What are the effects of immortal herbs? The heat and the dryness of autumn bring the bowl of ice that will completely eliminate the fire and exclaim. However, there were no ice cream, ice and other ice products to cool down in ancient times. How did the ancients spend the hot and dry seasons? In fact, in ancient times, people have discovered the effect of scattering the heat, and there is also a saying that "When eating scattering the heat in June, you will live like a god and never grow old."
In the "Editor of the National Chinese Herbal Medicine", "Immortal grass is cold in nature, and its effects are to clear heat and dampness, and to relieve heat and relieve blood." "General History of Taiwan" also mentioned "Immortal grass: five or six feet high, dry, boiled with water to form a scattered glutinous rice, black color, and relieve heat from sugar. It is consumed a lot in summer." From this we can see that there was a set of methods to relieve heat in ancient times.
In addition, according to the article "Analysis on Anti-obesity and Molecular Mechanism of Immortal Grass Extract on High-fat Diet-induced Obesity Rats", it points out that Immortal Grass contains phenolic compounds, which makes them have antioxidant ability, and also has anti-inflammatory, liver protection, lowering blood pressure, lipid regulation, and immune regulation; "Research on Pharmaceutical Plants" points out that Immortal Grass Extract has the effect of lowering uric acid.
How to eat fairy grass healthiest?Among every 100 grams of sugar-free herbs, the heat content is only 19 calories, and the moisture content accounts for 95 grams. When the weather is very hot, come to a bowl of iced drinks to cool off but don’t want to get fat. You might as well try to replace pearls, taro balls, and flour cakes with fairy grass. You can buy commercially available or self-made fairy grass. After adding some honey, lemon juice, and lemon slices, it will be a bowl of healthy drinks that are clean and annealed and uninhibited.
Who is not suitable for eating fairy grass?Because the nature of the fairy grass is cold, if the people have colder body quality, it is not suitable for eating fairy grass. For example, people with the tendency to fear cold, have cold feet, have white faces, have pain, abdominal pain, and have abdominal pain. People with the above symptoms are not suitable for eating fairy grass overdose.
4 samples for purchasing fairy grass1. Choose the fairy grass that has been dry for 3 to 5 years.
2. Before buying, you should first hear the dry smell of the fairy grass. If it has a damp or moldy smell, it is not suitable.
3. It is recommended to choose to buy purple red and brown fairy grass dry. If the color is too light or green, it means that the storage year is insufficient.
4. It is advisable to choose immortal grass with little quality and soil.
Consultation/Huang Rongjie, Physician, Chinese Medicine Department, Annan Hospital, Tainan City