature and sweet in taste, entering the liver, lung, and large intestine meridians; they have the effects of nourishing yin and generating fluids, tonifying qi and blood, and moistening dryness and lubricating the intestines;

They mainly treat conditions such as weakness after illness, loss of skin moisture, lung dryness and cough, thirst and constipation, dizziness and blurred vision, spontaneous sweating, and palpitations.

Guidance on Preparing Pine Nut Kernels: Pine nuts can be eaten and also pressed for oil; the food industry uses them as an ingredient in cooking dishes.

Benefits and Usage

[Functions and Indications] Moistening the lungs, lubricating the intestines. Used for lung dryness and cough, and chronic constipation.

[Usage and Dosage] 10 to 25 grams.

[Excerpt] "Compilation of National Chinese Herbal Medicines"

Suitable Groups

Generally suitable for all people to consume

1. Suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with weak constitutions, dry and hard stools, and those with chronic bronchitis and prolonged cough without phlegm; suitable for people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases;

2. Contraindicated for those with loose stools, spermatorrhea, cough with excessive phlegm, and diarrhea; because they are rich in oils, those with severely impaired gallbladder function should consume them with caution.

2 Medicinal Diets and Food Therapy

Anti-Aging Paste

[Ingredients] 200 grams of pine nut kernels, 100 grams of black sesame seeds, 100 grams of walnut kernels, 200 grams of honey, and 500 milliliters of yellow rice wine.

[Preparation] Pound the pine nut kernels, black sesame seeds, and walnut kernels together into a paste, put them into a clay pot, add the yellow rice wine, boil over gentle heat for about 10 minutes, pour in the honey, stir evenly, continue to simmer to reduce into a paste, cool, and bottle for later use.

[Administration] Twice daily, 1 tablespoon each time, taken with warm boiled water.

[Benefits] Moistens the five viscera and tonifies qi and blood. Suitable for treating conditions such as lung and kidney deficiency, persistent cough, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, and dizziness and blurred vision. Regular consumption by middle-aged and elderly people can nourish and strengthen the body, strengthen the brain and improve intelligence, and delay aging. Regular consumption by mental workers can make thinking agile and enhance memory. It is an effective food for resisting aging and preventing decline.

Walnut Paste

[Ingredients] 30 grams each of pine nut kernels and walnut kernels, and 250 grams of honey.

[Preparation] Soak the pine nut kernels and walnut kernels in water, remove the skins; then grind them into powder, add the honey, and mix well.

[Administration] Twice daily, take 1 tablespoon each time and mix with boiling water.

[Benefits] Tonifies essence and moistens dryness, nourishes the brain and calms the spirit. Walnuts are rich in protein, fat, vitamin A, vitamin E,

Pine Nut Kernels

vitamin B, niacin, and nutrients needed by the human body such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, manganese, and chromium. They have important effects such as resisting aging, strengthening the brain, and strengthening the heart. Pine nut kernels are an excellent product for tonifying the five viscera, tonifying deficiency and damage, and improving intelligence. Honey is also a moisturizing and nourishing product, with obvious anti-aging and intelligence-benefiting effects. Suitable for those with soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, forgetfulness and insomnia, restlessness of the mind, and dry stools.

[Cautions] Those with loose stools and diarrhea should consume with caution.

Shiitake Mushroom

[Composition] 400 grams of rehydrated shiitake mushrooms, 100 grams of pine nut kernels, and appropriate amounts of seasonings such as refined salt, soy sauce, wet starch, and ginger juice.

[Preparation] First wash the shiitake mushrooms, remove the stems, slice them, and blanch them in boiling water until soft; then soak the pine nut kernels in boiling water for a moment, remove the skins, fry them briefly in a heated oil pan, add the shiitake mushrooms, refined salt, soy sauce, and ginger juice, and cook until the pine nut kernels and shiitake mushrooms have absorbed the flavors, then thicken with wet starch. It is then ready.

[Administration] Can be eaten as a side dish.

[Functions] Moistens the skin and darkens the hair, treating premature graying of hair.