1. Lycium barbarum L.: Nourishing liver and kidney and improving eyesight
Shennong Herbal Classic records: "Lycium barbarum L. can strengthen bones and muscles, resist cold and summer heat, keep fit and not get old, so it is the top quality of Chinese medicine." Lycium barbarum enters the liver and kidney meridians, which can nourish liver and kidney, benefit the eyesight and is an important medicine for nourishing liver and kidney. Its main function is to nourish liver and kidney, and it can be used for liver and kidney yin deficiency syndrome.
recommended dosage per mouth: 5-15g for oral administration.
home usage: there are many ways to take Lycium barbarum, such as boiling water, cooking porridge and chewing.
contraindications:
1. Do not eat too much. It is more appropriate for healthy adults to eat about 1 grams of Lycium barbarum every day.
2. Lycium barbarum has a strong effect of warming the body, so people who have a cold and fever, inflammation and diarrhea should use it with caution.
3. People with excessive qi stagnation and phlegm should not take Lycium barbarum.
4. Green tea and Lycium barbarum cannot be taken together.
5. People with spleen deficiency, dampness and diarrhea should not take it.
Second, Angelica sinensis: tonifying blood and activating blood and nourishing liver yin
Angelica sinensis first appeared in Shennong Herbal Classic, and its medicinal properties are sweet and warm. Entering the liver, heart and spleen meridians can protect the liver.
daily recommended dosage: 5-15g for oral administration.
home usage: tonic with angelica is mainly to add it to porridge and soup.
contraindications:
1. It is not suitable for people with menorrhagia, bleeding tendency, internal heat due to yin deficiency and loose stools.
2. Do not take it for patients with excessive heat and bleeding, and pregnant women should take it with caution.
Third, Radix Paeoniae Alba: nourishing blood, softening liver and astringing liver yin
Radix Paeoniae Alba has the effects of nourishing blood, astringing liver yin, softening liver and relieving pain, calming liver yang, protecting liver and relieving pain, and treating liver damage and liver area pain.
daily recommended dosage: oral administration, 5.1g, large dosage, 15.3g.
Household usage: Radix Paeoniae Alba can be decocted in water, and the dregs can be removed to get juice for porridge.
contraindications:
1. People who have abdominal pain and diarrhea due to cold of Paeonia lactiflora and deficiency-cold should not eat.
2. Children should not eat during measles.
3. people who take veratrum nigrum should not eat.
Fourth, Ejiao: It is most suitable for nourishing the liver and calming the wind in spring
Ejiao is the top grade for enriching blood and activating blood, nourishing yin and moistening lung. The liver governs the storage of blood, while Ejiao enters the liver meridian, nourishes liver yin, and can promote blood circulation and replenish blood, so it is best to take it in spring when liver function is active. "Seeking Truth from Materia Medica" embroidered by Huanggong in the Qing Dynasty recorded that "Ejiao is sweet and flat in taste, moist in quality, and nourishing blood through liver meridian". It is suitable for premenstrual vertigo caused by liver blood deficiency, or dull abdominal pain, dizziness, ear ringing and reddish tongue caused by deficiency of liver and kidney during menstruation.
daily recommended dosage: 51g for oral administration.
household usage: Ejiao can be directly put into your mouth to melt. If you can't stand its special smell, you can melt it in boiling water, add sugar, honey or milk and mix well to eat.
contraindications:
1. The dosage should not be large, just 3-5 grams per day, and eating too much will easily lead to indigestion. People with yin deficiency tend to get angry if they eat too much.
2. people with cold, cough and diarrhea should not eat donkey-hide gelatin.
3. Ejiao should not be taken with radish and strong tea.
4. In the south, there are many hot and humid weather, so it is not suitable to eat donkey-hide gelatin tonic without indications.